Sunday 26 December 2004

Dear Jaspers,

663 (the number bounces around a lot and I don't understand why?) are active on the Distribute site. There are 39 bouncing.

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This issue is at: http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20041226.htm

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We Jan 19 - Manhattan College De La Salle Medal Dinner
---Waldorf-Astoria, New York City honoring Sy Sternberg
--- CEO New York Life Insurance
--- Dinner Chairman:
--- Peter M. Musumeci, Jr. '72
--- William Hannon '69
--- John E. Roth '70
--- On-line Registration
--- https://www.manhattan.edu/alumni_friends/events/dlsres.html

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

Sa Feb 12 - Family Day Draddy Gym

We Mar 9 - Teacher Recruitment Event 2:30pm Smith Auditorium

Representatives from various school districts and private schools will be attending. At the last event the Yonkers Board of Education, Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES, New York City Department of Education were among the attendees along with representatives from The Archdiocese of New York, Diocese of Brooklyn and the Bronx Diocese. The event will begin with a panel of speakers representing the districts and private schools who will provide advice and suggestions about their interview and application processes.

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

Wkend Apr 2-3 '05
--- Relay For Life '04 was a first time event for Manhattan College, and
--- we helped raise close to $20,000. How will you get involved and make
--- this year's Relay For Life even more successful
--- Form teams with alumni (Class of '79, 82, etc.)
--- Form Teams with family and/or co-workers
--- Sponsor student teams on-campus
--- Find companies that can help underwrite the event
--- Speak on your experiences of Cancer in your life at the event
--- Be part of the planning team for Relay for Life '05
----- Contact Kinah Ventura-Rosas at 718-862-7477
----- or e-mail at kinah.ventura AT manhattan.edu

Sa Jun 18 -- at -- 8:30am George Sheehan Five Mile Run Redbank, NJ
--- In Honor of George Sheehan -Manhattan College class of 1940
--- Meet at Brannigan's Pub in Red Bank, NJ after the race
--- Info: Jim Malone Class of 1983

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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)
- - Sekhri, Sachin (2000)
… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2004/dec/23/122300719.html

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Preston Toledo

SANTA FE (AP) - Preston Toledo a member of the Navajo Code Talkers group that invented a military code based on the Navajo language to confound the Japanese during World War II, died Dec. 15 after a car accident. He was 81.

He was buried Wednesday at the National Cemetery in Santa Fe.

A member of the Navajo Bitter Water People Clan, Toledo was born on Nov. 23, 1923, in Broncho.

Family members said he was a humble man who didn't brag about his role in the war or about a famous photograph of him and his cousin Frank Toledo relaying orders over a field radio while in the South Pacific. The photograph is part of the Smithsonian Institution's collection.

Toledo was awarded the Bronze Star, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal and the China Service Medal. He served from 1941 until 1945 but didn't receive the medals and recognition until about 10 years ago, family members said.

Code talkers were not allowed to discuss their work when they returned home after the war. It wasn't until 1968 that the Defense Department first released information on the code talkers.

Felipe Toledo said his grandfather was proud of what he helped do during World War II.

"He was very special, very dear. He was a holy man," Felipe Toledo said, explaining that his grandfather was a roadman - a kind of priest - in the Native American Church.

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We have to learn from men like this that there are different waysto serve. He didn’t ask for it, wasn’t rewarded for it, and probably never received the public recognition until the movie came out. Humbly keeping someone else’s secrets must have been hard. We all yearn for recognition. I wonder how many other secrets there are out there. Jaspers do their duty as they see it. No other reward should be necessary other than to you you’ve done your job well. But, if not a parade, then a simple acknowledgement would be nice. I’m saying a silent prayer for all those who have made us what we are today and will do so in the future.

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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[CONTENTS]

4	Headquarters (like MC Press Releases)
0	GoodNews
4	Obits
1	Jaspers_in_the_News
1	Manhattan_in_the_News
8	Sports
8	Emails
2	Jaspers found web-wise

[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]

Class	Name	Section
????	Deptula, Chester	JNews1
1949	Cooley, James W.	Headquarters2
1950?	Matthews, Peter Francis	Obit3
1950	Ruddock, William F. Jr.	Obit4
1950?	Shedlick, Edward F.	Obit1
1953	McEneney. Michael F.	Email02
1954	Bates, Clayton W. Jr.	Found1
1955	Otten, Bob	Email02
1959	Gleason, James	Obit2
1962	Jablon, Ken	Email05
1963	McGrath, Eugene R.	Headquarters1
1963	Tomasetti, Richard L.	Headquarters4
1964	Cahill, John J.	JNews1 (reporter)
1964	Quealy, Thomas	Email03
1965	Giuliani, Rudolph W.	Headquarters1
1971	Romesser, Thomas E.	Headquarters3
1972	Musumeci, Peter M. Jr.	Headquarters1
1993	Jones-Belben, Lisa	Email04
1994	O'Reilly, Peter	Email07
1999	Kean, Kathleen	Found2
2000	Desalvo, Stephen	Email06
2000	Desalvo, Stephen	Email08
2005	Calabro, Candice	Email01

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class	Name	Section
1954	Bates, Clayton W. Jr.	Found1
1964	Cahill, John J.	JNews1 (reporter)
2005	Calabro, Candice	Email01
1949	Cooley, James W.	Headquarters2
????	Deptula, Chester	JNews1
2000	Desalvo, Stephen	Email06
2000	Desalvo, Stephen	Email08
1965	Giuliani, Rudolph W.	Headquarters1
1959	Gleason, James	Obit2
1962	Jablon, Ken	Email05
1993	Jones-Belben, Lisa	Email04
1999	Kean, Kathleen	Found2
1950?	Matthews, Peter Francis	Obit3
1953	McEneney. Michael F.	Email02
1963	McGrath, Eugene R.	Headquarters1
1972	Musumeci, Peter M. Jr.	Headquarters1
1994	O'Reilly, Peter	Email07
1955	Otten, Bob	Email02
1964	Quealy, Thomas	Email03
1971	Romesser, Thomas E.	Headquarters3
1950	Ruddock, William F. Jr.	Obit4
1950?	Shedlick, Edward F.	Obit1
1963	Tomasetti, Richard L.	Headquarters4

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

Headquarters1

MANHATTAN COLLEGE TO HONOR SY STERNBERG, CEO OF NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, AT ANNUAL DE LA SALLE MEDAL CEREMONY

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College will present Sy Sternberg, chairman and chief executive officer of New York Life Insurance Company, with the De La Salle Medal at the College’s annual fund-raising dinner on Wednesday, January 19, 2005. The annual dinner and ceremony will be held at New York City’s Waldorf=Astoria Hotel, the Grand Ballroom (301 Park Avenue). Peter M. Musumeci Jr. ’72, executive vice president of Commerce Bank, will host the evening’s program.

