Sunday 03 October 2004
Dear Jaspers,
643 have registered on the Distribute site. There are 15 bouncing but Yahoo keeps "probing" to try to get thru. If you aren't receiving it, please check your box or your "spam solution"! I try to let subscribers know through alternative means – typically if I have an alternate email or ussnailmail address in my Corex Cardscan database. From time to time, if I have time, I'll even do research in old messages to find alternatives. But, it has to be ultimately the reader's job to stay connected.
I am somewhat concerned that I have no read on how many
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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20041003.htm
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Th October 7 - NYC Alumni Club event scheduled
Wkend October
8 - 10, 2004
AAS Alumni Reunion 2004
Hampton Inn White Plains
Elmsford, NY
details can be had at www.AASalumni.org
We Nov 3 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
Sa Nov 6, '04 MC Gulf Coast Alumni golf tournament
--- Pelican Pointe Golf and Country Club, Venice, Fl
--- George Brew '50 Co-Chairman
We Dec 15 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
We Jan 26 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
We Mar 16 Treasure Coast FL Alumni Holiday Inn
--- on US 1 in Stuart, Florida at noon
--- contact Ed Plumeau '52A c/o Jasper Jottings
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My list of Jaspers who are in harms way:
- Afghanistan
- - Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
- - Mortillo, Steven F., son of Mortillo,
Steve (1980)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.
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From: John O'Connor [1974]
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 4:20 PM
To: John Reinke (MP)
Subject: FW: Its NEVER too Late!!!
CIC
You always seem to find an interesting news bit of inspiration for the opening of the JJ. here's something that caught my eye
(From the Yahoo Sports News page on Sunday, Sept 26....I wish I had the chutzpah (and the knees left) to pursue a dream like this)
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39-year-old ``Pops'' Frisby sees first college action
By PETE IACOBELLI, AP Sports Writer
September 25, 2004
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- ``Pops'' Frisby finally made his college football debut -- at the age of 39. Tim Frisby, the Army veteran who is a walk-on receiver for South Carolina, went in for the Gamecocks' final four plays in Saturday's 17-7 victory over Troy
Frisby got a loud cheer from the crowd of 79,700 at Williams-Brice Stadium when he entered the game with 2:13 remaining, then lined up by himself wide to the right as the Gamecocks ran through the middle to finish things off.
When it ended, he got back slaps and pats from teammates and coaches.
``I'm just glad coach put the trust in me to go out there,'' Frisby said. ``I was glad to be part of it.''
The NCAA gave Frisby, a 20-year Army vet who retired this summer, clearance to play for the Gamecocks this week. Eligibility questions from his time at two Allentown, Pa., high schools kept him on the sideline for games against Georgia and South Florida.
Frisby was among five Gamecocks who led the rest of the team in pre-game calisthenics Saturday. He raised his helmet to the sky like his teammates during the opening kickoff. Then he stood on the sideline and watched, until making his debut at the end.
But Frisby is quite different than his teammates. He's got six children, and the oldest -- who is 16 -- is nearly the age of some of those teammates.
During his military career, Frisby was a Ranger-qualified member of the 82nd Airborne. He served in Desert Storm and the conflict in Kosovo.
He carries a 3.8 GPA in broadcast journalism, which he hopes to turn into a second career
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John's figured out my pattern. I like to lead with something that exemplifies what I consider the "Jasper spirit". The fact that these exemplars come from non-Jaspers only means to me that we have a poor communications channel. I am sure that each of us in our own way do "great things". As a group, we seem – other than the "politicians" – seem to be afraid to be seen as "blowing our own horn". I'd like to transform that into "here's something neat that I am doing". Hence I am always open to passing along what ever my fellow alums find interesting.
