Sunday 24 April 2005

Dear Jaspers,

703 are active on the Distribute site. There are 45 bouncing. As of 4/22, the Jasper Jottings site had 208 page views on 4/21. Total page views this month: 12283!?!

 

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This issue is at: http://tinyurl.com/8a3cv

Which is another way of saying

http://www.jasperjottings.com/jasperjottings20050424.htm     

 

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CALENDAR OF JASPER EVENTS THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT

Sunday, April 24, 2005 

American Museum of Natural History Event 

Come join fellow Jaspers at the Museum of Natural History for a fun filled, educational day with your children!

Friday, April 29, 2005 @ 11:00am (check-in)

Student - Alumni Golf Invitation
Location:  Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course

Monday, May 2, 2005 

Jasper Open – Westchester Hills Golf Club 

To make sure you are on the mailing list,
email Stephen DOT DeSalvo AT manhattan.edu

Friday, May 6, 2005 

Chemical Engineering STOICS Dinner 

Awards Dinner for Chemical Engineering Graduates

Contact: nada DOT assif-anid AT manhattan.edu 

Saturday, May 7, 2005, 1:00pm at the Peter Jay Sharp Boathouse.

Rowing Banquet

Contact: kArLa DOT WaRd AT manhattan.edu 

Saturday, May 7, 2005, Campus

Alumni Society General Meeting

The National Alumni Council invites you to attend its annual meeting. 

For more information,
email Stephen DOT DeSalvo AT manhattan.edu

Friday, June 10, Saturday, June 11, 2005 

REUNION 2005 - HOLD THE DATES 

If your graduating year ends in a 5 or a 0, you are celebrating an anniversary.  Reunion is a time when the anniversary classes get together to make a gift to the College.  This year’s classes are ’35, ’40, ’45, ’50, ’55, ’60, ’65, ’70, ’75, ’80, ’85, ’90, ’95, ’00.  If you are interested in your anniversary class gift, anniversary programs, call: (718) 862-7838 or E-mail: annualgiving --- at ---manhattan.edu. 

Questions concerning events and accommodations should be directed to:
Grace Feeney, alumni relations officer,
(718) 862-7432 or fax: (718) 862-8013.  E-mail: grace DOT feeney AT manhattan.edu 

Friday, June 17, 2005

Environmental Engineering Plumbers Club

Friday, June 17, 2005, Cocktails 5:30pm

Location: Smith Auditorium, Campus

For more information or reservations,
call Club President Steve Fangman '74 at (516) 364-9890

Saturday, June 18, 2005 @ 8:30am 

George Sheehan Five Mile Run and Runners' Expo 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, (201) 722-9009

 

 

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My list of Jaspers who are in harm's way:
- Afghanistan
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- Feldman, Aaron (1997)
- Iraq
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- Sekhri, Sachin (2000)
- Unknown location
- -  Lynch, Chris (1991)
- Uzbekistan
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- Brock (nee Klein-Smith), Lt Col Ruth (1979)

… … my thoughts are with you and all that I don't know about.

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Exhortation

http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=7831

JOSEPH'S PAT SCHANAMAN CARING FOR THE CAREGIVER

Published: March 30, 2005

CHANGED LIFE: Pat Schanaman used to have five residents she cared for in her home. "I made wonderful friends throughout the years, both residents and their families and friends," she said. Now her only company is her cockatiel, Mr. Feisty.

The Observer /GARY FLETCHER / Staff Writer

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JOSEPH — A Joseph woman who cared for the elderly all her adult life has now found herself in need of the care of her community.

Pat Schanaman's love for the elderly likely sprang from when she — by age 13 — helped care for her great-grandmother.

"We had a wonderful time," Schanaman said. "She liked to have her hair colored, so I'd go across the street to Safeway where ACE Hardware is now (in Enterprise) and get water dyes and set her hair for her."

"I remember her rolling her own cigarettes from tobacco in her Prince Albert can. Sometimes I'd stay all night with her so she'd not be by herself. She ended up in the Enterprise nursing home."

Before graduating from Joseph High School, Schanaman became a certified nursing assistant, and worked in that nursing home, the adjoining hospital, Valley View Manor and Grande Ronde Hospital.

In the late 1970s she established the first adult foster-care home in Wallowa County. It was also among the first in the state.

"Pat did a fine job for many, many residents who did not want to go to a nursing home, but preferred the home-like setting and family-type activities," said Pam Latta, seniors specialist for the Oregon Department of Human Services.

Those activities included daily walks, visiting senior-meal sites, going to church, reminiscing, writing letters, and working on arts and crafts.

Schanaman took residents on picnic outings to places such as the Hells Canyon overlook or to someone's homestead.

They also went to La Grande, Lewiston, the county fair, Mule Days and the Chief Joseph Days parade.

On Wednesdays pastor Ken Smith visited, read stories and gave Sunday morning communion.

At Christmas they'd make ornaments and help make cookies and candies for an open house to which they invited family, friends and the community into the home.