Proceeds from the $750-per-plate fund-raiser support Manhattan College’s academic programs and also provide scholarship assistance to students. The black tie event begins with a cocktail reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by dinner and dancing at 7:30 p.m. For more information regarding the De La Salle Medal Dinner, please call (718) 862-7837 or e-mail dlsdinner --- at --- manhattan.edu. Members of the press, please call (718) 762-7232 or e-mail melanie.farmer --- at --- manhattan.edu.

The De La Salle Medal was established in 1951 in honor of John Baptist de La Salle, founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, whose mission was to provide a value-centered education. Since 1977, the De La Salle Medal has been conferred annually by the College’s board of trustees upon an individual or company that exemplifies the principles of excellence and corporate leadership. Past recipients include Con Edison chairman and chief executive Eugene R. McGrath ’63, former Mayor of New York City Rudolph W. Giuliani ’65 and computer giant IBM.

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MANHATTAN COLLEGE HONORED DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ELECTED TO THE PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

Yorktown Heights, New York, Resident James W. Cooley Elected to NAE

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College has honored James W. Cooley ’49, retired researcher at IBM and award-winning engineer, at a special event on December 1, 2004. This ceremony, held at the College’s William J. Scala Academy Room, recognized distinguished alumni who were recently inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for their outstanding contributions to the field. The NAE is the highest professional distinction accorded an engineer, and recognizes the individual’s contributions in engineering theory, practice and in the pioneering of new technologies.

The College also honored several members of its alumni community at the ceremony, including Thomas E. Romesser ’71 and Richard L. Tomasetti ’63, who were both recently inducted into the NAE, and engineering faculty members Dr. Moujalli Hourani and Dr. Robert Sharp, recipients of faculty fellow awards.

Mr. Cooley helped fuel the digital revolution. With co-author John W. Tukey of Princeton University, Mr. Cooley published a paper describing the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Algorithm, which led to an explosion in digital signal processing. His landmark research offered tremendous improvements in processing speeds. Digital signal processing today is an integral part of communications, information processing and consumer electronics.

Mr. Cooley spent the majority of his professional career helping others understand the FFT algorithm and its use. He worked for years as a researcher at the IBM Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Prior to IBM, Mr. Cooley worked on quantum mechanical computations at the Courant Institute in New York. Before that, he was a programmer at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, where he worked on computers with John von Neumann, genius scientist and early pioneer in modern computing. After his retirement from IBM in 1991, Mr. Cooley joined the department of electrical engineering at the University of Rhode Island, where he served three years on the faculty of the computer engineering program. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Manhattan College and a master’s degree from Columbia University. He completed his doctorate in applied mathematics at Columbia.

Mr. Cooley is the recipient of countless awards and recognitions for his outstanding contributions to technology. In 2000, he was elected into the NAE and cited for the creation and development of the FFT algorithm for the time series analysis.

A plaque in honor of Mr. Cooley was unveiled at the ceremony and is now displayed in the College’s William J. Scala Academy Room at the school of engineering. His plaque joins several others lining the walls of the Scala Room. These plaques acknowledge members of the Manhattan College academic community elected to the NAE.

Headquarters3

MANHATTAN COLLEGE HONORED DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ELECTED TO THE PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

Torrance, California, Resident Thomas E. Romesser Elected to NAE

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College has honored Thomas E. Romesser ’71, vice president of technology development for Northrop Grumman Space Technology, at a special event on December 1, 2004. This ceremony, held at the College’s William J. Scala Academy Room, recognized distinguished alumni who were recently inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for their outstanding contributions to the field. The NAE is the highest professional distinction accorded an engineer, and recognizes the individual’s contributions in engineering theory, practice and in the pioneering of new technologies.

The College also honored several members of its alumni community at the ceremony, including James W. Cooley ’49 and Richard L. Tomasetti ’63, who were both recently inducted into the NAE, and engineering faculty members Dr. Moujalli Hourani and Dr. Robert Sharp, recipients of faculty fellow awards. Dr. Hourani, associate professor and chair of civil engineering, was named the The Thornton-Tomasetti Faculty Fellow, a professor-student research fellowship established by Mr. Tomasetti’s engineering firm. Dr. Sharp, associate professor of environmental engineering, was named The Donald J. O’Connor Faculty Fellow.

At Northrop Grumman, Mr. Romesser leads an organization responsible for the identification, development and acquisition of Space Technology’s strategic technologies, and manages discretionary investments in technology and product development. He also serves as Space Technology’s senior spokesman on all technology matters.

Mr. Romesser joined Northrop Grumman after it acquired TRW Inc. in 2002. A vice president since 1998, Mr. Romesser most recently served as vice president and deputy of the Space and Electronics Engineering organization. Prior to this, he was vice president and general manager of TRW’s Space and Technology division. Since joining TRW in 1975, he has been involved in the development and management of the broad range of high technology capabilities that established and maintained TRW’s reputation and stake in the marketplace.

Mr. Romesser earned a bachelor’s degree in physics from Manhattan College and master’s and doctorate degrees from the University of Iowa. In 2003, Mr. Romesser was elected to the NAE and cited for pioneering contributions to high-power laser technology and isotope separation.

A plaque in honor of Mr. Romesser was unveiled at the ceremony and is now displayed in the College’s William J. Scala Academy Room at the school of engineering. His plaque joins several others lining the walls of the Scala Room. These plaques acknowledge members of the Manhattan College academic community elected to the NAE.