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
john.reinke--AT--att.net
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Newsday (New York)
September 26, 2004 Sunday
NASSAU EDITION
SECTION: LI LIFE; Pg. G12
HEADLINE: CELEBRATIONS
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Rienti-Bisceglia
Laura Rienti and Kevin Bisceglia were married Aug. 14 at St. Frances de Chantal Church in Wantagh. She is a director of guidance for Seton Keough High School in Baltimore, Md., and is the daughter of Michele and Joe Rienti of Levittown. The bridegroom is a researcher. The bride received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Manhattan College. The groom received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from Manhattan College and is pursuing a PhD at Johns Hopkins University. The reception was held at the Memorare Club in Seaford. They live in Baltimore, Md.
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LOAD-DATE: September 26, 2004
[JR: And, hopefully they live happily ever after and send lot's of children to MC, especially the future CIC of Jottings. I hope I can hold out til then!]
[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.
See Email05
From: Henry Franks [1952]
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 10:14 AM
Subject: Gerry Cahill ' 58
Dr. Gerard A. Cahill, Class of 58 died Friday,Oct.1,2004. Gerry was a 1954 graduate of Regis H.S. and received a P.H.D. from NYU in 1973. Gerry was an Assoc. Professor with the School of Business at the Florida Institute of Technology. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of So. Brevard Co., FL. A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 8:30 AM at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, Indialantic,
Robert Chmura
MC Alumni - Class of 1988
Bechtel Incorporated
Evans, GA 30809
USA
The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
September 27, 2004 Monday
SECTION: BUSINESS; Pg. 2D
HEADLINE: People
BYLINE: Staff
Hector Gonzalez, Pelham, has been elected to the Board of Trustees at Manhattan College in Riverdale. Gonzalez, a 1985 graduate of the college, is a partner at Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw law firm. He received his law degree in 1988 from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.
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LOAD-DATE: September 28, 2004
October 01, 2004 08:00 AM US Eastern Timezone
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Elects New Directors
HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2004--Foster Wheeler Ltd. (OTCBB: FWLRF) announced today that Diane C. Creel, Roger L. Heffernan, Harry P. Rekas, and David M. Sloan have been elected to its board of directors. On the same date, John Clancey, Martha Clark Goss, and John Stuart have resigned from the board, bringing the total number of current directors to eight.
"We are very excited about being able to access the depth of experience and expertise the new directors bring to our board as we continue to move forward to complete our balance sheet restructuring and re-energize our business," said Raymond J. Milchovich, chairman, president and CEO. "We also extend our sincere appreciation to John, Martha, and John for their many contributions to Foster Wheeler during their years of service."
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Roger L. Heffernan
Roger Heffernan has garnered almost 40 years of operations experience at a number of private equity firms and Fortune 500 companies. He co-founded CRM Partners following several years as an executive with a private equity firm. Prior to that, Mr. Heffernan served as vice president of manufacturing at General Instrument Corporation, and as a manufacturing executive at IBM Corporation and ITT Corporation. He has particularly strong experience in turnaround and restructuring activities, management process redesign, diverse manufacturing operations, and lean manufacturing disciplines.
Mr. Heffernan holds a BBA in Accounting from Manhattan College, an MBA in Management from Pace University, and he has completed the Executive Manufacturing Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
Foster Wheeler Ltd.
Media Contact:
Maureen Bingert, 908-730-4444
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From: Andy
Subject: Re: Who was that guy
Newsgroups: soc.senior.issues
Date: 2004-09-30 09:29:52 PST
"Steamboat" <m.wmathiasen73@adelphia.net> wrote in message news:<WNmdnQYdeOc1fMfcRVn-vw@adelphia.com>...
> Dennis Day
> "Dick Zielinski" wrote in message
> news:t88kl0hmosskoeh24iur2fdr1r49vqu3at@4ax.com...
> > Who was that Irish tenor who sang on the Jack benny
show ....
> > Dennis something.
> > Dick
> >
Andy responds:
He died in 1988 in California from "Lou Gehrig's Disease "
His real name was Eugene McNulty, graduated from Manhattan College in 1938.
