Sunday 09 June 2002

Dear Jaspers,

The jasper jottings email list has 982 subscribers by my count. Your help would be appreciated in “enlarging” the “Cave”.

Don't forget: … … 

Monday, July 22 - Jasper Cup Yale Golf Course, New Haven, CT
     call:  Mike Remigino '92, (860) 663-4206 or
             Jim McKenna '91, (800) 822-2014.

July 29- August 2 - Manhattan College 20th Annual AP Workshops:
    TEACHING OF ADVANCED PLACEMENT
    Dr. Pamela Kerrigan 718-862-7209 
    pam.kerriga@manhattan.edu 

Friday, August 2, 2002 - Capital District - Day at the Races

Someday, August 5 - Construction Open Golf Tournament Eastchester,
             call Joe Van Etten at 212-280-0663

Monday, August 5 - Construction Industry Golf Open & Tennis Match 
      call Joe Van Etten '57,  (212) 280-0663

Thursday, August 15 - Monmouth Park Racetrack

Saturday, August 24 - Alumni/ae Soccer Games Gaelic Park
   call Tom Lindgren '78, (914) 948-5399 or
        John Sanchez, (718) 862-7936 (women);
         Bill Walsh (718) 862-7844 (men).

Thursday, September 5 - Washington DC Golf Outing
       call Chuck Martin '63, at (703) 706-3130.

Friday, September 20 to Sunday, September 22 Alumni Men's Retreat 
       call Joe Gunn '76, (718) 321-4907 or
             Kevin Dolan '68, (718) 432-8714.

Monday, September 23, 2002 - 2nd O'Neill Memorial Golf Classic 
          call (718) 726-3153. <- <- <- Corrected number!

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There will be a hiatus for two weeks while I go abroad on a business trip for the first week in July. There probably will be a backlog in material in the weeks following. I’ll try to keep the disruptions to a minimum.

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ALL BOILER PLATE is at the end.

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The news after this comment.

HE SPOKE FOR A NATION
by Vin Suprynowicz vin@lvrj.com
Special to TLE

<begin quote>

But, as in all our wars, not all America's military heroes today wear uniforms.

Todd Beamer, 32, was an Oracle Inc. executive from Hightstown, N.J. Jeremy Glick, 31, was a sales manager for Vividence, an Internet service provider. Thomas Burnett, Jr., 38, was CEO of a California firm that manufactures medical devices. Mark Bingham, 31, a 6-foot-4 giant with the San Francisco Fog amateur rugby team. All four were on United Airlines Flight 93 when it left Newark bound for San Francisco at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11.

The plane never arrived. Hijackers armed with knives seized the flight, turned it around somewhere near Cleveland, headed for their chosen target in Washington, D.C.

Todd Beamer's wife, Lisa, says he had a contagious catchphrase everyone knew him by. "That's Todd," she said, upon receiving a call from the GTE supervisor who had talked to Beamer on his cell phone during the last 13 minutes of Flight 93's journey. "My boys even say that. When we're getting ready to go somewhere, we say, 'C'mon guys, let's roll.' My little one says, 'C'mon, Mom, let's roll.' That's something they picked up from Todd."

After making her promise to call his wife and their two boys, David, 3, and Andrew, 1, Todd Beamer told GTE supervisor Lisa Jefferson that he and the others, finding themselves separated from the main body of the 38 passengers and herded together at the back of the hijacked Boeing 757 -- and now aware thanks to their cell phones of what had happened to three other hijacked flights that day -- had decided they were not going to stand by and remain mere pawns in the hijackers' plot.

Without uniforms, without orders, disarmed by a government that seems to have temporarily forgotten what it is that's "necessary to the security of a free state," Todd Beamer, Jeremy Glick, Thomas Burnett Jr., and Mark Bingham may not even have thought of themselves as militia.

<end quote>

Don't forget that you are the militia. You are the state. You are the sticks of the Roman Stave bound together to be much stronger than the individual. When the Government causes you to be disarmed, then it prepares you for the slaughter. "Gun-free" zones are only practical in God's Heaven. The next time you read about innocents being killed en masse, ask the question where was the militia? To misquote Paul Revere, "Take arms, to arms, the government is coming".

I hope we are ready for the coming trials. I hope I am. They are coming. “Let’s roll!”

Reflect well on our alma mater, this week, every week, in any and every way possible, large or small. God bless.

"Collector-in-chief" John
reinkefj@alum.manhattan.edu

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CONTENTS

        0      Formal announcements
        1      Messages from Headquarters (MC Press Releases)
        1      Jaspers publishing web pages
        3      Jaspers found web-wise
        1      Honors
        1      Weddings
        0      Births
        0      Engagements
        0      Graduations
        4      Obits
        3      "Manhattan in the news" stories
        1      Resumes
        3      Sports
        16     Emails

[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]

Class   

Name  

Section

?

Trotman, Julian Eric

Wedding1

? Hon

Keane, John B.

Obit4

1932

Palumbo ,Leonard class

Obit1

1937

Leo, Anthony R.

Obit2

1944

Molloy, John F. Jr.

Obit3

1951

Helm, Robert

Email2

1957

Lestingi, Joseph

Email9

1958

Ledda, Lou

Email12

1958

Ludford, Joseph

Email5

1960

Smith, James

Obit1 reporter

1962

Alutto, Joseph A.

Found1

1965

Fasanaro, Charles N.

Found2

1968

Lanfear, Kenneth J. 

WebPage1

1968

Walsh, William J.

Found3

1969

Patterson, James

Email1

1969

Patterson, James

News2

1974

Zapolski, Art

Email13

1978

Falco, Steven A.

Resume1

1979

Horgan, Brian J.

Email6

1979

Walsh, Meg

Release1

1984

Sussmeier, John

Honor1

1986

Fay, John

Email15

1987

Jordan, Catherine

Email1

1987

Lemanski, Richard F.

Email10

1990

Dillon, John

Email3

1990

Giugliano, Suzanne

Email7

1990

O'Sullivan, Neil

Email8

1991

Leidenfrost, Steven R. 

Email16

1992

Ledwith, Chris

Email11

1993

Kieley, Matthew

Email14

MC Cch

Delaney, Tom

News1

xMC Stf

Murtaugh, Kristen

News3

 

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class   

Name  

Section

1962

Alutto, Joseph A.

Found1

MC Cch

Delaney, Tom

News1

1990

Dillon, John

Email3

1978

Falco, Steven A.

Resume1

1965

Fasanaro, Charles N.

Found2

1986

Fay, John

Email15

1990

Giugliano, Suzanne

Email7

1951

Helm, Robert

Email2

1979

Horgan, Brian J.

Email6

1987

Jordan, Catherine

Email1

? Hon

Keane, John B.

Obit4

1993

Kieley, Matthew

Email14

1968

Lanfear, Kenneth J. 

WebPage1

1958

Ledda, Lou

Email12

1992

Ledwith, Chris

Email11

1991

Leidenfrost, Steven R. 

Email16

1987

Lemanski, Richard F.

Email10

1937

Leo, Anthony R.