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MANHATTAN COLLEGE HONORED DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ELECTED TO THE PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING

New York City Resident and Co-chair of The Thornton-Tomasetti Group Elected to NAE

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College recently honored Richard L. Tomasetti ’63, co-chairman of Thornton-Tomasetti Group and alumnus of the College, at a special event on December 1, 2004. This ceremony, held at the College’s William J. Scala Academy Room, recognized distinguished alumni who were recently inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for their outstanding contributions to the field. The NAE is the highest professional distinction accorded an engineer, and recognizes the individual’s contributions in engineering theory, practice and in the pioneering of new technologies.

The College also honored several members of its alumni community at the ceremony, including James W. Cooley ’49 and Thomas E. Romesser ’71, who were both recently inducted into the NAE, and engineering faculty members Dr. Moujalli Hourani and Dr. Robert Sharp, recipients of faculty fellow awards. Dr. Hourani, associate professor and chair of civil engineering, was named the The Thornton-Tomasetti Faculty Fellow, a professor-student research fellowship established by Mr. Tomasetti’s firm. Dr. Sharp, associate professor of environmental engineering, was named The Donald J. O’Connor Faculty Fellow.

Mr. Tomasetti’s 30-year career as a structural engineer includes some of the world’s most exemplary projects, from the design of the World Financial Center in New York to Plaza 66 in Shanghai, China’s tallest concrete building. His firm, Thornton-Tomasetti, is the consulting structural engineer for the world’s tallest buildings including, Petronas Towers in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia and Tapei 101 in Taiwan. In 2004, Mr. Tomasetti, a resident of New York City, was elected into the NAE for innovative structural engineering in the design of high-rise buildings and long-span structures.

Mr. Tomasetti, an active lecturer and published author, completed a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and received an honorary doctorate from Manhattan College. He earned his master’s degree in civil engineering from New York University. His numerous honors and awards include the New York Building Congress 2003 “Industry Honoree,” the New York Association of Consulting Engineers 2002 “Engineer of the Year Award,” and Engineering News-Record’s citation, “Those Who Made Marks,” for developing the “stressed skin” tube structure for high-rise buildings. He is the co-author of Exposed Structures in Building Design (McGraw Hill, 1993) and has written the chapter on the protective design of structures in Building Security: Handbook for Architectural Planning and Design, released in 2004 by McGraw Hill.

A plaque in honor of Mr. Tomasetti was unveiled at the ceremony and is now displayed in the College’s William J. Scala Academy Room at the school of engineering. His plaque joins several others lining the walls of the Scala Room. These plaques acknowledge members of the Manhattan College academic community elected to the NAE.

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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

The Washington Post
December 21, 2004 Tuesday
Final Edition
SECTION: Metro; B06
HEADLINE: Edward Shedlick; Commerce Official, Former Priest

Edward F. Shedlick, 76, a Catholic priest for more than a decade in the Washington area who, after leaving the priesthood, entered government service, died of a stroke Dec. 16 at his home in Frederick. He worked for the Department of Commerce for nearly 30 years.

Mr. Shedlick was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduated from Bishop Loughlin High School in Brooklyn, where he was class president and a member of the baseball and track teams. At Madison Square Garden in 1946, he set the New York high school high jump record on his final jump. He also competed as a high jumper in the Penn Relays.

He attended Manhattan College in Riverdale, N.Y., on a track scholarship and graduated from St. Francis College in Brooklyn in 1950 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy. He entered the Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, N.Y., in 1950 and completed his training for the priesthood at the Regina Cleri Seminar in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1955, with graduate studies in philosophy, theology and history. He studied at Catholic University from 1960 to 1962, with an emphasis on psychology and counseling.

Mr. Shedlick was ordained a priest in 1955 by then-Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. He served as associate pastor and canonical administrator of the Church of the Annunciation in the District from 1955 to 1964 and as first assistant pastor of the Church of St. Martin of Tours in the District from 1964 to 1967. He served as ordinary confessor to the Sisters at the Convent of the Little Flower before receiving a papal dispensation from Pope Paul VI in 1967, which officially allowed him to return to lay service.

He took his skills as an administrator and in dealing with people into government service, first as a consultant to President Lyndon B. Johnson on federally funded education programs and then, in 1969, as a founding member of the Office of Minority Business Enterprise.

He joined the Department of Commerce in the early 1970s. From 1979 to 1990, he was director of the International Congress Office of the Travel and Tourism Administration with the U.S. Embassy in Paris. His primary duty was to promote international tourism and trade.

Returning to Washington, he wrote speeches for the president, the secretary of commerce, U.S. ambassadors and other government officials.

He retired from the International Trade Administration in the Commerce Department in 1998.

He resided in Montgomery Village from 1969 to 2001, when he moved to Frederick.

Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Elizabeth A. Shedlick of Frederick; three children, Christopher B. Shedlick of Falls Church, Matthew T. Shedlick of Centreville and Sarah B. Shedlick-Anderson of Phoenix; a brother, Thomas J. Shedlick of Alexandria; a twin sister, Mary Hickson of Durham, N.C.; and two grandchildren.

LOAD-DATE: December 21, 2004

[JR: ~1950? ]

Obit2

The Times Union (Albany, New York)
December 20, 2004 Monday
3 EDITION
SECTION: CAPITAL REGION; Pg. B5
HEADLINE: GLEASON, JAMES L.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- James Gleason, age 67, of West Palm Beach died suddenly on Friday, December 17, 2004.

He was born in Albany, N.Y. on October 23, 1937 to James and Helen (Hummel) Gleason.

James graduated from Christian Brothers Academy in 1955 and Manhattan College in 1959. He obtained his master's degrees from Queens College and The University of London. James spent his entire career at the North Babylon Schools in Long Island, N.Y. He was a mathematics teacher for 25 years and a high school administrator for 10 years before retiring in 1993. He has been an active member of the Council of Administrators and Supervisors (CAS) in the Long Island Chapter. For the past six years, James has been a volunteer for the Palm Beach Sheriff's Department at the Palm Beach Airport. He was an avid reader, loved watching sports and was a golfer. He loved the Adirondacks and spent every summer of his life at his home in North Creek, N.Y.

James is survived by his beloved wife Rita of 45 years; his loving children, James (Linda) Gleason, Dr. Cheryl (Jeffrey) Howard, Maureen (Louis) Kokeas, Joseph (Charlene) Gleason; his cherished grandchildren, Ryan and Carina Gleason, Erin and Casey Howard, Katherine and Stephanie Kokeas.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, 1800 South Australian Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33409 or St. Matthew Catholic Church, 6090 Hypoluxo Road, Lake Worth, FL 33463.