Brother-in-law of actress Ann Blyth.In his senior year at college he was president of the college Glee Club
Sang in the choir at St. Patricks's Cathedral in New York
His debut on the Jack Benny was on October 8th 1939, he was 21 years old
Had two brothers and three sisters
His brother James was married to Ann Blyth
Was a tenor singer
Was Irish
Had ten children
Was associated to Jack Benny from 1939 to 1974 (Jack Benny's death)
Never sang professionally before the Jack Benny Program
Was in the Navy during WWII in the years 1944-1946
He was voted one of the top five most popular tenors on radio during his first year on the Jack Benny Program (1939)
Had his own show, "A Day in the Life of Dennis Day", from 1946-1952
Started singing when he was a small boy
Was a Lieutenant (jr.) in the Navy during WWII
Andy comments further:
Yeah, he was good. I liked him....
You can learn about
him from the website
www.imdb.com
I remember him with fondness..... one of the many....
Andy
[JR: I didn't know this. If true? ]
JASPER_in_the_NEWS: William M. Mooney Jr. (MC????) leading the county's key business advocacy group
From: Google Alerts
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:43 AM
Subject: Google Alert - "manhattan college"
-"marymount manhattan
college"
-"borough of manhattan college"
BUSINESS in the Burbs: Mooney
president of business organization
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/092204/d0122burbs.html
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
(Original publication: September 22,
2004)
The Westchester County Association yesterday officially removed the word "acting" from acting President William M. Mooney Jr.'s title.
Mooney began leading the county's key business advocacy group in June 2003 on an interim basis after the retirement of President Lawrence C. Dwyer. Mooney will continue in the role of senior vice president at Independence Community Bank in Elmsford, as he has since last year, Independence spokesman Michael Armstrong said.
In a statement announcing the promotion, association board Chairman Andrew Robel praised Mooney for stepping into the role at a time when the group wanted to move in a new direction. The association has set up a committee structure to advocate more aggressively for business interests in the region in areas that include health care, education, government affairs, and economic development.
A search committee was picked last year to find a successor for Dwyer; Mooney had expressed interest in the post.
Mooney's background in regional banking goes back 45 years. He joined Independence in 2001, after serving at Orangeburg-based Union State Bank as executive vice president. Mooney also worked in retail and small business activities at Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank.
He has been chairman of United Way of Westchester and Putnam Counties, St. Thomas Aquinas College, American Heart Walk, Westchester Partnership for Economic Development, CYO Rockland County, Red Cross Rockland County, and Rockland Center for the Arts. He recently received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, which recognizes exceptional humanitarian efforts and service to the nation.
Mooney holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Manhattan College in Riverdale.
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Reported by Jerry Gleeson and Allan Drury. Reach Drury at Adrury –at-- thejournalnews.com or at 914-694-5069. Reported by Jerry Gleeson and Allan Drury. Reach Drury at adrury@thejournalnews.com or at 914-694-5069.
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[Mike McEneney reports: 1971 (Thanks, Mike) ]
William Bryk, Class of 1977, who
once edited the "Manhattan College Quadrangle," is now writing
"Past and Present," a weekly column on local history and
characters. It appears every Wednesday
in "The New York Sun."
[Manhattan_in_the_News]
None
CIC'S SUGGESTION: Everyone who works for a major corporation should send resumes placed here into their HR system or department. While you may not see the value, it may be that one thing that delivers an opportunity to a fellow Jasper that changes their life.
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--AT--manhattan.edu
Actual jobs at MC are at: http://www.manhattan.edu/hrs/jobs
The only reason for putting this here is to give us a chance to attend one of these games and support "our" team.