"This was their home" Schanaman said about residents who did not want to go to the hospital. She provided them hospice care in her home, she said.

Schanaman was reputed to be a good caretaker. "She worked well with the physicians," Latta said. In addition to the current physicians Pat recalls working with Drs. Hamm, Sharff, Carlock and Coffman.

In 2001 Schanaman's health problems started. She had to have surgery, and her insurance policy wouldn't pay for it. She couldn't afford to keep up her insurance and dropped it. Since then she's been turned down by the Oregon Health Plan three times.

She's had six additional surgeries up through November. In February, after her health failed, she had to face the fact that she could no longer continue her adult foster-care home.

Now with a pile of medical bills, no income and no immediate family in the area, she needs another surgery, but Oregon Health Science Center will not accept her again until she has money.

She applied for Social Security disability benefits in February. Considering other cases she has seen declined, she's not optimistic about being approved.

She says she would still like to find a way to work with the elderly, but doesn't know how.

"I just loved working with them," she said about the wonderful memories, experiences and stories they had to share.

"You could always learn something from them. One of them taught me to crochet," she said.

"I feel empty now," Schanaman said. "I feel like they did (her residents) as something comes along and you have to give up part of your life. It feels like you are losing your independence.

"I know now how they felt. They worked all their lives to take care of themselves in older age, but didn't expect to spend it all on medical expenses," she said.

To help with Pat's medical bills, the Hurricane Creek and Imnaha granges and Charlie Trump and his fiddling friends are holding a pie auction to benefit her at 1:30 p.m. Sunday April 3 at the American Legion Hall on Main Street in Joseph.

Pies are needed, said organizer Vadna Norton of Imnaha.

Financial donations can be made to the Pat Schanaman account at any branch of Community Bank.

"It is heartwarming to see the community come together to help someone who has done so much to care for our elders," said Oregon Sen. David Nelson.

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When one cares for others, good works make an impression. It is more than just the “treasure” stored in heaven. It’s the Grace that flows from the act of giving that blesses all the see it, hear about it, or even just read about it on the internet. Hope I can do as well. Hope we all can.

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
reinke--AT—jasperjottings.com

 

 

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[CONTENTS]

 

4

Messages from Headquarters   (like MC Press Releases)

 

0

Good_News

 

2

Obits

 

2

Jaspers_in_the_News

 

4

Manhattan_in_the_News

 

11

Sports

 

1!

Email From Jaspers

 

2

Jaspers found web-wise

 

0

MC mentioned  web-wise

 

 

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY CLASS]

Class

Name

Section

????

Carroll, Kirsten M.

Updates

????

Egan, John

JNews2

1928?

Holohan, William V.

JFound1

1941

Cadigan, Joseph J.

Obit1

1942

Schlickenrieder, Warren

Email01

1953?

Shea, Robert

JFound2

1957

Philbin, Michael

Obit2

1963

Insull, Robert C.

Updates

1964

Gaffney, Peter D.

Updates

1964

Hughes, Charles P.

Updates

1965

Wallace, George S. Jr.

Updates

1967

Leone, Ron

Updates

1968

Alline, Vincent P.

Updates

1968

Schiebel, William F.

Updates

1969

Patterson, James

JNews1

1972

Altomare, Robert E.

Updates

1978

Dreschnack, Paul A.

Updates

1980

Bolduc, Bruce.

Updates

1981

Carroll, Raymond H.

Updates

1982

Kevin F. Farrell,

Updates

1983

Tully, Rev. Gerard P. CSP

Updates

1988

Cloidt, Joseph Francis Jr.

Updates

1990

Kohl, Jason S.

Updates

1991

Hart, Kevin

Updates

1993

Grech, Thomas

Updates

1996

Quinn, Joe

Updates

1997

Leiss, Jennifer

Updates

1997

Salvato, Sandra M.

Updates

 

 

[PARTICIPANTS BY NAME]

Class

Name

Section

1968

Alline, Vincent P.

Updates

1972

Altomare, Robert E.

Updates

1980

Bolduc, Bruce.

Updates

1941

Cadigan, Joseph J.

Obit1

????

Carroll, Kirsten M.

Updates

1981

Carroll, Raymond H.

Updates

1988

Cloidt, Joseph Francis Jr.

Updates

1978

Dreschnack, Paul A.

Updates

????

Egan, John

JNews2

1964

Gaffney, Peter D.

Updates

1993

Grech, Thomas

Updates

1991

Hart, Kevin

Updates

1928?

Holohan, William V.

JFound1

1964

Hughes, Charles P.

Updates

1963

Insull, Robert C.

Updates

1982

Kevin F. Farrell,

Updates

1990

Kohl, Jason S.

Updates

1997

Leiss, Jennifer

Updates

1967

Leone, Ron

Updates

1969

Patterson, James

JNews1

1957

Philbin, Michael

Obit2

1996

Quinn, Joe

Updates

1997

Salvato, Sandra M.