Arrangements by the Tillman Funeral Home, West Palm Beach, Family owned and operated.

NOTES: Published As An Obituary

LOAD-DATE: December 20, 2004

[JR: 1959 ]

Obit3

Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)
December 19, 2004 Sunday
SARASOTA EDITION
SECTION: B SECTION; Pg. BS8
HEADLINE: Obituaries

<extraneous deleted>

Peter Francis Matthews

Peter Francis Matthews, 76, Longboat Key, died Dec. 11, 2004.

He was born June 20, 1928, in New York City and came to Longboat Key from there 12 years ago. He was the former CEO and president of Lord Electric Company International, CEO and president of Lord Saudi Ltd., chairman of J.L. Murphy Inc., and president of Lord Puerto Rico. He graduated from Manhattan College and was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a Catholic and a fourth-degree Knights of Columbus.

Survivors include his wife, Katherine; a daughter, Mary F. of Bedford, N.Y.; a son, Peter F. Jr. of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.; five grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

Services and burial were in New York. Toale Brothers Funeral Home, Colonial Chapel, is in charge.

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LOAD-DATE: December 20, 2004

[JR: No record in the new MC db. ~1950?? ]

Obit4

Jupiter Courier (Jupiter, FL)
December 15, 2004, Wednesday JUPITER EDITION
SECTION: OBITUARIES; Pg. A7
HEADLINE: Obituaries

William Ruddock Jr.

Jupiter

William F. Ruddock Jr. 82, of Jupiter and New Canaan, Conn., died Thursday, Dec. 9 in the Veterans Administration Hospital, West Haven, Conn.

He was born in Bronx, N.Y.

Before retirement in 1987, he was an executive with Pitney Bowes Inc.

He served in the Army Air Forces during World War II.

He was a parishioner of St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church and sang in the choir.

He earned an engineering degree from Manhattan College.

He was a member of the Masonic Temple, Stamford, Conn. He was chairman of the board for the Fairfield County Boy Scouts of America and chairman of the Stamford Engineer's Society.

Survivors include his wife, Jeanne Ruddock of New Canaan and Jupiter; two sons, James Ruddock of Jupiter and William Ruddock III of Fairfield, Conn.; two sisters, M. Josephine Ruddock of Merrimack, N.H., and Marylou D. O'Donnell of Stamford.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated in New Canaan. Burial followed in St. Mary's Cemetery, Greenwich, Conn.

Arrangements are under the direction of F. Hoyt Funeral Home, New Canaan.

LOAD-DATE: December 17, 2004

[JR: MC db says 1950 ]

[Jaspers_Updates]

[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "updates". These are changes that "pop" in from the various sources that are not really from the news. I thought it might be valuable to alert old friends seeking to reconnect or "youngsters" seeking a networking contact with someone who might have a unique viewpoint that they are interested in. This is a benefit of freeing up time trying to make email work by "outsourcing" the task to Yahoo.]

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Jaspers_in_the_News

JNews1

From: Cahill, John J. (1964)
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 12:32 PM
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner --- at --- yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: Jasper_Jottings

http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2004_4th/Dec04_CDeptula.html

Some info about a Jasper from around 1968 - I think.

Thanks for all your hard work and informative site.

John

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John J Cahill
Chief Information Officer
www.affinia.com
www.affiniaspa.com

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From: Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:15 PM
To: Cahill, John J. (1964)
Subject: RE: Jasper_Jottings

John, Thanks for the scoop and the kind words. This "labor of love" would soon fail without inputs like yours and readers. So I feel more blessed, than cursed. At least until later in the week when the "sausage making" begins. ;-) Thanks again for the kind words, Yet another john '68

http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2004_4th/Dec04_CDeptula.html

Chester Deptula, GM of the Surrey Hotel in New York City, Named Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show for 2005

WHITE PLAINS, NY, December 16, 2004… Chester Deptula, general manager of the Surrey Hotel in New York City, has been named Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show (IH/M&RS) for 2005. In addition, Cristina Lussi, vice president, Lake Placid Resort Hotel & Golf Club, has joined the nine-member Board.

Deptula has more than 40 years of experience in the hospitality industry and is currently the general manager of the Surrey Hotel in New York City. Throughout his career he has held various positions at: the Plaza Hotel, St. Regis Hotel and the Regency Hotel, all in New York City. Deptula is the chairman of the Hotel Association of New York City (HANYC) and has served in various capacities for the New York Hotel Executive Club, the Front Office Managers Association of New York, the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District and the Marty Lyons Foundation. Deptula is a graduate of Manhattan College and has attended the General Manager Program at Cornell University.

Lussi is currently vice president of the Lake Placid Resort Hotel & Golf Club in Lake Placid, New York, and serves as chairman of the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association (NYSH&TA). She replaces retiring Board member Robert Holt of Best Western Inns & Suites (Cooperstown, NY), as one of two NYSHTA representatives serving on the Board.

Board members for the 2005 IH/M&RS include:
Chairman, Chester S. Deptula, Surrey Hotel (New York, NY);
Treasurer, Joseph E. Spinnato, Esq., of the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. (HANYC);
Secretary, Daniel C. Murphy of the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association (NYSH&TA);
Joseph McInerney of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA);
John Russell of Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown and Russell and Hospitality Artists, LLC (Orlando, FL);
Cristina F. Lussi of Lake Placid Resort Hotel & Golf Club (Lake Placid, NY);
Xavier S. Lividini (New York, NY);
Paul Riedel of Holiday Motel (Williamsville, NY) and
Gene Rupnik of Rupnik Hospitality Management (Springfield, IL).

The 90th annual International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show will run Saturday, November 12, through Tuesday, November 15, 2005, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Following a full-day of conference and networking activities on Saturday, November 12, the IH/M&RS will feature three days of exhibits from Sunday, November 13, though Tuesday, November 15. The market presents some 1,400 hospitality industry suppliers and attracts approximately 40,000 in total trade attendance.

The International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show is sponsored by the American Hotel & Lodging Association; the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc.; the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association, and is managed by George Little Management, LLC (GLMÒ).