Date Day Sport Opponent Location
Time/Result
10/3/04 Sunday M. Tennis All-American
Championship Chattanooga, TN TBA
10/3/04 Sunday Softball Monmouth West Long Branch, NJ 11:00 AM
10/3/04 Sunday Softball Georgian
Court& West Long Branch, NJ 12:45 PM
10/3/04 Sunday Volleyball UMBC HOME
3:00 PM
10/3/04 Sunday Softball
Monmouth& West Long Branch, NJ 4:15 PM
10/3/04 Sunday W. Soccer
Fairfield* Fairfield, CT 5:00 PM
10/4/04 Monday M. Tennis All-American
Championship Chattanooga, TN TBA
10/5/04 Tuesday M. Tennis All-American
Championship Chattanooga, TN TBA
10/6/04 Wednesday M. Tennis
All-American Championship
Chattanooga, TN TBA
10/7/04 Thursday Golf St. Peter's West Orange, NJ 1:00 PM
10/7/04 Thursday W. Soccer St.
Peter's* HOME 3:00 PM
10/8/04 Friday Golf Boston
University Brookline, MA 12:00 PM
10/8/04 Friday M. Soccer Saint
Peter's* Jersey City, NJ 3:00 PM
10/9/04 Saturday Softball
LIU-Brooklyn+ Hempstead, NY 10:45 AM
10/9/04 Saturday Softball Hofstra Hempstead,
NY 12:30 PM
10/9/04 Saturday W. Soccer Drexel Philadelphia, PA 1:00 PM
10/9/04 Saturday Volleyball
Pittsburgh HOME 6:00 PM
10/10/04 Sunday Crew Head of the
Connecticut Middletown, CT 9:00 AM
10/12/04 Tuesday Golf Yeshiva Pearl River, NY 1:00 PM
10/12/04 Tuesday M. Soccer New Jersey
Institute Tech Newark, NJ 6:30 PM
10/12/04 Tuesday Volleyball Long
Island Brooklyn, NY 7:00 PM
10/15/04 Friday Golf East Stroudsburg
Invitational Shawnee-on-Delaware,
PA 1:00 PM
10/15/04 Friday W. Soccer Rider* HOME
3:00 PM
10/15/04 Friday Cross Country
Iona/Manhattan Invitational
Riverdale, NY 3:00 PM
10/15/04 Friday M. Soccer Rider* Lawrenceville, NJ 4:00 PM
10/16/04 Saturday Crew Alumni Row and
Picnic New York, NY TBA
10/16/04 Saturday M. Tennis Rider
University Lawrenceville, NJ 12:00 PM
10/16/04 Saturday Volleyball St.
Peter's* HOME 1:00 PM
10/17/04 Sunday W. Soccer Loyola
(MD)* HOME 10:00 AM
10/17/04 Sunday M. Soccer Loyola
(MD)* Baltimore, MD 1:00 PM
10/17/04 Sunday Volleyball Rutgers HOME
2:00 PM
10/21/04 Thursday M. Tennis Omni
Regional Blacksburg, VA All Day
10/22/04 Friday M. Tennis Omni
Regional Blacksburg, VA TBA
10/22/04 Friday W. Soccer Niagara* Buffalo, NY
2:30 PM
10/22/04 Friday M. Soccer Niagara* HOME
3:00 PM
10/22/04 Friday Volleyball Loyola
(MD)* HOME 7:00 PM
10/23/04 Saturday M. Tennis Omni
Regional Blacksburg, VA TBA
10/23/04 Saturday M. Lacrosse Fall Ball
Tournament--UPenn, Drexel, Colgate TBA TBA
10/23/04 Saturday Crew Head of the
Charles Boston, MA 11:30 AM
10/23/04 Saturday W. Swimming Stevens
Tech Hoboken, NJ 1:00 PM
10/23/04 Saturday Volleyball
Rider* HOME 1:00 PM
10/24/04 Sunday M. Soccer Canisius* HOME 10:00 AM
10/24/04 Sunday Crew Head of the
Charles Boston, MA 11:30 AM
10/24/04 Sunday W. Soccer Canisius* Buffalo,
NY 12:00 PM
10/29/04 Friday M. Tennis University of
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA TBA
10/29/04 Friday W. Soccer Marist* HOME
3:00 PM
10/29/04 Friday M. Soccer Marist* Poughkeepsie, NY 7:00 PM
10/30/04 Saturday M. Tennis University
of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA TBA
10/30/04 Saturday Crew Head of the
Fish Saratoga Springs, NY TBA
10/30/04 Saturday Cross Country MAAC
Championships Orlando, FL 10:00 AM
10/30/04 Saturday W. Swimming
Siena/Vermont Loudonville,
NY 1:00 PM
10/30/04 Saturday Volleyball
Niagara* Niagara University,
NY 1:00 PM
10/31/04 Sunday M. Tennis University of
Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA TBA
10/31/04 Sunday W. Soccer Siena* HOME
10:00 AM
10/31/04 Sunday M. Soccer Siena* Loudonville, NY 1:00 PM
10/31/04 Sunday Volleyball Canisius* Buffalo,
NY 1:00 PM
If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate any reports or
photos. What else do us old alums have to do?