Obit2

1957

Lestingi, Joseph

Email9

1958

Ludford, Joseph

Email5

1944

Molloy, John F. Jr.

Obit3

xMC Stf

Murtaugh, Kristen

News3

1990

O'Sullivan, Neil

Email8

1932

Palumbo ,Leonard class

Obit1

1969

Patterson, James

Email1

1969

Patterson, James

News2

1960

Smith, James

Obit1 reporter

1984

Sussmeier, John

Honor1

?

Trotman, Julian Eric

Wedding1

1979

Walsh, Meg

Release1

1968

Walsh, William J.

Found3

1974

Zapolski, Art

Email13

 

 

[FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JASPERS]

[No Announcements]

 

 

[Messages from Headquarters (Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]

[Release1]

From: "Manhattan College Alumni Relations"
To: Alumni
Subject: NYC Alumni Club
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 22:48:52 -0400
Organization: Manhattan College Alumni Relations

Dear NYC Alumni Club member,

On behalf of the NYC Alumni Club committee, we are pleased you were able to join us at our premier event and activate your  membership - welcome.

I hope you enjoyed the program and had the opportunity to rekindle old friendships, and make some new acquaintances. With the large Manhattan College Alumni population in the NYC Metro area, and the level of enthusiasm we saw April 11th, I am confident Manhattan College will soon not only be recognized for the caliber of the Alumni, but also for a strong Alumni network.   

Over the next few months you will be getting periodical updates on different events and activities; as well as details of the NYC Club's next networking event scheduled for October.

We will also be working to compile a NYC Club Membership directory, that will be made available upon request. (If you do not wish to be listed in the directory, please notify the Alumni office.

As we continue to plan upcoming events, having your inputs would be useful. If you can take a few minutes and fill out the questionnaire below, the committee can attempt to reflect your ideas in the planning process.  Please forward you response to <privacy invoked>. Thank you.  

Please share the news on the NYC Alumni Club to other Alumni you are in contact with as it is our goal to grow the Active membership. I look forward to seeing you at upcoming events.

Regards,

Meg Walsh, '79 NYC Alumni Club Chairperson

 

 

[JASPERS PUBLISHING WEB PAGES]

[WebPage1]

Lanfear, Kenneth J.  1968

http://water.usgs.gov/team/lanfear.html

Kenneth J. Lanfear
Chief, World Wide Web Program for Water Resources

Hi! I'm Ken Lanfear and it's my job to make sure that you can find and retrieve the water-resources information you need from the U.S. Geological Survey.

If you like our pages or you have a suggestion how we can do something better I want to hear from you!

I hope you find these pages helpful and informative!

-- Ken   I'm a hydrologist at USGS Headquarters in Reston, Virginia. I work with our local and regional offices as well as our national programs to serve USGS water information products over the network. I also chair the Strategic Planning for Internet Dissemination, Evaluation, and Retrieval (SPIDER) team that plans our Internet services and sets guidelines for our pages. I am assisted in this work by the Water Webserver Team. I serve on the USGS's Internet Services Coordination Team which oversees all USGS websites.

You can send me electronic mail at <privacy invoked>  or use the form below. I try to acknowledge any email within 2 days if I am in the office or on travel where there is Internet access. Others on the Water Webserver Team may also read your mail and answer it if I am not around. If your message contains the words "urgent" or "emergency" it will be automatically forwarded to my personal email address where I can see it at night or weekends.

For certain types of questions, I will refer you to somebody else. Here are a few direct pathways to save us both time:

For questions about a particular streamflow record, contact the USGS State Representative for the state where the gage is located.

For general questions about water resources, see the National Water Information Center page, or send email to h2oinfo@usgs.gov.

For questions about water in a particular location, the Water Resources Information by Location page probably can lead you to a local contact.

For questions about a specific page, look at the bottom of the page for the address of the person responsible, and contact them. (If there's no name, or you don't get a response, then let me know!)

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[JASPERS FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB BY USING THE WEB]

[Found1]

http://www.cob.ohio-state.edu/facultyguide/faculty/alutto/alutto.htm

Joseph A. Alutto
John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business
Dean, Fisher College of Business
Professor of Management & Human Resources

Education
PhD, Cornell University
MA, University of Illinois
BBA, Manhattan College

Professional Activities

Dean Alutto is a leading authority in managerial behavior, having published one book and more than 65 articles in academic journals such as Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology and Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

He pioneered the first government-funded U.S. MBA program offered in the People's Republic of China. Dr. Alutto has served as a consultant to banks, manufacturing firms, aerospace companies, health care agencies and educational institutions.

Since his appointment at Ohio State, Dr. Alutto has expanded executive education programs; initiated a continuous strategic planning process and new mission statement; planned for and initiated construction of the new six-building, $120 million Fisher College of Business campus; established two new multidisciplinary centers of excellence; expanded international programs; and raised more than $100 million in private funding for college needs.

He served two terms as president of AACSB (the International Association for Management Education) and has served as a national and international spokesman for business education. He also serves on the board of directors for United Retail Group, Inc. and Barrister Global Services Network. .

 

 

[Found2]

http://www.sjcsf.edu/faculty/fasanar.htm

Charles N. Fasanaro
B.S., Chemistry, Manhattan College, 1965; M.A.R. with Distinction, School of Theology, Colorado, 1980; Ph.D., Philosophy of Religion, University of Denver, 1983; Schlessman Scholarship for the Study of Philosophy and Religion, 1980-82; Jonathan M. Daniels Fellow, 1982 Post doctoral Fellow, Philosophy, University of Colorado, 1983-84; Program Ombudsman and Assistant to the Director, Writing Program, University of Colorado, 1986-91; Associate Professor, Center for Philosophy and Religion, Colorado, 1986; Professor, Center for Philosophy and Religion, Colorado, 1990; Tutor, St. John's College, Santa Fe, 1991-. 

http://www.sjcsf.edu/library/awardess/fasanaro.htm

Charles Fasanaro
1st Place Good Egg Award
Nominated by Douglas Lynam, a former student   

No one can argue that teachers have the power to make a big impact on student's lives. A special teacher can unlock the power of literature or break down the walls that keep a student from understanding chemistry. Charles Fasanaro, however, goes beyond the confines of academia in teaching his students.

"I met Dr. Fasanaro in 1992 as a student at St. John's College in Santa Fe," writes Douglas Lynam. "And I can state without hesitation that he is the most inspiring and dedicated teacher I have ever encountered. His concern for his students goes far beyond the classroom. He is constantly helping students who are suffering from alcoholism, drug abuse, family problems, broken relationships, or spiritual crises."

Fasanaro uses his life experiences to help others who are struggling or need to talk with someone who understands. When he is not working with students, he can often be found volunteering with veterans, reading his poetry to them to facilitate the healing of emotional wounds, or assisting his disabled parents.

"I am honored to say that I am a student Dr. Fasanaro has helped," says Lynam. "He has counseled me through severe problems, often staying up until 4 a.m. to help me through a crisis, only to get up a few hours later to prepare for class. I owe an eternal debt of gratitude to Dr. Fasanaro. He has shown me the joys of living a spiritual life, given me the tools to explore the depths of my own soul, and given me the passion and wonder to grow closer to God."   