Manhattan_in_the_News

MNews1

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York)
December 16, 2004 Thursday
FINAL EDITION
SECTION: NEIGHBORS WEST; Pg. 20
HEADLINE: ACHIEVERS

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Inducted

Alexandra Nigolian, a junior at Manhattan College, was inducted into the Delta Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the International Communication Honor Society. She also serves as her chapter's vice president. She is the daughter of Cindy and Gary Nigolian and is 2002 graduate of Westhill High School.

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LOAD-DATE: December 17, 2004

RESUMES

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

[No Resumes]

[JR: The following is a beta job site with local capability … most interesting. ]

http://www.indeed.com/

Sports

SportsSchedule

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

12/28/04 Tuesday W. Basketball at Wagner Staten Island, NY 7:00 PM
12/30/04 Thursday M. Basketball Wisconsin-Milwaukee HOME 7:00 PM
12/30/04 Thursday W. Basketball at Villanova Villanova, PA 7:30 PM

1/2/05 Sunday W. Basketball at Colorado Boulder, CO 2:00 PM
1/3/05 Monday M. Basketball at Wichita State Wichita, KS 8:05 PM
1/5/05 Wednesday M. Basketball North Dakota State HOME 7:00 PM
1/6/05 Thursday Track & Field Fordham Invitational HOME 11:00 AM
1/7/05 Friday Track & Field Fordham Invitational * New York, NY 11:00 AM
1/8/05 Saturday W. Basketball Niagara* HOME 2:00 PM
1/9/05 Sunday M. Basketball at Marist* Poughkeepsie, NY 4:00 PM
1/10/05 Monday W. Basketball Canisius* HOME 7:00 PM
1/13/05 Thursday M. Basketball Niagara* HOME 7:00 PM
1/14/05 Friday Track & Field Manhattan Invitational HOME TBA
1/14/05 Friday Track & Field NYU Invitational * New York, NY 1:00 PM
1/14/05 Friday W. Basketball at Rider* Lawrenceville, NJ 7:00 PM
1/15/05 Saturday Track & Field Manhattan Invitational HOME TBA
1/15/05 Saturday M. Basketball Iona* HOME 2:00 PM
1/16/05 Sunday W. Basketball at Siena* Loudonville, NY 3:00 PM
1/17/05 Monday M. Basketball St. Peter's* HOME 7:00 PM
1/20/05 Thursday M. Basketball at Canisius* Buffalo, NY 7:00 PM
1/20/05 Thursday W. Basketball at St. Peter's* Jersey City, NJ 7:00 PM
1/21/05 Friday M. Tennis University of Buffalo HOME 8:30 PM
1/22/05 Saturday Track & Field West Point West Point, NY 11:00 AM
1/22/05 Saturday M. Basketball at Niagara* Niagara Falls, NY 2:00 PM
1/22/05 Saturday W. Basketball at Marist* Poughkeepsie, NY 5:00 PM
1/27/05 Thursday W. Basketball Rider* HOME 7:00 PM
1/27/05 Thursday M. Basketball at Rider* Lawrenceville, NJ 7:30 PM
1/28/05 Friday M. Tennis Columbia Tournament New York, NY All Day
1/29/05 Saturday M. Tennis Columbia Tournament New York, NY TBA
1/29/05 Saturday Track & Field Metropolitan Championships HOME 8:00 AM
1/29/05 Saturday W. Swimming C.W. Post HOME 2:00 PM
1/30/05 Sunday M. Tennis Columbia Tournament New York, NY TBA
1/30/05 Sunday Track & Field Metropolitan Championships * New York, NY 12:00 PM
1/30/05 Sunday W. Basketball Siena* HOME 2:00 PM
1/30/05 Sunday M. Basketball Fairfield* HOME 4:00 PM

If you do go support "our" teams, I'd appreciate any reports or photos. What else do us old alums have to do?

Sports from College

http://www.gojaspers.com

MEN'S HOOPS FALLS AT ARIZONA, 105-75

Tucson, AZ (December 21, 2004)- Freshman CJ Anderson tallied a team-high 22 points, his most in a Manhattan uniform, but the Jaspers fell at nationally ranked Arizona, 105-75, tonight at Olson Court at the McKale Center on the Arizona campus.

LADY JASPERS RALLY TO DEFEAT MIAMI, 69-61

Riverdale, NY (December 20, 2004)- Manhattan came back from a 35-31 halftime deficit this afternoon to defeat Miami (Ohio) 69-61 at Draddy Gymnasium. Seniors Serra Sangar and Donnette Reed led Manhattan (5-3) with 20 and 19 points, respectively, while freshman Gabrielle Cottrell scored a career-high 12 points, including 7-7 from the foul line. Amanda Jackson had 27 for Miami (6-4) to lead all scorers.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL FALLS TO FRESNO STATE, 68-59

Riverdale, NY (December 17, 2004)- Despite a game-high 20 points from senior Serra Sangar, the Lady Jaspers dropped their second consecutive decision tonight to Fresno State, 68-59, at Draddy Gymnasium. Of the 14 Bulldogs that played in the game, 12 players scored. Tierre Wilson led that balanced attack with 12 points. Manhattan sees its record slip to 4-3 (2-0 MAAC), while Fresno State improves to 7-1.

MEN’S LACROSSE INKS SEVEN TO NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT

Riverdale, NY (December 16, 2004)- Seven high school seniors have signed National Letters of Intent to further their education and athletic careers as members of the Manhattan College men's lacrosse team, head coach Tim McIntee announced today.

MANHATTAN NAMES NEW MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SOCCER HEAD COACHES

Riverdale, NY (December 16, 2004)– Michael Swanwick has been named men's soccer head coach, and Sean Driscoll has been named women's soccer head coach, it was announced today by Athletic Director Bob Byrnes.

Sports from Other Sources

[JR: At the risk of losing some of my aura of omnipotence or at least omni-pia-presence, you can see Jasper Sports stories at: http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/ so for brevity’s sake I will not repeat them here. I will just report the ones that come to my attention and NOT widely reported. No sense wasting electrons!]

http://www.topix.net/ncaa/manhattan/

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The Baltimore Sun

December 22, 2004 Wednesday

FINAL EDITION

SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 8C

HEADLINE: Ex-Dunbar star Minor a force for Manhattan at both ends of floor;

BYLINE: Bill Free, SUN STAFF

At 5 feet 8, Kenny Minor is a ball-handling whiz for Manhattan College, and he carefully weighs every shot he takes as the Jaspers' starting point guard.