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SEASON TICKET PACKAGES NOW AVAILABLE
Be a part of another exciting year of Manhattan College Basketball! Season Ticket packages for both the men's and women's teams are now available. Don't miss a minute of the exciting non-conference action, as well as the always intense MAAC season.
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MEN'S LACROSSE ALUMNI GAME SET FOR OCTOBER 2
The Manhattan College Men's Lacrosse Alumni Game will take place this Saturday, October 2, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at Gaelic Park. All are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Head Coach Tim McIntee at 718-862-7841.
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VOLLEYBALL FALLS IN THREE TO FORDHAM
Riverdale, NY (September 28, 2004)- In the second meeting between the two schools this year, Fordham defeated Manhattan in three games by scores of 30-23, 30-27 and 30-23. Cassie Sharp recorded a double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs while Vanessa Breiwa had a match-high 14 kills via a .667 hitting percentage to lead Fordham. Megan O'Dorisio had a team-high 11 kills and Lori Bambauer had 32 assists to lead the attack for Manhattan...
3***
SOFTBALL POSTS BACK-TO-BACK STELLAR WEEKENDS
The Manhattan softball team played in three fall tournaments the past two weekends, and emerged with an outstanding 6-1-1 record, improving the Lady Jaspers' fall record to 9-3-1. Manhattan is unbeaten in its last seven games.
4***
ST. FRANCIS BLANKS MEN'S SOCCER, 3-0
Jamaica, NY (Septmeber 27, 2004)- St. Francis downed Manhattan, 3-0 Monday night at Belson Stadium on the campus of St. John's University. With the win the Terriers improve to 3-4-1, while the Jaspers drop to 1-5.
5***
University Wire
September 23, 2004 Thursday
HEADLINE: After 0-29 run, Lions have won 2 in a row, besting Manhattan College
BYLINE: By Lauren Clark, Columbia Daily Spectator; SOURCE: Columbia U.
DATELINE: NEW YORK
With their five-game win over Manhattan College Wednesday night (18-30, 30-27, 28-30, 30-24, 16-14), women's volleyball is finding itself in unusual circumstances: A winning streak.
It may just be two matches, but for a team which could not win one match all of last season, that streak is a big one.
"I think we're going in the right direction," Head Coach Monica Holmes said. "This means that we have a little momentum. We're learning how to win and tasting success."
The Lions now have a 2-8 record, which, though not exactly the best tally in the Ancient Eight, is miles better than their 0-21 mark last year, and provides some encouragement to the many administrative efforts that have been made to pull the team out of the Ivy gutter.
In last night's match, the Lions came out strong on all cylinders, with first-year right setter Natalie Gerling leading them offensively with a career-high 21 kills.
"I had called in our huddle before the match and told the team In this match Natalie has to be our go-to person,'" Holmes said. "Just because their left side blockers as a team were a great target for her, so she responded in time."