Updates

1968

Schiebel, William F.

Updates

1942

Schlickenrieder, Warren

Email01

1953?

Shea, Robert

JFound2

1983

Tully, Rev. Gerard P. CSP

Updates

1965

Wallace, George S. Jr.

Updates

 

 

[Messages from Headquarters

(Manhattan College Press Releases & Stuff)]

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MANHATTAN COLLEGE STUDENTS IN FREE ENTERPRISE (SIFE) TEAM CREATE AWARD-WINNING BUSINESS OUTREACH PLAN

The College’s SIFE Team competes at the 2005 Regional SIFE Conference.

RIVERDALE, N.Y.Manhattan College’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team was named second runner-up in the 2005 SIFE Regional Competition held April 7, 2005 in Hartford, Conn. The nine-person team presented a report for its yearlong community outreach projects to a panel of business leaders at the competition.

During the academic year, the College’s SIFE Team organized six projects in the Bronx, including “Biz Week” at Manhattan College, a weeklong series of business and financial events cosponsored by the team and the school of business. “Biz Week” is designed to increase the overall awareness and importance of various aspects of business, as well as to raise awareness and on-campus participation in SIFE for all major fields of study. Programs planned for “Biz Week” – held on campus April 14 through April 18, 2005 – included a savings and retirement seminar, a workshop on launching your own business and a discussion on understanding corporate mergers.

SIFE is an international, nonprofit organization that encourages students to take what they are learning in the classroom and apply it to real-life situations, and to use their knowledge to better their communities through educational outreach projects. The organization is active in more than 1,800 college campuses in more than 40 countries. SIFE Teams focus on projects that teach market economics, entrepreneurship, personal finance success skills and business ethics.

Teams were judged on three criteria: the creativity, innovation and effectiveness of their presentations. In addition to “Biz Week,” the Manhattan SIFE Team worked on assisting a Bronx-based manufacturing company boost their annual revenue by revamping the company’s Web site, and by assisting in generating new ideas that directly effect the company’s bottom line.

Dr. Frederick Greene, associate professor of management and marketing at the College, has served as advisor to the SIFE Team for the past five years. Dr. Greene also is the Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow, which recognizes his leadership and support of the SIFE program at Manhattan.

Manhattan College was founded in 1853 in the Lasallian heritage of excellence in teaching, inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle. Manhattan is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, as well as graduate study in education and engineering.

MANHATTAN COLLEGE WINNING SIFE TEAM

 Nicholas J. Abbate, Senior, Undecided Kyle Hanzas, Marketing/Managerial Science Michelle Y. Kim, Senior, Marketing/Managerial Science Jillian Dale Kraus, Senior, Marketing Renee Leotta, Senior, Economics Jennifer Pychewicz, Senior, Finance/Managerial Science Eugene J. Tanner III, Senior, Finance/Managerial Science Alexia Margaret Vardouniotis, Senior, Managerial Science Brett Warmington, Senior, Finance

 

 

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MANHATTAN COLLEGE MODEL UNITED NATIONS TEAM ENJOY SECOND-YEAR WIN AT SPRING NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Top School of Arts students snag honors for outstanding knowledge of issues.

RIVERDALE, N.Y.Manhattan College’s Model United Nations team recently won an Honorable Mention award for their efforts at the National Model United Nations Conference in New York City held March 22 through March 26, 2005. This is the second consecutive year the Manhattan team took home the award. The annual national conference is the world’s largest university-level United Nations simulation. This year, more than 3,300 students from more than 200 colleges and universities from 40 countries participated in the conference.

The College’s delegation of 19 students represented the Republic of Greece during the four-day competition. Dr. Pamela Chasek, assistant professor of government and director of the international studies program at the College, has served as faculty advisor to the Model U.N. program for the last eight years.

At the conference, the College was recognized by having two students selected as rapporteurs for their committees. Marissa Gross ’05, a senior international studies and Spanish major, was selected to be the rapporteur of the General Assembly Sixth (Legal) Committee and Blair Lampe ’05, a senior international studies major, was chosen to be rapporteur of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. Both students helped direct the work of their respective committees and were chosen from many applicants at the conference.

The Manhattan College Model U.N. team represented Greece in 10 different committees. Led by Head Delegate Gross, the team negotiated resolutions on such diverse topics as preventing HIV/AIDS, United Nations reform, legal aspects of war and occupation, poverty eradication, narrowing the digital divide and environmental issues.

Model United Nations is an authentic simulation of the United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Security Council and other multilateral bodies. Model U.N. conferences allow students to step into the shoes of ambassadors of U.N. member states to debate current issues affecting the world. Student participants prepare resolutions, plot regional strategies for development, resolve conflicts and navigate the U.N.’s daunting rules of procedure.

Manhattan College was founded in 1853 in the Lasallian heritage of excellence in teaching, inspired by St. John Baptist de La Salle. Manhattan is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, as well as graduate study in education and engineering.