That is why the former Dunbar standout was shooting 61.9 percent from the field and had hit eight of 12 three-pointers, not to mention being a perfect 8-for-8 from the free-throw line, entering last night's game on the road against 14th-ranked Arizona, a 105-75 loss to the Wildcats.

Minor, a junior, averaged 7.0 points, 2.1 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.8 rebounds through his Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference team's first six games. He had two points last night as Manhattan fell to 4-3.

However, it has been Minor's defense that has most impressed Manhattan coach Bobby Gonzalez.

"I think that his on-the-ball defense last year was outstanding," said Gonzalez. "He almost willed some games and turned some games around with his ball pressure."

Manhattan won the MAAC title last season after going 25-6 overall and 16-2 in the league, then stunned Florida in the opening round of the NCAA tournament and battled Wake Forest to the end in the second round before losing, 84-80.

Minor made seven starts for the Jaspers, averaging 5.2 points, 2.0 assists and 1.5 rebounds. He scored 10 points in a 91-54 victory over Loyola in Baltimore.

He was a first-team All-Metro choice his final year at Dunbar.

<extraneous deleted>

LOAD-DATE: December 22, 2004

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McClatchy Newspapers, Inc.
Fresno Bee (California)
December 18, 2004, Saturday FINAL EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. C3; INFOBOX
HEADLINE: Bench strength wins for 'Dogs
BYLINE: THE FRESNO BEE

The Fresno State women's basketball team displayed its depth Friday as the Bulldogs' bench accounted for 54 points in a 68-59 victory over Manhattan College at Draddy Gymnasium in Riverdale, N.Y.

Leading Fresno State's bench was freshman guard Tierre Wilson, who scored a team-high 12 points in her college debut.

Wilson, the 2003 Oklahoma high school player of the year who sat out last season as an academic nonqualifier, underwent surgery last month to lessen the pain of shin splints and had been sidelined for seven weeks.

She shot 5 of 8 from the field, including 2 of 3 on 3-pointers, and grabbed four rebounds in 19 minutes.

"Tierre [Wilson] had a tremendous debut and really sparked our team," Fresno State coach Stacy Johnson-Klein said. "Learning to win on the road is a season-long process so this was a great victory in that respect."

The Bulldogs have won six straight road games dating back to last season and play Long Island at 4 p.m. Monday to conclude their nonconference schedule.

Against Manhattan, Fresno State shot a season-high 48% from the field, including 8 of 16 on 3-pointers.

Kendra Walker-Roche, who made three 3-pointers, and Jasmine Plummer each scored 11 points off the bench.

The Bulldogs' bench shot 52.6% from the field.

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Tribune-Review (Greensburg, PA)
December 16, 2004 Thursday
HEADLINE: Robert Morris nabs NYC pair
BYLINE: JoAnne Klimovich Harrop

Robert Morris' latest recruits have something in common. Guards Kendra Williams and Crystal Ahmed, who signed NCAA National Letters of Intent to play for the Colonials next season, are both from the Bronx section of New York.

"They know each other," second-year Robert Morris coach Sal Buscaglia said. "They have played league games and club games against each other. I think it will help that they know each other when they come here."

Buscaglia expects Williams and Ahmed will be able to contribute right away and be instrumental in helping him continue to build the once struggling program at Robert Morris. Williams, 5-foot-7, played at Mount Saint Ursula and also played on the Best of Catholic High School Athletic Association team. She also was on the Wheelchair Classic All Star team and is a First-Team All-Bronx selection the past two seasons.

Ahmed, 5-6, is ranked 213th overall by All-Star Girls Report. She was chosen as the No. 1 point guard by School Sports Magazine in New York and was a First-Team All-Star at Slam Jam in Harlem. Ahmed didn't play last season because of an ACL injury.

Both recruits know Buscaglia and assistant coach Charlie Buscaglia from when the two coached at Manhattan College.

"We have been watching these two for a long time," said Charlie Buscaglia, who was instrumental in recruiting both. "They attended our camps (in New York). I don't think we would have had much of a chance at getting them to come to Robert Morris if we didn't know them from before."

LOAD-DATE: December 16, 2004

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EMAIL FROM JASPERS

Email01

From: Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 11:50 AM
To: Candice Calabro (2005)
Subject: Dancers Calendar

Care to share any details? Cost, availability, parental rating? I'd like to report this to me fellow alums in Jasper Jottings. www.JasperJottings.com Re: parental ratings. Some of the old guys who read my ezine may have weak tickers. If the material is too racy, it may fill up my obit column and cut the donations to the college. Remember some of us went to MC when it was all boys. ;-) Thanks, John Class of 1968

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From: Candice Calabro (2005)
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: Dancers Calendar

John,

Thanks for the email. I would be happy to give you more detailed information.

The 2005 calendar is not yet available because it is currently at the printers. It should be ready by the end of this month and ready for the new year. The cost has not yet been finalized but we are thinking to sell them to the public for $12 and students and alumni for $10. Last year was our first calendar fundraiser, we sold it at all the basketball games and we got a lot of sales through alumni. Each dancer on the team has her own month plus three additional team months, all in our uniforms. We also feature over 55 local advertisers. It is not racy nor is it intended to convey that message. It is simply a fundraiser that we had fun creating and hopefully will benefit us in our trip to Disney this spring.

If there are any other questions I wil be more than happy to answer them. If you or any alumni would like to purchase one and they do not usually attend basketball games, you can tell them to email Jasper Dancers -- at -- manhattan.edu with their order and send a check or cash to: The Jasper Dancers (same address as Manhattan College) ATTENTION: Student Activites

Hope you have a wonderful holiday!
Candice Calabro

[JR: I am happy to pass this along. I’m sending in my order. BTW, suggestion for next year, have them ready in October for Christmas gifts? DOH, like I guess you like never thought of that. ;-) Old alums have one idea and keep repeating themselves. If there’s anything else you’d like to publicize, like where and when you’ll be a Disney, maybe some of the old foggies will show up and cheer. One of them did that for one of the women’s softball games and both he and the girls seem to get a big kick out it. At least that’s what I understood from the email and the picture I saw. ]

[JR: On the theory that you can never avid misunderstandings: Manhattan College’s address is Manhattan College Parkway; Riverdale, New York 10471 ;-0 ]

Email02

From: McEneney. Michael F. (1953)
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:54 AM
To: John Reinke (1968)
Subject: Bob Otten (1955)

Dear John,

In talking to Bob Otten '55, he said that is not receiving Jasper Jottings. His e-mail address is: <privacy invoked>. I told him that I would ask you to help him reconnect.