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St. John's College - Two Campus Locations
Santa Fe 
Campus Acreage: 250 acres
Elevation: 7,300 in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Town Population: 65,000
Nearest major metropolitan areas: 57 miles to Albuquerque, NM
Annapolis
Campus Acreage: 36 acres
Elevation: Sea level in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Town Population: 50,000
Nearest major metropolitan areas: 30 miles to both Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD

 

 

[Found3]

http://www.abanet.org/ceeli/assessments/armenia/cleanwater.html

William J. Walsh

William Walsh is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, where he heads the office's Environmental  Practice Group. Mr. Walsh challenges regulations, defends liability, provides advice on the application of statutes and regulations, and negotiates technical solutions in lawsuits pursuant to a variety of environmental statutes.

Mr. Walsh worked in the Office of Water Enforcement and served as Section Chief of the United States Environmental Protection Agency before joining Pepper, Hamilton. He has written and spoken on a wide range of topics, including international environmental legal and policy issues, bioavailability, risk assessment, choosing cleanup goals and technologies, hazardous waste cleanup policy, and toxic torts. Mr. Walsh received his undergraduate degree from Manhattan College and his Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School.

 

 

[JASPER HONORS]

[Honor1]

http://www.pb.com/cgi-bin/pb.dll/editorials/pb_press_release_editorial.jsp?groupCatName=Our+Company&oid=16692&groupOID=8004&locale=US&language=ENG

Pitney Bowes Honors Inventor of the Year - Award Underscores Company's Leadership in Innovation, Technology -

    STAMFORD, Conn., May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) marked its tenth annual Inventor of the Year award program by honoring a team of three inventors, who are this year's winners: Robert J. Allen of Danbury, CT; John W. Sussmeier of Cold Spring, NY; and William J. Wright of Killingworth, CT. The winning patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,273,419 issued August 14, 2001 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, covers the "Method and Device for Sheet Collation." The invention, the major component of Pitney Bowes APS Inserter System, enables large volumes of paper to be collated at a high speed, and is used by businesses who produce, sort and compile large volumes of documents, such as banks and insurance companies.

    At a ceremony announcing the winners at the company's world headquarters, Michael J. Critelli, Pitney Bowes chairman and CEO stated: "The accomplishments of Messrs Allen, Sussmeier and Wright underscore the very foundation upon which this company was built: innovation. It is this innovation, along with advanced technology, that enables us to provide leading-edge global, integrated mail and document management solutions for businesses of all sizes," adding,  "inventions like the APS Inserter System contribute to our vast portfolio of intellectual property, which continues to be a key corporate asset."

    Pitney Bowes intellectual property portfolio includes more than 3,500 patents worldwide in areas such as ticketing, cellular telephones, shipping, laser printing, encryption and mailing. The Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) Association has ranked Pitney Bowes among the top 200 patent holders in the United States for more than 14 years in recognition of the strength of its portfolio. The company is strategically leveraging its technological assets through direct development and delivery of innovative solutions, acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures, and by licensing proprietary technology to others.

    In addition to the Inventor of the Year award, the company also recognized John Sussmeier as the inventor granted the most patents in 2001, with nine patents covering various aspects of inserter systems.

    "We are proud to honor John's extraordinary body of work and the contributions he has made to the company throughout his career at Pitney Bowes. His accomplishments, along with those of his fellow inventors, and their keen knack for innovation, has enabled Pitney Bowes to provide products, services and solutions to our customers that are unsurpassed in the industry," said Joseph E. Wall, Pitney Bowes senior vice president/Engineering and chief technology officer.

    In a letter to the winning team, Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland offered his congratulations to the team and stated: "It is a special tribute that Pitney Bowes is recognized for the utilization of our state's skilled workforce as your company continues to grow and prosper ... I applaud Pitney Bowes for its outstanding commitment to the progress of the Stamford community and the entire state of Connecticut."

    Information on the winning team members is as follows:

<extraneous deleted>

    John Sussmeier is a Pitney Bowes Fellow. Mr. Sussmeier joined Pitney Bowes in 1988 as a staff engineer. Two years later, he joined UPS as a senior design  engineer, where he was awarded 10 patents during his five year career there. He rejoined Pitney Bowes in 1995 as a senior design engineer, was promoted to Systems Engineering technical advisor in 1998, and to Pitney Bowes Fellow in 2000. Mr. Sussmeier graduated Summa Cum Laude from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and earned an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Manhattan College.

    Pitney Bowes is a $4.1 billion global provider of integrated mail and document management solutions, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. The company serves over 2 million businesses of all sizes in 130 countries through direct and dealer operations. For more information on the company, its products, services and solutions, visit http://www.pitneybowes.com.

<extraneous deleted> 

SOURCE Pitney Bowes Inc.

 

 

[JASPER WEDDINGS]

[Wedding1]

Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company  
The New York Times
June 2, 2002, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section 9; Page 12; Column 4; Society Desk
HEADLINE: WEDDINGS;

Rebecca Adams, Julian Trotman

Dr. Rebecca Layburn Adams, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Adams of Rye, N.Y., was married yesterday to Julian Eric Trotman, a son of Louise Trotman of Mamaroneck, N.Y., and Peter A. Trotman of Melbourne, England. The Rev. Susan Harriss, an Episcopal priest, performed the ceremony at Christ's Church in Rye.

Dr. Trotman, 31, is a chief resident in psychiatry at the Payne Whitney Clinic of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. She graduated magna cum laude from Williams College and received a medical degree from New York University. Her father is a vice president of the international unit of Philip Morris in Rye Brook, N.Y., and is associate general counsel for Latin America. Mr. Trotman, 35, is a director of software development in Valhalla, N.Y., for the Oracle Corporation, the computer software company. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and received a master's degree in environmental engineering from Manhattan College. His father retired as a senior software planner in the Milford, Conn., offices of I.B.M.

The bridegroom's previous marriage ended in divorce.

GRAPHIC: Photo (Carroll Hudders)

LOAD-DATE: June 2, 2002

 

 

[JASPER BIRTHS]

[No Births]

 

 

[JASPER ENGAGEMENTS]

[No Engagements]

 

 

[JASPER GRADUATIONS]

[No Graduations]

 

 

[JASPER OBITS]

[Collector's prayer: And, may perpetual light shine on our fellow departed Jaspers, and all the souls of the faithful departed.]

Your assistance is requested in finding these. Please don’t assume that I will “catch” it via an automated search. Sometimes the data just doesn’t makes it’s way in.

[Obit1]

From: James Smith
Subject: Len Palumbo
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 18:23:34 -0400

John...sad to report that Leonard Palumbo ,class 1932 passed away in Bronxville May 31...Len founded the Manhattan College Golf Team and was inducted into the Manhattan college Sports Hall of Fame in 2001..The funeral will be at Immaculate Conception Church, Tuckahoe NY on Tuesday June 4th at 9:45...