 MANHATTAN COLLEGE MODEL U.N. PARTICIPANTS

Heather Anen, Senior, International Studies Tony Azios, Junior, International Studies Michael Brady, Senior, English/Government/Urban Studies Erez Cohen, Senior, Government Nadia Djebaili, Foreign Exchange - France Annamaria Eder, Sophomore, International Studies Berengere Fuoc, Freshman, Government Marissa Gross, Senior, International Studies/Spanish Nataliya Hafiychuk, Senior, Economics Cari Hourigan, Senior, International Studies Suzy Kenly, Senior, English Nick Kyriakakis, Junior, History Blair Lampe, Senior, International Studies Timothy Larsen, Sophomore, International Studies Peter Laserna, Sophomore, Government Marina Liander, Junior, History Chris McShane, Junior, Government Deirdre Mertens, Freshman, Government Nicole Polio, Senior, International Studies/Communications

  

 

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PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO DELIVER KEYNOTE AT MANHATTAN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Monika K. Hellwig, Ph.D., president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU), will deliver the keynote address at Manhattan College’s 163rd Undergraduate Commencement on Sunday, May 22. During the ceremony, she will receive an honorary Doctor of Pedagogy degree.

Dr. Hellwig, who has served as president of ACCU since 1996, is the former Landegger Professor of Theology at Georgetown University, where she taught for three decades. The ACCU promotes Catholic higher education by supporting its member institutions, especially with reference to their Catholic mission and character. The group, based in Washington, D.C., also serves as the “voice” of Catholic higher education in the United States.

Dr. Hellwig has written and lectured extensively, both nationally and internationally, on Catholic theology, interfaith studies and Catholic education. She is the former president of the Catholic Theological Society of America and has published numerous books, including Understanding Catholicism, Jesus the Compassion of God and The Eucharist and the Hunger of the World.

In addition to Georgetown, she has taught at St. Norbert’s College, St. Michael’s College, University of San Francisco, Princeton Theological Seminary, Notre Dame University and Boston College. She attended the University of Liverpool in England and earned both her master’s and doctorate at The Catholic University of America. Her academic honors are endless including more than 25 honorary doctorate degrees awarded from colleges such as St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Trinity College in Washington, D.C. and Loyola University of Chicago.

Manhattan College will award approximately 600 undergraduate degrees in more than 40 major fields of undergraduate study from its five schools in arts, business, education, engineering and science. Graduation day will begin with a Baccalaureate Mass at 10:00 a.m. followed by a brunch on the Quadrangle prior to the Commencement ceremony at 1:00 p.m. in the College’s Draddy Gymnasium.

 

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From: Manhattan College Alumni Relations [Stephen DeSalvo]
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:38 PM
Subject: American Museum of Natural History Event

April 24th, 2005

Come join fellow Jaspers at the Museum of  Natural History for a fun filled, educational day with  your children.  The day will start with a trip to the IMAX Theater to see Jane Goodall's  "Wild Chimpanzees"  Groups enter the Museum through the Rose Center for Earth & Space at 81st St. between Central Park and Columbus Ave. We will meet outside the gates to receive tickets.

You will then meet as a group in the  Big Dipper Cafe for lunch.

After lunch all are free to explore the museum  at their leisure.

Meeting time will be at 11:00am to receive tickets for entry into the museum and for the IMAX show. The show begins at 11:30am and is approximately 45 minutes long.

For more information contact:

Christine Sobol '04 or Patricia Flaherty '98

Register On-Line

Manhattan College - Alumni & Friends 718-862-8000

[JR: Need more lead time! The old far… distinguished elder alumni need more advance warning to make reservations for the grandkid's time. "Ahh gee do we have to go with gramps? He smells and all he ever talks about is jasper basketball and how back in the day he scored 6 points in a blow out against the home for the blind. Shut up kid, you need to be in his will." We know this is fictional 'cause no Jasper leaves an estate to anyone but the College. Bequest to jottings unnecessary. We don't need no stinkin money.  ;-)  I am shocked, SHCOKED, there is gambling going on.]

 

Honors

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Weddings

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Births

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Engagements

[Engagement1]

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Graduations

[Graduation1]

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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

Newsday (New York)
April 17, 2005 Sunday
NASSAU AND SUFFOLK EDITION
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A72
HEADLINE: LONG ISLAND;  Joseph Cadigan, 84, committed to LI education
BYLINE: BY REBECCA O'HALLORAN. STAFF WRITER

Joseph J. Cadigan was dedicated to teaching, whether in the classroom or during summer vacations. At the family's weekend home in Connecticut, Cadigan cleared a path through the woods so he could teach his children about nature and astronomy during walks.

Cadigan, 84, of Garden City, died of pneumonia on March 7.

Born in Brooklyn in 1920, Cadigan was raised on Staten Island and graduated from Manhattan College in 1941 with a degree in education. He enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve as an officer on sub-chasers and escort vessels in the central, southern and northern Pacific campaigns, eventually earning the rank of lieutenant.