Thanks,
Mike

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From: Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 7:10 AM
To: McEneney. Michael F. (1953)
Cc: Bob Otten
Subject: FW: Bob Otten

Mike,

Invite sent 21 Dec 04 --- at --- 0700 est. Six hour turnaround, Must be a record! ;-)

Happy Holy Days,

John'68

Email03

From: Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings
Sent: Thu 12/16/2004 8:59 AM
To: Thomas Quealy (1964)
Subject: Fellow Jasper, what is your Class Year?

I was composing this week's Jasper Jottings and I couldn't find you in the new alumni data base. So, what Class Year are you. For my notes. Thanks, John'68

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From: Thomas Quealy [1964]
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:11 PM
To: Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings
Subject: RE: Fellow Jasper, what is your Class Year?

1964

Email04

From: Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:11 PM
To: Lisa Jones-Belben
Subject: Re: File - Rejection

Dear Jasper Lisa,

Please forgive the "brain freeze". I just didn't know from whence "<privacy invoked>" came from. When I invite using the MC Alumni function, I don't get to "see" the underlying email address unless it bounces. Hence when folks show up, I get involved in back'n'forth about who is who and what is what. I remember sending at least one query and don't remember seeing a response. So, now that I know who you are, I'd love for you to join in the "fun". Sorry for the confusion, John'68

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From: Lisa Jones-Belben
To: Distribute_Jasper_Jottings-owner --- at --- yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: File - Rejection
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 16:04:12 +0000

Mr Reinke -

Not sure how you "rejected" my joining the Manhattan College Alumni group, as you were the one who contacted me and asked me to join. I can assure you I am Manhattan College Alumni.

As I sent you in an email previously, I graduated Magna Cum Laude in '93 with a BA in Communications. My maiden name is Jones and my married name is Belben. I am also listed in the Alumni Directory on the official Manhattan College website.

Thank You,
Lisa Jones-Belben

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Dear potential subscriber,

I hate to be the "grinch", but I can't authenticate that you should be in our group. Membership is restricted to Manhattan College alumni, and on rare occasions friends of the College. While as administrator I have complete discretion, I try to ensure that only authentic people are admitted.

My process is to lookup in my roledex if I have ever heard of the email address, query the applicant about their bona fides, and just nag until I am assured. In your case, I haven't heard anything from you, hence I have rejected your application to join.

Feel free to resubmit by email with your name, class, and other identifying information.

John Reinke
reinkefj --- at --- alum.manhattan.edu
732-821-5850

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From: Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 8:44 AM
To: <privacy invoked>
Subject: Would you care to disclose your secret identity?

Dear fellow Jasper,

You tried to join Distribute_Jasper_Jottings. That's great. But who are you? I need your name and Class Year before I can admit you inot our "secret" club.

John'68

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Hello,

The following person would like to join the Distribute_Jasper_Jottings group:

Email address: <privacy invoked>

This membership request requires your approval because the Distribute_Jasper_Jottings group is restricted, which means you must approve each new member.

[JR: So how there is at least one missing email in this flow. Hopefully, I don’t screw up more than is unavoidable. ]

Email05

From: Ken Jablon '62
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 12:05 AM
To: Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings
Subject: (no subject)

John,

See below for another article mentioning Manhattan College by James Brady in Crain's New York Business, December 20, 2004 issue.

http://www.newyorkbusiness.com/article.cms?articleId=22256&a=a&bt=James+Brady&arc=n

Ken Jablon '62

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Christmases past made for memorable presents
By James Brady
Published on December 20, 2004

The temptation is, of course, to write yet another column about dopey Kerik, or Paula Zahn's red-tailed hawks, or our tasty little murder in the Hamptons, or the latest Mets debacle (can't wait for Pedro's first tantrum).

But the hell with it. Once a year, even curmudgeons are entitled to indulge the ghosts of Christmases past.

When I was a kid in Sheepshead Bay, it was always midnight mass at St. Mark's, gaudily decorated fishing boats along the piers and gifts under the tree--and my kid brother and I never realized that we were broke.

At Manhattan College, they always had a big Christmas show in the auditorium before we went off on the holiday break, and one year, Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians entertained. When we came out into the quadrangle, heavy snow was falling, and I thought to myself that this was part of what college is all about.

In Korea in '51, Paul Douglas and Jan Sterling did a USO "Born Yesterday" on an outdoor stage, Marines played touch football, Lt. Duffy, the battalion fire warden, burned down his own tent, and a couple of guys stole a jeep, painted "war correspondent" on the side and drove off "to get drunk and find whores." We all sang "Silent Night" at midnight and the artillery fired off red and green star shells. The North Koreans thought that meant an attack and they shelled the hell out of us.

In '56 through '58, I was living in Georgetown as a correspondent for Fairchild, and at Christmas, Bobby and Ethel Kennedy sent bottles of Haig & Haig Pinch to the beat reporters who covered Bobby's Senate rackets committee.

Christmas in London in '59 was everything you wanted it to be. Pure Dickens, from the windows at Harrods to martinis at the Connaught bar, to midnight mass at Farm Street Church, where the Jesuits preached and Evelyn Waugh was converted to Catholicism. We had a flat in a town house at 17 Dunraven St., where P.G. Wodehouse once lived.

The next four years were in Paris, where our daughters were born and Pere Noel came to our apartment in Passy. We had two poodles, a part-time maid/babysitter and a little white Renault convertible. Coco Chanel gave us a pre-Christmas dinner before she was chauffered off to Switzerland. I never made more than $14,000 a year, and by now we only suspected that we were broke.

Then there were Christmases on Madison Avenue, across East 89th Street from the Church of St. Thomas More, where Bishop Furlong was pastor, and Christmases at our cottage on Centre Island.