Jim Smith...1960

[JR: Thanks for the sad report.]

 

 

[Obit2]

[JR: Belatedly]

Anthony R. Leo 1937

Anthony r. Leo died suddenly on Tuesday, March 14, 2000 after a short illness. Up until his recent illness he was active in tennis, golf and St. Eugene's church in Yonkers. He would have been 85 this June 12th. He will be missed by his daughter

[JR: Found on the net.]

 

 

 

 

[Obit3]

Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company  
The New York Times
June 1, 2002, Saturday, Late Edition - Final
SECTION: Section A; Page 13; Column 3; Classified
HEADLINE: Deaths

MOLLOY, JOHN FRANCIS RAYMOND JR.

MOLLOY-John Francis Raymond Jr. A resident of Larchmont, died on May 30, 2002 at his home. He was 80. Mr. Molloy was born on April 4, 1922 to the late John Sr. and Nora (O'Leary) Molloy. During World War II he served in the US Navy on the USS Norton Sound. He studied Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, Manhattan College and Columbia University. As a Civil Engineer he worked at Hardesty and Hanover; Howard, Needles and Bergendoff; and Ammann and Whitney. He was member of Cai Epsilon and a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers where he was elected President of The Metropolitan Section. He was a talented musician who was a pianist, music arranger and leader of his own orchestra which played at the Palmer House in Chicago. In retirement, he played the piano for the Seniors at the Taylor Care Center in Valhalla. Mr. Molloy is survived by his wife, Kathleen Colligan Molloy; his children, John F.R. Molloy III, Patrick Molloy, Anne Molloy Fazio Lucker, Mary Elizabeth Molloy Spagnoli, and Dr. Raymond Molloy; his grandchildren, Lt. Teresa Fazio, USMC, Michael Fazio, Christopher Fazio, and Joshua Lucker; his son-in-law, Dr. Jay Lucker; his brother Daniel Molloy and his wife Kathleen (Kennelley); and his brother-inlaw, John Morrissey and his wife Eileen. Visiting will be Sunday 2-4, 7-9PM at Lloyd Maxcy & Sons Beaucamp Chapel, 16 Shea Place, New Rochelle. A funeral mass is scheduled for Monday at 10 A.M., at Sts. John and Paul Church. Interment will follow at Holy Mount Cemetery.  http://www.nytimes.com

LOAD-DATE: June 1, 2002

 

 

[Obit4]

Copyright 2002 EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS  
The Express
May 31, 2002
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 19
HEADLINE: THE AUTHENTIC TANG OF AN IRISH GENIUS
BYLINE: By Catherine Halloran

JOHN B Keane will always be remembered as one of the greatest playwrights of modern times.

A dramatist, novelist, poet and raconteur, his plays have become household names not only in Ireland but throughout the world.

He wrote over 20 plays, three novels and an extensive selection of humorous writings. Born in 1928 in Listowel, his father was a national school teacher. After a short time living in England, he returned to Listowel with his wife Mary and opened their world famous pub in 1955.

Over the years, he has contributed greatly to local and national theatrical life.

His first play, Sive, presented by the Listowel Drama Group, won the All-Ireland Amateur Drama Festival in 1959, and its enormous impact immediately made Keane's reputation.

Sive centred around the traditional theme of the made marriage. It was followed in 1960 by Sharon's Grave, one of John B's favourites.

His next plays turned away from the folk past of north Kerry and depicted some of the elements of change in rural Ireland at that time.

Many Young Men of Twenty (1961), is a musical about emigration and portrays the lack of jobs and opportunities which forced the people of Keane's small town to depart for the modern world of England.

Other plays include Big Maggie, Moll, The Crazy Wall, The Buds of Ballybunion, The Chastitute, Hut 42, The Man from Clare, Year of the Hiker and, one of his best works, The Field.

This play was adapted for the screen by Noel Pearson and Jim Sheridan in 1996 and starred Richard Harris, John Hurt and Tom Berenger.

His prose work includes the hilarious Letters of the Successful TD, Letters of an Irish Parish Priest, Letters of a LoveHungry Farmer, Letters of a Country Postman, Letters of a Matchmaker and Letters of an Irish Minister of State.

In his 50s, he wrote a series of best-sellers, including The Contractors, The Bodhran Makers and Durango.

He was a president of Irish PEN, a member of Aosdana and received numerous awards including honorary doctorates from Trinity, University of Limerick and New York's Manhattan College.

John B. Keane is survived by his wife, children Billy, Conor, John and Joanna and many grandchildren.

LOAD-DATE: May 31, 2002

 

 

[MANHATTAN IN THE NEWS OR FOUND ON & OFF THE WEB]

[News1]

http://home.att.net/~jskorupski/aboutus.html

1994

Two reconditioned Schoenbrod eight's were purchased from Manhattan College. The Manhattan coach, Tom Delaney, in addition to giving us a good price, deferred the payments to make the purchase possible.

[JR: A good deed remembered and publicly too.]

 

 

[News2]

Copyright 2002 Newsday, Inc.  
Newsday (New York, NY)
June 4, 2002 Tuesday ALL EDITIONS
SECTION: PART II, Pg. B03
HEADLINE: A Thriller at the Beach; Enduring love of LI's dunes lures writer of bestsellers
BYLINE: By Aileen Jacobson; STAFF WRITER

When James Patterson was a boy, he used to come to Jones Beach with his grandfather and three sisters several times each summer from their home in upstate Newburgh.

"I love the ocean, the seashore. I always have, since I was a little kid," the bestselling author says.

Later, when he was in his 20s and starting out in the ad business, he had a share in a Westhampton house. "There were about eight of us," he says. So it should come as no surprise that, when the writer best known for his thrillers - "Along Came a Spider," "Kiss the Girls," "1st to Die" - decided to locate a suspense novel among dunes and waves, he chose Long Island's East End.

"I wanted to write a really terrific beach read," says Patterson, 55, who lives in Palm Beach, Fla., with his wife and 4-year-old son and has a summer house in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Called "The Beach House," the book will be available Monday and is expected to become another bestseller, just as his romance of last summer, "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas," was - and is again, as a paperback.

The new book is about the murder of Peter Mullen, an attractive, sexually active young man who grew up in a modest Montauk home, and the efforts of his brother, Jack, a Columbia law student, to catch his killers.

"I love the idea of really scary things happening in really pretty places," Patterson says. He added that he also wanted to explore "the cynicism about justice in the country at this time" in his story, which pits Jack and his "townie" friends against the rich and powerful from Manhattan who own big houses and employ local help - including Peter - during the summer.

The book was almost completed, Patterson says, before the incident last July in which wealthy Manhattanite Lizzie Grubman backed her Mercedes SUV into a group of nightclubbers after allegedly calling a bouncer "white trash."

"Here it is, townies and rich people," Patterson says. "This book rings so true about the conflicts that exist. You just know it. You feel it. I've seen it everywhere I've ever been."

But isn't he among the rich and powerful? Didn't The Wall Street Journal estimate recently that he earns $25 million a year? Didn't he once own a house on the Jersey Shore that looks like the magnificent home on the book's cover? "Now, I guess I'm on the other side. But my heart is still on the townie side."