The tactic worked, and the Light Blue offense came through to pull away in several tight games.
Things weren't entirely smooth for the Lions all night though. In the first game, Holmes submitted the wrong lineup, causing several players to switch positions. The lopsided score resulted as the Light Blue were unable to establish the flow they had been training to do.
After that first game, the Lions were able to calm down and return to their original game plan.
The next two games went back and forth, with each team taking one, but only by a slight margin. In the fourth game, Columbia held on to its lead with a .419 attacking percentage and pulled away with the six-point victory, evening the match out at two games apiece.
In the rubber game, the Lions' system hit its stride and was able to hold off a fighting Manhattan team from taking the final game.
"That's when I really felt comfortable with the tempo of the match," Holmes said. "Our offense pulled things together. Once we really started playing in the fifth match, I wasn't worried."
Gerling added 12 digs to her 21 kills to give her a double-double on the night. Sophomore Nikki Learned and first-year Cassie Ligh also had doubles on the nigh.
The mid-week win gives them incentive and encouragement going into their road trip to the Marist College Invitational this weekend.
LOAD-DATE: September 23, 2004
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Newsday (New York)
September 27, 2004 Monday
CITY EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. A48
HEADLINE: THE BUZZ
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On Wednesday, boys from the Bronx and Manhattan will play.
VOLLEYBALL
YALE CLASSIC
Manhattan College's Anna Lanyon and Maggie Pfeifer were named to the all-tournament team as the Jaspers went 2-1 at the Yale Classic women's volleyball tournament this weekend.
NEW COACH FOR JASPERS
James Drivas has been named women's lacrosse coach at Manhattan College. Drivas spent the past nine years at Tappan Zee High School in upstate Orangeburg, where he started the lacrosse program.
LOAD-DATE: September 27, 2004
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Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 12:08 PM
To: ManhattanCollegeAlumni-owner AT yahoogroups.com
Subject: APPROVE -- elant16 wants to join ManhattanCollegeAlumni
Hello,
The following person would like to join the ManhattanCollegeAlumni group:
Email address: elant16
Comment from user:
I work in advancement for Manhattan College. I was told that Jasper Jottings would be a good source to get information that could be helpful as I have increased contact with alums.
[JR: Anything to help the College connect with its alums. ]
From: Tom Murray [1964]
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20040926.htm
I noticed my name, Tom Murray, and no year of graduation. 1964, Business School, Accounting Major
Thanks - always enjoy the information.
Continue the good work!
Best Regards,
Tom Murray
www.tomm.mypharmanex.com
www.tomm.mynuskin.com
www.tomm.mybigplanet.com
[JR: For some reason, I don't always have everyone's class years handy. I have everyone I come across in a Corex Cardscan database. (It's the thing that periodically requests an update helping me to keep a secondary channel capability to send out usmail when email fails.) It helps if people tell me class years when they write it.]
From: Tom Berishaj [2003]
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 6:33 PM
To: John Reinke (1968)
Subject: Re: Hello from a 1968 Jasper on 24 Aug 2003
Dear Mr. Reinke,
I re-read the e-mail you had sent me some time ago and have decided that I wish to sign up for the weekly e-mailings which container Jasper related news. I graduated from Manhattan College in December of 2003. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at this e-mail address (I check this e-mail address almost everyday). Thank you.
Sincerely,
Tom Berishaj
[JR: Better late than never. Enjoy. I see you are on the distribution. ]
From: John Henry (1964)
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20040926.htm
Please note I have changed my e-mail address from <privacy invoked> to <privacy invoked>. Please send me future releases to the new address. Thanks and keep up the good work.
John Henry
[JR: New invite sent and accepted. ]
From: Mike McEneney [1953]
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 4:41 PM
To: John Reinke (1968)
Subject: Anton F. Miorin '52
Dear John,
It is with sadness that I advise that a member of a great Manhattan College Family passed away on Monday, September 27th. Anton F. Miorin '52 CE died at his home on his "spread" (400 acres) in New Mexico. With him at the time was his wife of 50 years, Dorothy, his daughter and two of his sons.