More recently, when the kids come out with the grandchildren, it's East Hampton Christmases on Further Lane, where I'm not broke anymore-but I realize how happy I was all those other times, too.

[JR: Great find. Good reporting. It was never picked up in the mechanized searches. (Sigh!)]

Email06

From: Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 5:04 AM
To: Desalvo, Stephen (MC2000) --- at --- Manhattan Alumni
Subject: FYI, what the "competition is doing, part 2

FYI, what the "competition is doing, part 2

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

Your Alumni Webmail Account

http://webmail.fdu.edu

CREATING YOUR WEBMAIL ACCOUNT

1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://webmail.fdu.edu . You will be redirected to a secure port.

2. Click on CREATE NEW ACCOUNT.

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[JR: FDU gives their alums more. ]

Email07

Hello,

The following person would like to join the ManhattanCollegeAlumni group:

Email address: <privacy invoked>

Comment from user:

I'm a class of '94 grad looking for any additional current events now that I'm out of tri-state area, residing in Maryland.

=

Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings wrote:

May I know your name, stranger? ;-) There must be a movie line to cover the situation. But, for the life of me, I can't think of one. John'68

=

From: Peter O'Reilly [1994]
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 3:43 PM
To: Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings
Subject: Re: Fellow Jasper, What is your secret identity?

Hello John,

This is Peter O'Reilly, '94, a former recipient of the Jottings. I tried to sign up through yahoo, but it gave me a problem the first time. I'm sure I can get registered again. If you want to sign me up to receive, have at it.

Good job keeping it going. I see you're at least getting a little help from research at the college. It would be nice to think that someday (even after you reitre from this effort,) we could get e-zine mailings that we could choose to subscribe to as the full mailer or individual digests on colleges of eng, bus, A&S, athletics, Quadrangle, etc.

Thanks, and Merry Christmas,

Peter

--

Peter O'Reilly
Regional College Scout
Opportunities Through Athletics (Oi)
www.AthleticOpportunities.com

[JR: When I retire from this, my bet is that it just dies. Too much work, general apathy at the College toward the alums, except as it pertains to soliciting money IMHO, and a lack of recognition of the awesome power of an invigorate alumni population. I could tell stories about what I have seen from the Dukies, the Ivies, and others. Sigh. I’m getting old. You think that at very least the various schools of arts, engineering, and business would use this as an exemplar, resources, and conduit. Nah, to big a jump in thinking. Any way glad you found your way back to us. It will be a while before I get to the O’s in the new MCDB. ;-) How do you mine a db? One record at a time. I have 6k Jaspers in my rolodex! Before long I’ll have them all!!! ]

Email08

From: Jasper John '68 --- at --- Jasper Jottings
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 11:57 AM
To: Desalvo, Stephen (MC2000) --- at --- Manhattan Alumni
Subject: Can't search by company like the old one

Dear fellow Jasper DeSalvo,

The old offering used to permit search by employer. Can I get a list of Jaspers who are at Comcast? I'll promise to give you feed back on the data after I trying and find them all.

Thanks,
John'68

Email09

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Email10

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Jaspers found web-wise

Found1

ZJASPERFOUND: Bates, Clayton Wilson Jr. (1954)

http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=708&category=scienceMakers

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Biography

Dr. Clayton Wilson Bates, Jr., was born on September 5, 1932 in New York City. Bates attended elementary school at New York Public School 119 and middle school at New York Junior High School 43. He earned his high school diploma from the all boys Brooklyn Technical High School in 1950 where he was a member of the baseball, basketball and track teams. As a young boy he also enjoyed playing baseball and basketball in his Harlem neighborhood where he lived with his mother and older sister, Barbara. His parents, Arline and Clayton Bates, Sr., were divorced when he was a young teenager. Bates' love affair with science and engineering began early. As a youngster, Bates enjoyed building model planes and dreamed of becoming a pilot. A lack of perfect vision halted this dream and helped to catapult his interest in engineering.

From 1950 to 1954, Bates attended Manhattan College on a full academic scholarship. After receiving his B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Manhattan College, he earned his M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Bates then received a fellowship from Harvard University where he earned another M.S. degree in electrical engineering in 1960. Bates went on to further his education at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri where he received his Ph.D. in physics in 1966.

Following his graduation, Bates worked for several engineering and scientific companies including Varian Associates, AVCO, Sylvania Electric Products, the Ford Instrument Company and RCA. He worked on projects ranging from low-level light detection and x-ray image intensification to the design of the nuclear reactor controls of the first SEA WOLF, the second atomic powered submarine. In 1972, Bates left Varian and accepted a position in Stanford University's Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Department. He continued to work at Stanford for the next twenty-two years, where he helped to organize the Society of Black Scientists and Engineers. In 1984, he accepted the position of Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research at Howard University's College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Sciences Bates has been committed to increasing the number of African Americans in the science and engineering fields and the number of scientific research projects at predominately Black colleges and universities.

Bates is the author of numbers publications. He and his wife Priscilla have three children, Katherine, Christopher and Naomi. Bates splits his time between his home in Palo Alto, California and Washington, D.C.

Found2

ZJASPERFOUND: Kean, Kathleen (1999)

http://www.goodwinprocter.com/attorneydirectory2.asp?aID=1079

Kathleen Kean
Associate
Boston, MA 02109

Education
J.D., Boston University Law School, 2004
B.S., Manhattan College, 1999

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Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week

http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/011052.shtml

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/11/23/national1555EST0569.DTL

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Stories like this AP account <second link above> of a broke man winning a huge lottery with his desperate bet are sickening. They encourage gambling by the people who can least afford it, and support a corrupting state enterprise. Bad enough that states encourage this sickness; worse that journalism organizations play along like such, well, suckers.

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Rodriguez, 49, of Queens, bought his Mega Millions lottery ticket about one month after filing for bankruptcy.

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Amazing, another example of the State, like a voracious swarm, in its greed for spend able money, "mugs" the most vulnerable of its citizens. Why if you can’t do something, can the “government”? Is it not just the collection of us citizens? How can aggregating our opinions make it ok to do bad stuff?

Arghhh!

IMHO!

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

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MC & HNY! GBu. GBA.