Patterson rose quickly from his town roots. After graduating summa cum laude from Manhattan College and getting a master's degree in English from Vanderbilt, he joined J. Walter Thompson in 1971 as a junior copywriter, and became chairman from 1990 to 1996. He left after he was already a hit author.

These days, he churns out books at a fast clip, working on several at once, each at a different stage in his five-to-six-draft process. He moves from one to the other at a large table, writing with pencil, he says. Then he has the manuscript typed, makes corrections, has it retyped and so on "until I say it's muffins," or done. He has so many ideas, he says, that he uses co-authors on some books. Peter de Jonge helped on "The Beach House," though Patterson won't say how they divide the work.

Right now, he says, he's on the first draft of a new mystery starring his detective-psychologist hero Alex Cross; the second draft of a love story in the vein of "Suzanne's Diary," and the last draft of a sequel to "When the Wind Blows," a fantasy about children with wings. He just finished a medieval mystery, and another Cross story comes out in November.

Patterson is also known for being a savvy promoter of his own books. (He'll visit bookstores in Manhattan and on Long Island this month, and his publisher, Little, Brown, has TV ads and beach banners planned.) He expects the book to become a movie, as have others of his works.

Though his aim is "a roller coaster ride," he says, he tries to get details right. "I think there'll be a lot of head-nodding on Long Island as people read it."

Actually, there might be head- scratching, too, as residents ponder such mysteries as why Ronkonkoma is on the Montauk branch of the Long Island Rail Road, how one can drive from Huntington to Ronkonkoma in only 10 minutes and why a Suffolk assistant district attorney has her office in Seaford, in Nassau County. None of which, no doubt, will hurt sales. Author, Author On Monday at 1 p.m., James Patterson will sign books at Barnes & Noble, 600 Fifth Ave. at 48th Street, Manhattan. On June 20, he'll be at three stores: Borders, 231 Airport Plaza, Farmingdale, at 12:30 p.m.; Barnes & Noble, 91 Old Country Rd., Carle Place, at 5:30 p.m.; and Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington, 8 p.m.

GRAPHIC: 1) Photo by Richard Harbus - Author James Patterson at his summer home in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. 2) Photo - JAMES PATTERSON "BEACH HOUSE"

LOAD-DATE: June 4, 2002

 

 

[News3]

Copyright 2002 Stuart News Company  
The Jupiter Courier (Jupiter, FL)
June 2, 2002, Sunday
SECTION: Jupiter; Pg. a1
HEADLINE: NEW JUPITER FAU CHIEF TAKES REINS
BYLINE: Randall Murray Staff Writer

Kristen Murtaugh has a busy life. She's an avid photographer, a bird watcher, an art quilter and she loves to tend her butterfly garden at her Delray Beach home.

And, oh yes; in her spare time she now runs the Jupiter campus of Florida Atlantic University.

A 10-year-veteran of FAU, Murtaugh, 59, was named in April to replace the retiring Robert Huckshorn as the university's vice president for the 135-acre John D. MacArthur campus, which includes FAU's Honors College. With doctoral degrees in languages and literature from Harvard University, Murtaugh finds herself in a role different from those she has played in the past. Hired as associate dean for the university's Division of Continuing Education in 1992, she soon was handed the responsibility for building the new campus in Fort Pierce in cooperation with Indian River Community College.

"I was told it was a small operation," Murtaugh recalled last week. "But when I made my first visit there, I found two employees - a senior clerk and one faculty member - and what was essentially a broom closet."

That's when she put her organizational talents to work to expand that operation, which now plays host to 725 students with a faculty of 20 on a 50-acre campus in Port St. Lucie.

"I thought to myself, I have a doctorate and now I have to keep track of pest control, toilet paper, etc.," she said with a dose of the self-deprecating good humor that helps her keep a perspective on what she's doing.

It was the same kind of scenario when Murtaugh was director of then-New York Gov. Mario Cuomo's School and Business Alliance, and as director of cooperative education at Manhattan College in The Bronx. Both were start-up programs where she could create things, develop new projects. From the latter, she learned the flexibility of a small, Catholic institution where she could get things done quickly. With Cuomo's group, she learned the lessons of working within a political system ... where things did not move quickly.

In Jupiter, she inherits an established campus. The Honors College was Huckshorn's concept and he helped nurture it to the unique program it is, although it constitutes only a small fraction of the student body and programs offered at the Jupiter campus.

She applauds Huckshorn's vision in building the Jupiter campus and says of her more than 20 months here, "I feel I was really a part of its growth, working with Bob Huckshorn."

Huckshorn said he had developed a strong respect for Murtaugh while working with her at the Jupiter campus. "She's been with me since I came up there," said Huckshorn who retired in April after 38 years service with FAU. "The provost and I offered her the opportunity with the Indian River campus and she said, "I can do it.' And she did."

Outgoing FAU President Anthony Catanese offered strong support to Murtaugh in announcing her: "Dr. Murtaugh has established an outstanding record of service and leadership to Florida Atlantic University and I am pleased that she will continue her excellent work in leading the MacArthur campus into the future."

In Jupiter Murtaugh will oversee and direct a tremendous era of growth and expansion here, with student population projected to grow from the present 3,000 to 10,000 by 2015. More students, more faculty, more buildings, present a tough task for Murtaugh ... finding the money for all of that.

With the state university system undergoing a sea change in its relationship with state oversight, Murtaugh sees the budget battles as defining in large part the priorities of growth. The university had to swallow a 5 percent budget cut in 2001 and with a change in governance from the statewide Board of Regents to individual Boards of Trustees for each of the 10 schools, the money issue is in flux.

Huckshorn says that issue - the budget crunch combined with the Jupiter campus' steady growth - will keep Murtaugh busy. "With the moratorium on hiring, we're already behind in faculty members," Huckshorn said, "and she's going to face growing demands."

But Murtaugh has committed herself to spreading the word about FAU throughout our community. "I want this campus to be known as a center for culture in Jupiter," she said. Among the cultural attractions will be the new Edna Hibel Museum on campus, two buildings that will feature the works of the famed Palm Beach County artist/philanthropist and others, which will help increase cultural awareness throughout the region. The Hibel Museum is in the final stages of construction and will be open in summer, said Murtaugh.

She also plans to expand the academic directions of the Jupiter campus. "I want this campus to be known for more than just the Honors College," she noted. "I want to see the humanities and journalism grow here, as well as our psychology program. I want this campus to be seen as a center of excellence."

In the early days of her tenure at the top, Murtaugh finds herself with several balls in the air. But she has a clear vision of what her job entails. "I must take an overview of the entire university and its needs as I direct this campus."  

randall.murray@scripps.com

GRAPHIC: (color) photo by Randall Murray: Looking over plans for the next day's activities, Kristen Murtaugh, left, recently named to run Florida Atlantic University's Jupiter campus, talks with Judi Bowe, executive secretary.