After his Navy service, Cadigan returned to his alma mater, Curtis High School on Staten Island, as a social studies teacher. He continued teaching while earning a master's in education from Columbia University Teacher's College, where he met his future wife, Mary. He graduated in 1947 and they were married later that year.

Cadigan joined the Elmont Public School District where he held various positions and later became acting school principal of the new Dutch Broadway School.

In 1955, he became the first principal of Stewart Manor Elementary School, where he played a role in organizing, equipping and staffing the new building. Cadigan left Stewart Manor for a brief return to Dutch Broadway School as an administrator.

"I remember him always saying that, 'Oh I miss the kids. I got to get back,'" said his daughter Irene Moran-Deniston of Long Beach. "It's amazing we have former teachers, former students that are calling my family and saying very kind things about him."

Cadigan became principal at Manorhaven Elementary School and later at John Philip Sousa Junior High School, where he retired in 1982.

Cadigan was an active member of the Manhattan College Council and founded the college's Long Island Alumni Club.

Although retired, he served as a director of the Garden City Adult Education and as a specialist in the public education division of the Nassau County Fire Service Academy.

Cadigan, a past president of the Holy Name Society, was an active parishioner at St. Joseph's Church in Garden City and was the first president of the St. Joseph's school board.

Besides Mary, his wife of 57 years, and daughter Moran-Deniston, Cadigan is survived by daughters Mary Conroy of Plandome and Lori Cadigan of Garden City; sons Jay Cadigan of Mountain Lakes, N.J., and Jerry Cadigan of Garden City; daughter-in-law Ann Cadigan of Albertson, 21 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sons Jeff and John.

A funeral Mass was celebrated March 10 at St. Joseph's Church in Garden City, followed by burial at Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury.

LOAD-DATE: April 17, 2005

[Reported As: 1941]

[JR: Sub chasers, betcha he had some stories. ]

 

Obit2

Newsday (New York)
April 14, 2005 Thursday
NASSAU AND SUFFOLK EDITION
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A55
HEADLINE: LONG ISLAND; Michael Philbin, 71, former exec at Eaton Corp.
BYLINE: BY CHRISTIAN MURRAY. STAFF WRITER

Michael Philbin, the son of Irish immigrants who rose to head a 5,000-employee defense division of Eaton Corp. in Deer Park, died April 2 from cancer. He was 71.

Philbin was appointed president of the corporation's AIL division, a developer of electronic systems for fighter jets, in 1984 after starting at the company in 1957 as an electrical engineer. He retired in 1987.

But Philbin seemed prouder of his children's accomplishments than his own, according to his son, Michael Jr. of Billings, Mont. He took immense pride in having four children who all went to graduate school, his son said.

"He was a very loyal person who stayed with the same company for more than 30 years, and was married to my mom for 46 years," his son said.

Philbin met his wife, Ann, at a Catholic dance in New York City. In 1959 the couple married and moved to Commack before settling in Smithtown to raise their four children.

"He was dedicated to my mom...and he was a real inspiration; it seemed the love kept growing right up to the end," Michael Philbin Jr. said.

But Philbin was known for his modesty.

"The guy next door would have never known my dad's accomplishments," said his son, Kenneth Philbin of Manhattan.

Philbin was raised in Bushwick, Brooklyn. He lived above a grocery store that his father and uncle owned, said Janet Philbin, the wife of Philbin's son, Steven, of Smithtown. Many years later he graduated with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Manhattan College.

Philbin was active in the community as well, and served as a board member of the Long Island Association from 1986-87 and at Channel 21. He was a director of the Long Island YMCA, and a member of the Knights of Columbus.

In 1993, Philbin and his wife moved to Hilton Head, S.C., where he enjoyed boating, golf and the beach, said Janet Philbin. Philbin and his wife traveled extensively during their retirement, visiting family from his son in Montana to his daughter, Theresa Eyre, in Los Altos, Calif.

Besides his wife and children, Philbin is survived by a sister, Maura Welch, of Martha's Vineyard, Mass.; and five grandchildren.

The funeral Mass was said April 6 at St. Francis by the Sea Catholic Church in Hilton Head. The body was cremated and inurnment took place in the church columbarium.

GRAPHIC: Photo - Michael Philbin

LOAD-DATE: April 14, 2005

[MCAlumDB: 1957 ]

[JR: Sounds like I guy I would have like to have known ]

 

 

[Jasper_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.]

