Sunrise Sunset: A memoir
By Millie Devine
Thursday, January 13, 2022
Waterford Public Library
6:15 p.m. Refreshments
6:45 p.m. Business Meeting
7:00 p.m. Program
Our meeting in January will feature Millie Devine discussing her memoir. My Memoir covers my life’s experiences. It is full of intrigue and circumstance: the Boston Strangler, part of a tour group missing its cruise ship, or winning a trip for two on the Orient Express. In it, I talk about rising through the ranks in the male-dominated business world, which included having to deal with male-only social clubs. It is designed to be inspirational to our youth to assure them they can dream big, and to also bring those dreams to life. As former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once said: “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
It was important for me to share the history of what was happening in the 1970s & 1980s, and why we created the Southeastern Connecticut Women’s Network and the Women’s Center of SECT now known as Safe Futures, Inc. The proceeds of this book will go to that organization in order to help them carry out
their vital mission: providing services to women, children, and men who are dealing with bullying, strangulation, and physical abuse.
Millie received a Bachelor of Arts with honors in Business Administration from Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa. She is a graduate of the National Graduate Trust School at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She was a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor (CTFA) and an Accredited Estate Planner® (AEP®).
She worked for the Trust & Investment Group of Shawmut Bank (now Bank of America) in various capacities for 32 years, retiring as Vice President in January, 1997. During her career she administered four private foundations for about twenty years. Millie had her own business, Devine Planning 1997-2012; During that time, she also worked as a trust officer for Dime Bank, 2007-17.
Millie has always been involved in civic and professional organizations, having served as President of the Estate and Tax Planning Council of Eastern Connecticut and numerous other professional and social services boards. She is a Paul Harris Fellow with sapphire awards, and a past president of the New London Rotary Club. She is also the founder, past president, and still a member of the Southeastern Connecticut Women’s Network. Millie currently volunteers with Safe Futures, Inc., is Treasurer of the Thames Club, and at her church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help.