LOAD-DATE: June 4, 2002

 

 

[RESUMES]

FROM THE COLLEGE’S WEB SITE: Your resume can be sent to employers who contact our office seeking to fill positions.  For more information contact the Recruitment Coordinator at (718) 862-7965 or Email to JGlenn@manhattan.edu

[Resume1]

[JR: Found; not submitted]

http://home.att.net/~sfalco/falco_resume.html

Steven A. Falco
Morris Plains, NJ 07950

OBJECTIVE:

A software design position capitalizing on my experience in: real-time control, embedded systems, wireless technologies, Internet infrastructure/applications, and simulation.

SKILLS:

C++, C, Perl, HTML, various assembly languages, Unix (including Unix internals), Linux, Windows, Samba, Secure Shell (SSH), TCP/IP, SONET, ATM, various wireless protocols, hardware/software interface debugging.

PATENTS:

Encrypting Speech Coder - U.S. Patent 6,266,412
Digital Control Channel (DCCH) Overload Control - U.S. Patent pending
Dynamic Management of a Wireless Control Channel - U.S. Patent pending
Using TDMA Air Interface to provide an Accurate Timing Source for Geolocation - U.S. Patent pending

1993-Present: Lucent Technologies, Wireless Telephone Business Unit
System Architect, Wireless Packet Data:

Responsible for creating the high-level architecture for wireless packet data services, as per Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) standards. Served as the editor/coordinator for all other architectural aspects of UMTS including circuit- and packet-mode communications, security, application services, and networking.

Lead Designer, Standards Information System:
Conceived of, designed, built, and tested a system for automatically maintaining a large collection (thousands) of wireless standards documents. The system uses heuristics to extract key information from the documents, and generates a cross-referenced hierarchy of HTML pages for the document collection. The system is predominantly written in PERL.

Chief Architect, Wireless Packet Data:
Responsible for creating the architecture for wireless packet data services, as per Enhanced Global Packet Radio Service (EGPRS) standards. Coordinated and arbitrated the activities of the architecture team.

Architect, Wireless Telephone System:
Responsible for the continuing architectural evolution of a wireless telephone system based on Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). Provided schedule and development effort estimates to front-end planners. Provided algorithm consultation to developers.

Lead Designer, Wireless Call Processing:
Coordinated a team of developers in the areas of Wireless Call Processing and Control, including design, development, and testing.

Lead Designer, Wireless Digital Radio:
Contributed to the initial hardware trade-studies for a new microprocessor-based wireless radio, designed memory layout, defined ANSI C code strategy, created build process for new compilers, wrote low-level (assembly) support code, and directed the team to port existing applications code. Wrote device drivers for numerous hardware components of the radio.

Designer, Wireless Digital Control Channel:
Designed, implemented, and tested a wireless digital control channel (DCCH). This included a queuing and real-time prioritization mechanism for down-link data transmission, up-link message assembly, and automatic re-transmission and error recovery as per applicable industry standards.

Designer, Wireless Security Features:
Designed, implemented, and tested the following security features: authentication, voice encryption/decryption, and message encryption/decryption. These features allow service providers to combat fraud and theft-of-service.

1991-1993: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Telephone Loop Carrier Business Unit

Lead Designer, Boot-ROM (BIOS) Firmware:
Wrote firmware to perform initialization and power-up testing of loop-carrier (access) hardware. The task included design, coding, and test of the boot-ROM as well as delivery to the manufacturing organization.

Lead Designer, Diagnostic Software:
Designed the core on-line diagnostics of loop-carrier (access) hardware, and coordinated the activities of the other diagnostic team members.

1978-1991: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Signal Processor Lab

Lead Designer, Programmable Channel Hardware for U.S. Navy:
Designed a 10-Mbps Navy Tactical Data Standard NTDS-E serial interface circuit-card for a multi-processor data-flow supercomputer used for U.S. Navy applications. Tasks included schematic design, simulation, and design of programmable logic.

Designer, Memory Controller Simulator:
Implemented a simulator for an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). This ASIC provided dynamic memory control and direct  memory access (DMA) for a multi-processor data-flow supercomputer used for U.S. Navy applications.

Designer, Built-In Self-Test (BIST) circuitry and simulator:
Designed control structures for Built-In Self-Test of computer hardware, and wrote simulation models for use by ASIC designers.

EDUCATION:

MSEE, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, 1980.
BSEE, Manhattan College, Bronx, NY, 1978.

PERSONAL:

U. S. Citizen, held U.S. Security clearance (SECRET) from 1978 to 1985.

Age 45, married, excellent health, interested in computer music, photography, and gardening.

 

 

[SPORTS]

[Sports1]

Reported on the Manhattan Athletics’ site

June 6, 2002
GASKIN, PARISI NAMED TO THE FRESHMEN ALL-AMERICAN BASEBALL TEAM

TUCSON, AZ -Manhattan College baseball players Chris Gaskin (Rego Park, NY) and Mike Parisi (Lake Grove, NY) were named to the 2002 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American team announced by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper yesterday.

Gaskin was selected after being named Rookie of the Year in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and for posting a .326 batting average while collecting 61 hits, 37 RBI and 34 runs. The firstbaseman also started in all 51 games for the Jaspers and posted a .453 slugging percentage.

Pitcher Parisi was also selected to the team after putting together a 6-4 record with 3 saves and a 3.19 ERA. He struck out 56 batters and walked 20. The rookie also broke the school's single season strikeout records with 81.

The Jaspers finished the 2002 campaign with an overall record of 32-19, 16-11 in the MAAC, and tied the school record for wins in a single season set in the program's inaugural year (1903). Manhattan missed the playoffs by one game, but finished with the most MAAC victories in school history.

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June 5, 2002
MANHATTAN COLLEGE TO HOST GIRLS' SUMMER BASKETBALL CAMPS

RIVERDALE, NY - The Manhattan College women's basketball office is currently accepting applications for the 2002 Coach Sal Buscaglia's Girls Summer Basketball Camp held on the campus of Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY.

There will be three sessions held in Draddy Gymnasium from June 27th to June 30th, August 4th to August 8th, and August 8th to August 11th. Enrollment is open to girls entering third to 12th grades. Players will be grouped accordingly to their age and skill levels. Packages are also available for commuters and on campus resident.

For further details and request for a camp brochure, please contact head basketball coach Sal Buscaglia at (718) 862-7940.

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[Compiled Sports Reports]

Copyright 2002 Providence Publications, LLC  
The Providence Journal-Bulletin (Providence, RI)
June 4, 2002, Tuesday All Editions
SECTION: Sports; Pg. D-02
HEADLINE: COLLEGE NOTES - All-America rolls include a number of area athletes

<extraneous deleted>

Another Rhode Islander, Jacob Freeman of East Greenwich, earned All-America recognition. The Manhattan College junior finished fifth in a field of 19 in the hammer with a throw of 67.95 meters, or 222 feet, 11 inches. Andras Haklits, a senior from Georgia, won the event with a heave of 77.32 meters (253-8).