Alline, Vincent P (1968)
Pine Brook, NJ 07058-9503

Altomare, Robert E. (1972)
Kraft Foods Global, Inc.
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510-1007

Bolduc, Bruce. (1980)
CO2 Business Development Manager
BOC Process Gas Solutions
Murray Hill, NJ 07974

Carroll, Kirsten M. (????)
Student

Carroll, Raymond H. (1981)
Director - Thermal Processing
Campbell Soup Company

Cloidt, Joseph Francis Jr. (1988)
Psychothertapist
Graham-Windham RTC

Dreschnack, Paul A. (1978)
Plastic Surgeon
New Orleans, Louisiana 70115

Gaffney, Peter D. (1964)
Retired
St Peters, MO 63376

Hart, Kevin (1991)
Major Account Executive
Nextel
Elmsford
, NY 10523


Hughes, Charles P. (1964)
Retired- Asst. Vice President- Data processing
Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha, NE 68144-2125

Insull, Robert C. (1963)
Licensed Psychologist
Rochester Psychiatric Center
Rochester, NY 14618-2825

Kevin F. Farrell, (1982)
Project Manager - Systems
Diebold, Incorporated

Kohl, Jason S. (1990)
Vice President
Premium Commercial Lending LLC
Jericho, NY 11753

Leiss, Jennifer (1997)
Teaching Assistant
Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

Leone, Ron (1967)
VP Engineering Technology
CDI Corporation
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Quinn, Joe (1996)
New York, NY

Salvato, Sandra M. (1997)
Stryker Orthopaedics

Schiebel, William F. (1968)
wfs consulting
kennebunkport, me 04046-2592

Thomas Grech, (1993)
SVP
Virtual Document Solutions, LLC
NY NY 10004

Tully, Rev. Gerard P. CSP (1983)
Vice Rector
Church of Santa Susanna
Via XX Settembre, 14
Rome, 00187
Italy

Wallace, George S. Jr. (1965)
RETIRED - New Mexico Department of Health
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507

 

 

[Jaspers_Missing]

[JR: I'm going to try a new section for "negative 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 or "youngsters" that someone they maybe interested in has “drifted off”. Yet another 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

Cox News Service
April 18, 2005 Monday
SECTION: Entertainment, Television and Culture
HEADLINE: Author helps kids turn page to life as readers
BYLINE: MARK SCHWED
DATELINE: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.

James Patterson has a dark secret from his childhood and he's ready to get it off his chest.

Here it is: The man who is one of the world's most successful writers _ who has sold more than $1 billion worth of books _ was a lousy reader as a kid.

"I hated it," he says. "I was a good student. I was a high school valedictorian. But I hated to read."

And he wants you to know, right here and now, that he feels terrible about this, about all the books he could have read, but never did.

But it's not entirely his fault, he says. He blames the types of books teachers assign at too early an age. "They just gave us the wrong books," Patterson says. What kid really is capable of slogging through "Crime and Punishment"?

But instead of moping around his cozy waterfront home in Palm Beach, thinking about all those reading opportunities he lost as a youth, he's going to do something about it.

He's written a book just for kids and today he's going to march down to the Kravis Center and tell thousands of them why they will love it.

"Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment" (Little, Brown, $16.99) is about a girl named Max and her five friends. They seem normal in every way but one: They are mutant freaks _ 98 percent human, 2 percent bird _ who fly like hawks, and have the vision of raptors.

They grew up in a lab, poked and prodded by men in white coats, until they broke free and made a home of their own. Unfortunately, Max, Nudge, The Gasman, Iggy, Fang and Angel are in a spot of trouble, being hunted down by some other mutant lab freaks, the Erasers, who are part human, part wolf.

And when the Erasers snatch Angel, her feathered friends soar into action to save her, setting up a wild adventure that ends in New York City.

With a whip-crack pace and chapters as tight as two pages, kids will fly through the book. And they'll laugh at the way these mutant-children talk. (When they have successfully beaten off an attack by the Erasers, they shout, "Freaks rule!")

A different audience

To make sure children hear about "Maximum Ride," Patterson has scheduled a gathering at the Kravis Center today for 3,800 Palm Beach County seventh- and eighth-graders. Students from the Dreyfoos School of the Arts will perform dramatic readings from the book, and Patterson will talk about what it's like to be a big-shot writer. He'll also tell kids why reading is one of the greatest things a kid (or adult) could ever do.

"That scares the hell out of me," Patterson says. "I've spoken to lots of people, but not to seventh- and eighth-graders. It's a totally new experience. I think it'll be fun."

Patterson wrote "Maximum Ride" and is speaking to kids because he wants to share his _ admittedly belated _ passion for reading.

He caught the bug after high school, while attending Manhattan College and working the late shift at a mental health hospital. "I had a lot of free time. I just started reading anything I could get my hands on, things I wanted to read," he says. "I really got into it. I loved it. It broadened my universe. Then I started scribbling and I liked that even more. But I thought it was presumptuous that I could ever make a living out of it."

It was about this time that he took a required writing course and received "the worst advice I ever got. The teacher told me, 'You write well enough but stay away from fiction.' "

And so, he went into advertising, eventually becoming one of the top executives at J. Walter Thompson, a well-known ad agency.

No matter how much success he achieved, he still had a nagging feeling in his gut that, "I'd rather be writing books. But I kind of liked my life. I was afraid to mess with it."

