Memorial Wall of Honor-Jay Trepp

Jay D. Trepp

August 02, 1935 - December 18, 2024

Jay Dennen Trepp, of Beverly MA, was born August 2, 1935, in Glastonbury, CT.  He lived a number of years in Georgetown, MA, and Salisbury, MD, and spent many summers in Harrison, ME.

He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1957 and received his MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business in 1958. He started his career at Arthur Anderson in Boston where he made lifelong friends. Jay was a Certified Public Accountant but didn’t work as a traditional accountant for long. He loved variety in his work and, in 1977, found his place with Brede Exposition Services. Jay still worked with Brede, traveling to several Brede offices and setting up trade shows across the US, including Hawaii, until COVID hit in 2020.

Jay loved trucks, travel, airplanes, and babies. He had his Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) most of his life and loved driving 18-wheelers across the country, whenever he had the chance. He traveled to six continents, 49 countries, and 49 states, just missing North Dakota, with his wife, Karen, friends, and Dartmouth classmates. Jay was always up for an adventure! If you ever shared a meal with Jay, you know his favorite foods were spaghetti, potatoes, ice cream, and Spam, not necessarily in that order.

Jay was with Brede Exhibition and served as the AALAS National Meeting decorator from 1985 until the company was forced to close in 2020 due to COVID.  AALAS staff   will remember Jay for his fun personality and his attempts to encourage AALAS staff to share a shot of Grappa with him.

Jay was a loyal supporter of the AALAS Foundation – making personal donations to the AALAS Foundation long after Brede closed.

Jay will be greatly missed by AALAS and the AALAS Foundation community.

Give in memory of Dr. Jay Trepp and help keep his passion alive through the AALAS Foundation.

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