<extraneous deleted>

Mike Szostak can be reached at mszostak@projo.com

LOAD-DATE: June 5, 2002

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Copyright 2002 The Dallas Morning News  
The Dallas Morning News
May 31, 2002, Friday SECOND EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS DAY; Pg. 5B
HEADLINE: UT loses 2nd basketball assistant in 2 years; Cousins resigns, had worked with Barnes since Providence days
SOURCE: Austin Bureau
BYLINE: RANA L. CASH
DATELINE: AUSTIN

AUSTIN - Texas basketball coach Rick Barnes lost the assistant coach most closely linked to him Thursday when Brian Cousins announced his resignation.

Cousins was a member of the UT coaching staff for four years and coached under Barnes the past five years, including one year with Barnes at Clemson.

"I've decided to take a step back from the world of college coaching and look at a few different opportunities in life," Cousins said. "I have been doing this for quite a while now and really just want to take a break. I have thoroughly enjoyed my relationship with the college kids that I've worked with and especially loved my time with Coach Barnes and at the University of Texas." Cousins is the second prominent Texas assistant coach to leave in the past two years. Former assistant Rob Lanier left in April 2001 to take over as the head coach at Siena College.

But it is Cousins who has spent the most time with Barnes, dating back to Providence, where Cousins was a 1991 graduate and was head manager and undergraduate administrative assistant for three years while Barnes was the head coach. After Cousins worked under Fran Fraschilla at St. John's (1996-97) and Manhattan College ('93-'96) and under George Raveling at USC ('91-'93), he rejoined Barnes at Clemson ('97-'98) as an assistant and then followed him to Texas.

"I've watched him grow up," Barnes said of Cousins. "He was as good as I've ever been around as far as game preparation. He did basketball 365 days."

Barnes said he would begin looking for a new coach because recruiting begins again in earnest in July. Losing two prominent assistants in consecutive seasons is not a major concern, he added.

"I've always wanted guys who are motivated and successful," Barnes said, "Every assistant I've ever had has been successful. Every assistant has made a difference in some way. I want them to pursue success, whether it's in coaching or outside of coaching."

E-mail rcash@dallasnews.com

GRAPHIC: PHOTO(S): Brian Cousins

LOAD-DATE: June 1, 2002

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[EMAIL FROM JASPERS]

[Email 1]

From: John Reinke
To: Catherine (1987) Jordan
Subject: Did a little looking last night ...
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 10:00:52 -0400

So what are you doing on Monday June 10th at 1PM?

http://www.twbookmark.com/features/jamespatterson/index.html

1. How can I contact James Patterson?

You can write a letter to James Patterson at the following address:
James Patterson
c/o Author Mail
Little, Brown and Company
1271 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

Meet James Patterson in person! Check the schedule below for dates and locations.

Date/Time Location City
6/10 1PM Barnes & Noble
600 5th Avenue at 48th Street  New York, NY
6/11 8PM Barnes & Noble
189 Grove Drive  Los Angeles, CA
6/12 7:30PM Borders
14651 Ventura Blvd  Sherman Oaks, CA
6/13 12:30PM Borders--Union Square
400 Post Street  San Francisco, CA
6/13 7:30PM Barnes & Noble
1149 S. Main Street  Walnut Creek, CA
6/14 5:30PM Barnes & Noble
720 Hawthorne Center  Vernon Hills, IL
6/14 8PM Barnes & Noble
55 Old Orchard Center  Skokie, IL
6/15 7PM University Books
The Orpheum Theatre
216 State Street  Madison, WI
6/20 12:30PM Borders
231 Airport Plaza  Farmingdale, NY
6/20 5:30PM Barnes & Noble
91 Old Country Road  Carle Place, NY
6/20 8PM Book Revue
313 New York Avenue  Huntington, NY
6/22 1PM Bookends
232 East Ridgewood Avenue  Ridgewood, NJ
6/25 7PM RJ Julia
Daniel Hand High School
302 Green Hill Rd.  Madison, CT

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[Email 2]

Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 14:28:42 -0400
From: Robert Helm
Subject: RE: This week's issue at 20020602

Good Afternoon, John:

1. French Archers, indeed.

2. 1635 was my designator (MOS to Army types and NSA personnel, I guess). 1630 means a regular commissioned officer whose billet is Intelligence and 1635 identifies a Reserve Officer with the same training and sometimes with even wider experience.

Re Captain Ill, NYFD. We have some of the most magnificent personalities in NYC PD and FD but we seldom hear the stories of the good guts, only the 'bad' cops (just as we only hear about the 1% of 'bad' kids and seldom about the 99% of good ones) You do a tremendous job of bringing these people to our attention. I only wish that there was some way for you to bring my generation (which contained many heroes) to everyone's attention. Unfortunately, we are losing them rapidly and no one knows just what they did, Hollywood films to the contrary not withstanding.

3. My fingers hit the wrong key, again, and look what happened. I think my hands suffer from fat fingeritis!

Keep up the good work and God Bless. FNS sends

Robert A. Helm

[JR: <2> Well, to some extent, the “greatest generation” – which I agree with labeling so -- is going to their graves with out passing on the things that they have learned to the next generation. I would have to fault them for not exercising the moral leadership needed to steer us. We needed leadership and education at the time of the Vietnam War. Leadership to insist that the government tell the truth; it was painfully obvious to anyone with an ounce of sense that the war not being “won”. I knew that it College; I knew that when I was inducted; And, I for sure knew it when I was at NSA. Education was so that we did not forget our principles. Which we did! Self-reliance, optimism, faith, and trust were lost. We shifted to a welfare state, giving the government power, and letting it off the dead old white guy’s leash!]

 

 

[Email 3]

[JR: You get the most interesting information from the out-of-office messages.]

From: John Dillon
Subject: Re:This week's issue at

Greetings.  Please note that I will be travelling to Brazil from May 29, 2002 - June 10, 2002. While in Brazil, I will have limited e-mail access. As such, if you require assistance during my absence, please contact <privacy invoked>.

[JR: Welcome back!]

 

[Email 4]

From: electronic.messaging@<privacy invoked>
Sun, 2 Jun 2002 12:16:41 –0500
Subject: Non-Business Outbound Message. Delete all non-business files. (Offensive words(spook))
Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 12:26:03 -0600

************* eManager Notification **************

We have detected a message which violates company policy and it has been blocked. If you feel you have received this message in error, please reply to "electronic.messaging@ <privacy invoked> ".

Source mailbox: reinkefj@alum.manhattan.edu
Destination mailbox(es): "<privacy invoked>"
Policy: Offensive words(spook)
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******************* End of message *******************

[JR: Arghhh! I just love these brain dead mail blocking tools. When this happens, I’ll send a try#2 with just the URL. What else can I do?]

 

 

[Email 5]

From: Joseph Ludford
Subject: Re: This week's issue at 
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 21:35:11 -0400

Dear John,

I read your comment on Dr. Laura Schlessinger's statement.  I agree with all of it except the degree of government abuse you suggest.  But that's not important.  What is important are the points you made about freedom to choose for everyone equally.  Thanks for a startling but truthful statement.