Finally, he took a chance and wound up pumping out such page-turners as "Pop Goes the Weasel," "The Big Bad Wolf," "Kiss the Girls," "Along Came a Spider" and dozens more.

In the office of his Palm Beach home, about 10 stacks of manuscripts, most nearly finished, are piled on the counter, including "Lifeguard," a thriller set in Palm Beach due out this summer. There are movie scripts for "Maximum Ride," and a new series of books that he'd rather not discuss.

All this has made him quite wealthy. But through his travels promoting his books, he has discovered something troubling. Lots of people aren't reading. Especially young people.

Style draws new readers

"Everywhere I go, people come up to me and say, 'You got my husband reading. You got my wife reading.' I love getting people reading again. Part of it has to do with my style. Which is, it's easy. It's involving. It moves along."

Then he thought back to when he was a kid, and he figured he'd take a crack at writing something that kids would enjoy, something that would make them love reading.

"Here's my theory on kids and books," he says. "I think the best way and the only way to get a lot of kids reading is to give them stuff they're going to like."

And so he has.

"There's nothing that I've done that is more important," he says.

Best of all, there's a little present waiting for those 3,800 kids. Sponsors of the event have decided that each boy and girl will receive a free copy of "Maximum Ride."

Patterson's hope is that this one book will inspire kids _ maybe even his 7-year-old son Jack _ to read and read and read.

Think of it as a maximum ride for the mind.

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JNews2

http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/newsarticle.asp?dist=signin&param=archive&siteid=mktw&guid=%7B729E5599%2DB963%2D4465%2DAE7F%2D7A11DE686192%7D

Assurant Asset Management Promotes John Egan to Vice President, Administration

4/15/2005 4:15:27 PM

NEW YORK, April 15, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Assurant, Inc. (AIZ), a premier provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, announced that it has promoted John Egan, 43, to Vice President, Administration, Assurant Asset Management.

Formerly Second Vice President, Administration, Mr. Egan oversees several key areas of Assurant's asset management operations, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance administration, where he supports the asset management fixed income and strategic analysis departments. In addition, he coordinates investment activities with Assurant's corporate accounting, legal, IT, tax and audit departments. Mr. Egan also serves as the company's liaison with custodian banks, brokers, and external audit managers.

"John is well-respected throughout Assurant for his knowledge and expertise," said Kevin Michels, Senior Vice President, Administration, Assurant Asset Management. "He has been instrumental in developing and maintaining policies and procedures critical to the success of Assurant's asset management activities."

A resident of Rockville Centre, New York, Mr. Egan joined Assurant in 1995 as Manager of Administration. Prior to joining Assurant, he held management positions in accounting at Irving Trust/Bank of New York and Deloitte and Touche. He holds a BS in accounting from Manhattan College and a Master's Degree in Finance from St. John's University.

Assurant is a premier provider of specialized insurance products and related services in North America and selected other markets. The four key businesses -- Assurant Employee Benefits; Assurant Health; Assurant Preneed; and Assurant Solutions -- have partnered with clients who are leaders in their industries and have built leadership positions in a number of specialty insurance market segments in the U.S. and selected international markets.

The company, which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AIZ, has over $20 billion in assets and $7 billion in annual revenue. Assurant has more than 12,000 employees worldwide and is headquartered in New York's financial district. http://www.assurant.com

SOURCE Assurant, Inc.

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Manhattan_in_the_News

MNews1

Asbury Park Press
April 16, 2005 Saturday
SECTION: G; Pg. 1
HEADLINE: Voice of hope The dean of the Georgian Court University business school keeps a dialogue open between Iran and the United States in his weekly Voice of America broadcasts
BYLINE: PATTI MARTIN/STAFF WRITER

KEEPING the lines of communication open between the United States and Iran happens on a weekly basis on the campus of Georgian Court University in Lakewood.

It's from his office in the Farley Center that Dr. Siamack Shojai, professor and dean of the School of Business, hosts the Voice of America program "A Conversation with Siamack Shojai" every Wednesday afternoon.

The hour-long call-in show, which is broadcast live in Farsai, receives calls from the Middle East, Europe and other parts of the world.

"It's my way of letting the people of Iran know what is going on in America," says the Iranian-born Shojai, "as well as to let them know that they have the support of many, many people."

The role of radio host was one that Shojai had never considered.

When he and his wife, Roya, arrived in the United States in 1978, it was with the sole purpose of achieving higher education American degrees.

"The United States was known for its institutions of higher education," he explains. "And people in Iran knew that if you graduated from a college or university in the U.S., you could come back to Iran and get very good jobs."

And Shojai says that he had every intention of returning to his native country.

"I remember standing in the airport the day I left the country and promising my father that I'd definitely be back. It might take me four or five years, I told him, but I would be back."

It was a promise that Shojai was not able to keep.

By the time Shojai graduated from Fordham University with his Ph.D. in 1984, a new regime had taken control of Iran.