Anton's father was also an Engineer and was a member of the Class of 1937. His identical twin sons Todd '93 and James '96 are both graduates of the Engineering School. His grandson, Michael Mitchell graduated as a Civil Engineer in May of 2004, keeping the Miorin tradition alive.
Anton, or Tony, as many of his friends called him was a great friend of mine since the 1940's. We both grew up in Woodlawn and while he was year ahead of me we became close. When he wanted to attend his Junior Prom at Manhattan but did not have a car (or a License) we got together and bought a car for $25 (a 1939 Packard Six-Twenty 4 door) from a classmate of mine who had been drafted. It ran and got us to the Prom and back. Anton eventually learned to drive on that car. One thing that kept us close over the years is that he was on a date with my wife Cathie when I met her! It was at the 1949 Saint Barnabas High School Tea Dance when such tings were in vogue.
Anton went on to receive his Masters from the University of Michigan, (where he met his wife Dorothy) and had a very successful career with a Sanitary Engineering Firm in Harrisburg, Pa.
There was Mass on Thursday September 30th at his parish Church in New Mexico, to be followed by a Mass in Harrisburg before his burial there at a date to be announced.
May he Rest In Peace!
Mike McEneney, Esq. '53 BBA
[JR: Mike, thanks for the obit. I am sorry whenever friends are lost. It just seems so much harder to meet and make new ones/ It's like we are born with a fixed number of slots that are used up when some one moves away, changes jobs, or dies. The only thing constant is change! And, my personal corollary, "change is rarely for the better". ]
[JR: Ahh yes the "tea dance". In my time it was the "mixer". The good Nuns and Brothers in an attempt to breed more "catholics" would arrange these events. Properly chaperoned of course to ensure no one would have too good a time. And who could forget "wall flower scraping" where the good Sister would "collect" two girls from the wall and literally drag them to a designated corner where a good Brother had two prisoners (hormones raging), for an of so civil chat for ten minutes or so, and then the two "new" couples would be encourage to go dance to a slow song. And then the process would repeat itself. Eventually, you would get to meet a few nice girls and learn to avoid the dragnet. I guess in a prior life these nuns and brothers worked the english ships impressing of american seamen. Or some other "guard duty"! It was a simpler life in those days.]
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Jess McMahon wasn't one of the Damon Runyon type characters that made up the fight game then. First of all, he was a graduate of Manhattan College, and how many guys along Jacobs Beach could make that distinction? Then Jess ran a neat and proper office.His working hours were strictly from 9 to 5 and who ever heard of that among the cigar smoking, card playing characters who usually conducted their business in the back rooms of the many saloons along the way? McMahon himself didn't smoke and purposely kept proper hours in order to maintain a close family life in Far Rockaway.
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From: MSN Alerts from MSN Money
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:55 PM
Subject: Jubak article "Welcome to the
bankruptcy economy"
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/P93643.asp
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Welcome to the bankruptcy economy
Companies saddled with debt and pension obligations are increasingly using bankruptcy to walk away from their promises. Here's what this means for airline and auto workers -- and taxpayers.
By Jim Jubak
<<In a too long for here article, Jubak points out to anyone who will read that we can NOT depend upon promises. Promises of government, promises of companies, implied promises, or even the express "guarantees" of our current illusions.>>
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While Delta Air Lines (DAL, news, msgs) appears headed for a corporate nosedive, its pilots have opted to pull the financial ripcord.
Faced with a management that has decided to use the threat of bankruptcy as a negotiating weapon, senior pilots have been filing for early retirement by the hundreds and then taking their pension in a lump-sum payout. Every retiring pilot takes a haircut: A senior pilot at Delta gets a one-time payment of about $300,000, only half of what he or she would receive in monthly pension checks over the lifetime of the pension. But the Delta pilots know that pilots at US Airways Group (UAIRQ, news, msgs) stand to receive only about 25 cents on each dollar of their promised retirement benefits as a result of that company's repeated bankruptcy filings.