Joe Ludford
58E

[JR: That’s my job here. To provoke everyone into reading and writing. In a nutshll, us Libertarian “nuts”, believe that liberty is the allowing everyone to make their own choices. As with most things, the government: intrudes into everything, removes “choices”, raises “costs”, displaces people from the “problem space”, and doesn’t allow “water to find its own level” (i.e., allow people to work out the compromises necessary to every day life). “Federalization” of every “problem” is treated as a “crisis” and blundering “solutions” are imposed on everyone. Why can’t we have more Underwriter’s Labratories and less FDAs?]

 

 

[Email 6]

Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 08:49:44 –0400
From: Horgan, Brian J
Subject: Capt Frederick Ill Jr. FDNY

http://www.nycfire.net/wtchome/fredill.htm

Your last newsletter highlighted FDNY Capt. Fred Ill's heroism and the bond he formed with the Rivera family after he rescued Mr. Rivera.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/publications/md00_p43.html

Capt. Fred Ill lost his life at the World Trade Center 9-11-01.  The above link is to the FDNY site and the local newspaper article covering Fred's memorial service.  Fred's son, Fred Ill III is a FDNY firefighter and also responded to the World Trade Center.

Rest In Peace,
Brian J. Horgan
Class of '79

[JR: This was the first of many “corrections” or “follow ons”. I’ve included them since the carry some personal feelings. When I “caught” the story, I didn’t know the ending. Good deeds are their own reward. Look how positively he still impacts people.]

 

 

[Email 7]

From: Giugliano, Suzanne
Subject: RE: This week's issue at http:
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 08:59:28 -0400

Hi John,

A sad follow-up on this wonderful story about a wonderful, giving man...Captain Ill was lost on September 11th.  My brother Michael is a firefighter and was in the academy with Captain Ill's son, Fred - who has followed in his Dad's footsteps and is also a firefighter and a great young man.

Take care,
Suzanne '90

[JR: Thanks for the update.]

 

 

[Email 8]

From: Neil O'Sullivan '90
Subject: Re: This week's issue at 
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:06:52 -0400

Hi John,

In regards to the article on Captain Frederick Ill's heroism. An unfortunate follow-up, Captain Ill was one of the many heroes of September 11, 2001 who were killed.  Captain Ill was a very valued member of my hometown of Pearl River and he is greatly missed.

Neil O'Sullivan '90

[JR: we are all lessened by his death. ]

 

 

[Email 9]

From: Joseph Lestingi
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 21:23:34 -0700

Joe

-----------------------------------------------------------

Joseph Lestingi,             Tucson, AZ 85739

[JR: A cryptic message, but Arizona jaspers will want to take note.]

 

 

[Email 10]

From: Lemanski, Richard F
Subject: RE: This week's issue at http:
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 07:46:00 -0400

John-

Thanks for this. It's the first one I have received, but I found it really enjoyable.

Regards,
Rich Lemanski
class of '87

[JR: As I said in my message, I produce this weekly, for free, and can add you to the distribution, if you would like to see it regularly? I "have" almost a thousand Jaspers on the list. My goal is to have everyone organized into a virtual Plato's Cave for a variety of purposes (e.g., connecting with old friends from MC; networking; inspirational; kvetching).]

 

 

[Email 11]

From: Chris Ledwith
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 09:00:34 EDT
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper

Send me the weekly email.

Thanks,
Chris Ledwith

 

 

[Email 12]

From:
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:29:45 EDT
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper

Good work John

Include me in your list

Thanks
LOU LEDDA

 

 

[Email 13]

From: Art Zapolski
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 22:29:49 EDT
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper

Dear John:

I'd like to be on the Jasper Jottings list.  Its great to stay in touch.

Thanks for all the work on this project.

Best regards,
Art Zapolski

 

 

[Email 14]

From: Matthew Kieley  '93

Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 21:51:53 EDT

Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper

John, 

I appreciate your effort and would be interested in receiving both your newsletter and the McKit.   Thanks

Matthew Kieley  '93

 

 

[Email 15]

From: John Fay
Subject: Plaskow
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 15:33:47 +0100

John

Thanks for the little summary on Dr. Plaskow in last week's Jottings. It was pure chance that I ended up in her class during my senior year (1986). I was nearly the only male in her class, and I never passed on an opportunity to differ with her, but she was a great teacher.

She allowed me a chance to have my say, was fair-minded and often got me thinking, which is what it was all about, right? Above all, she was (is, I'm sure) an extremely decent person and one of the many reasons I have good memories of Manhattan College.

Regards
John F.

PS I know it's not a big deal in the US, but today was a great day for us Americans in Ireland. First the US beat Portugal (a huge upset) in the World Cup and then Ireland got an excellent tie with Germany. Party time here in Dublin.

 

 

 

[Email 16]

From: Leidenfrost, Steven R.  1991
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 22:27:52 -0400

John,

Please keep me on your Jasper Jottings mail group.

Thanks,

Steve

Class of 91

 

 

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A Final Thought

http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2002/6/3/175319

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Monday, June 3, 2002
Morgan Freeman: 9-11 Not a National Trauma

Actor Morgan Freeman appears intelligent in his movie roles. Appearances can be deceiving.

A co-star of Tinseltown's politically correct version of "The Sum of All Fears," he's stirring up a fuss with comments made over the weekend about whether people want to see a movie about terrorism after the attacks of Sept. 11.

"We had a trauma, but it's really not a national trauma," Freeman told New York movie reviewer Neal Rosen. "If you were not in New York on Sept. 11, what you saw was an event on CNN."

The New York Daily News today printed responses from victims' relatives.

"He's a star in the movie, so I figure he didn't want people not going to see it," said Bronx resident Ben Colon, whose wife, Sol Colon, was killed in the attacks. "But to say that Sept. 11 was only limited to New York is an ignorant statement."

Gail Gottlieb of Manhattan said: "I think he's delusional. Was he on the moon that day?"

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I hope that people can begin to distinguish between reality and fiction! For a long time, we as a society have blurred the distinction. When celebrities testify in front of Congress as if they were experts on a topic or a disease, we regard them in awe. Now, any citizen should have a right to go in front of the Congress critters and make a fool out of themselves. But, let's not give celebrities any more weight on an intellectual issue than that of any other citizen. Some citizens are more worth hearing from than others (i.e., a learned doctor; a life long laborer in a specific field, some one who has been personally injured by something, a world leader, a religious leader). I would more like to hear some one like a "Mother Theresa" testify to the effect of government regulations on her attempt to bring her charitable order to New York City to service the poor than a celebrity. Recently, Julia Roberts did it. A fine and entertaining actress told of her moving experience with a dying child. That was border line. Would the Congress critters have sat to listen to the girl's mother without the influence of Ms. Roberts?

I don't think so. Charity is not the province of government. It's belongs to the people. Celebrities can run telethons where participation is voluntary. Taking it by force from the taxpayers is involuntary. There should be no "takings". PERIOD. When celebs show up, you know there's something unconstitutional going on and hold on to your wallet. Send the celbs home, turn off the cameras, defeat the incumbents, and send a message that we "ain't gonna take it no more"!

And that’s the last word.

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