Welcome to the bankruptcy economy, where companies and governments walk away from long-standing promises to workers, and where workers scramble to collect as much as they can now in fear that even less will be available tomorrow. Oh, sure, management incompetence and shortsightedness have contributed to the creation of the bankruptcy economy. But the underlying causes are demographics -- a rapidly aging population as the Baby Boom generation gets set to retire -- and global competition. U.S. companies are struggling to cut costs so they can compete with overseas companies with younger workforces that receive few benefits, such as pensions or health care, in retirement. Check out your options.
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<<Good advice to EVERYONE!>>
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Lessons from the steel industry
To see the more likely fix to the airline industry's problems -- one that would mean the end of US Airways, however -- look to the troubles in the steel industry that sent just about every U.S. steel company through one or more bankruptcy restructuring beginning in the mid-1970s. The end result was a smaller but relatively healthy U.S. steel industry. The steel industry is now lead by a new player, Nucor (NUE, news, msgs), and it employs far fewer steel workers at far lower total wage and benefit costs than it paid in 1975. Restructuring steel companies scaled back or eliminated pension plans for current workers, dumped pension liabilities for retired workers and scaled back or ended health-care plans for retired workers.
<< screw the retirees! When you are in a lifeboat, standard survival ethics apply. When you are a highly paid executive, survival of your stock options are much more important than the promises made by those before you to the people who got you here. >>
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Government coming up short, too
It's not just corporations who are skimping. The city of San Diego just got caught with a $1.2 billion shortfall in its pension fund for city workers. The city had been using projected earnings from its pension funds -- something allowed under both government and corporate-accounting policies -- to balance its budget and to avoid putting more cash into its pension plans. The city has now been locked out of the bond market and could be forced to file for bankruptcy.
And the Social Security program faces a demographic problem that is very similar to the one at GM. Thanks to the pending retirement of the Baby Boom generation, there are fewer and fewer workers paying into the system and more and more retirees collecting. In 1960, there were 5.1 taxpaying workers per Social Security beneficiary. Today, the ratio is down to 3.3 to 1. And by 2030, there will be just 2.2 workers paying in for every retiree collecting.
All this leads to what I call the bankruptcy economy, named after the most effective, if most drastic, way a private company can remove costs for retirement benefits from its books. Bankruptcy is likely to be the continuing threat in negotiations with workers in industries facing challenges from low-cost competitors. Management will say, just as Delta's management has, "Take the cuts or we go out of business." In some cases, where the competitive gap isn't too large, that kind of forced cost-cutting might work. In others, as the steel and airline industries show, the threat will yield to the reality of bankruptcy. Maybe even multiple bankruptcies.
That's because under current law, bankruptcy is the best available tool for shifting costs from the books of private companies to those of the federal government. A bankruptcy can force the PBGC to pick up a company's pension costs. Think I'm being too cynical and that no company would use bankruptcy this way? In its latest bankruptcy filing, US Airways said that it would be "irrational" to make pension contributions because "it provides no benefit to the estate."
That's because pension plans and the PBGC stand way down the line of creditors in a bankruptcy. For all practical purposes, they have no chance of receiving anything in a restructuring.
The federal government doesn't go bankrupt. It just borrows more money. Run the presses a little longer, or stick taxpayers with a higher bill.
The final costs of a bankruptcy economy aren't simply measured in cash, however. Workers who don't trust management at many private companies will believe even less in management promises. Workers in the public sectors who thought their pensions were guaranteed will go through a rude and bitter awakening. Social Security recipients will get less back just as current workers are asked to put more in. And taxpayers will get socked with the bill and be left with more anger and cynicism.
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Any questions?
The hand writing is on the wall for any that care to read.
And that’s the last word.
Curmudgeon
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