"And I knew with this regime that it was going to be a different world," he explains. "I still thought that there was some hope for my country...but that wasn't the case."

And it was his father, the man to whom he pledged he would return home, who convinced him to stay in the United States.

"He told me I had a good life here, a family and that I was in a better place," Shojai recalls. "So, I stayed."

After receiving his Ph.D., Shojai stayed on for two years at Fordham as a visiting assistant professor of economics. In 1986 he began teaching at Lafayette College in Easton and then moved on to Manhattan College, where he served in a variety of roles, including associate professor, full professor and chairperson of the economics and finances department during his 10-year tenure. In 1999, Shojai moved once again, this time to Marist College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where he became an associate dean and director of Graduate Management Studies. Two years later, Shojai went on to the State University of New York-Plattsburgh where he held the position of dean of the School of Business and Economics until 2004. Since then, he has held the position of dean of the School of Business at Georgian Court.

"Coming here was a wonderful opportunity," Shojai says during an interview in his office in the Farley Center. "The university is moving to an elevated place, and to be part of a business school that is evolving is a wonderful opportunity."

From the moment he set foot on the campus, Shojai knew Georgian Court was where he was meant to be.

"I remember my first interview here," he says. "It had been going on for a while, and it was nearing 1 p.m., the time of the radio broadcast. They were nice enough to set me up in an office with a telephone so I could do the program, and after the program ended, I went on with the interview."

While Shojai's educational pursuits have always been well planned, his role of radio host happened by accident.

It was a little more than a decade ago that Shojai was attending an economics conference at the University of California-Los Angeles, presenting a paper on the Iranian economy. KRSI radio in Los Angeles was broadcasting the conference to the Iranian community and heard Shojai's presentation. The next thing he knew, Shojai had agreed to become a regular economics commentator for the radio station. A few months later, he received a call from the Voice of America, the official broadcasting service of the United States government, which is one of the best-known stations in international broadcasting, asking him to host a show.

"When I started out, it was a 15-minute taped segment," Shojai explains. "About three years ago, it expanded to about an hour and now we go live."

While the show follows a set format - a host in Washington opens the show and then there is a short discussion about news and events in Iran followed by the opening of the phone lines - there's no telling what topics will be covered.

Recent discussions have included elections in Iraq, the Iranian backing of insurgents in Iraq and the likelihood of Iran getting nuclear weapons.

"I have to keep up with the news," says the Point Pleasant resident. "We get seven, eight, 10 calls a show from Iran, Kuwait, Germany...all over."

While he has some very strong personal views on what's going on in his homeland, Shojai says while he's on air he tries to be independent and nonpartisan.

"My credibility depends on it," he explains.

It's been equally important for Shojai to present the Iran he knows, beyond the images broadcast on the nightly news.

"We usually judge a country by what is seen on TV," he says, "but the images that are broadcast into America are just a fraction of what Iran is really about. There are so many Iranian success stories that we need to see on TV here."

Even with his increasing academic demands, Shojai says he has never considered giving up his radio show.

"In many ways, I am the voice of hundreds (of Iranians) who have no voice," he says, "and hopefully, in my program, I am able to offer hope."

And Shojai is hopeful that "there will be a complete retirement of the current regime."

It may not be easy, Shojai acknowledges, but "the world is changing and we're all realizing now that what happens in one part of the world affects us all. Iran needs the help of the outside world, particularly the United States."

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MNews2

The Journal News (Westchester County, NY)
April 15, 2005 Friday
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. 6C
HEADLINE: BOYS TRACK AND FIELD NOTEBOOK
BYLINE: Christopher Hunt

Saunders stays on roll

Team sets marks in two events at Green Dragon Relays

Spring track season is a chance to start anew. Everyone starts at step one. But there is a carryover, and that's one of the things driving the hurdles group at Saunders.

Saunders' shuttle-hurdle relays earned all-American honors at both national meets indoors and that confidence and performance level rolled into this outdoor season.

"We saw what we need to do to get to nationals," said Manhattan College-bound Kelton Cumberbatch, who was on the relays at both national meets. "We wanted to come outdoors and do it again."

So they didn't waste any time. Cumberbatch, Luis Arvelo and Earl Noel set meet records at the Green Dragon Relays in Cornwall last weekend in the 330-meter shuttle hurdles (44.9 seconds) and the 3x400 intermediate hurdles (2:55.9).

Cumberbatch, who ran a 55.9 split on that intermediate hurdle relay, also learned this week that he was accepted into the individual 400-meter hurdles at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, April 28-30.

"The season is going great," Saunders coach Joe Intervallo said. "These guys are in midseason form. They look ready. They look sharp."

The Blue Devils have another shot at a fast shuttle hurdle relay at the Tiger Relays tomorrow at Putnam Valley.

Stick passes: Lincoln is showing to be a competitive 800 relay in Section 1. The Lancers' Felix Johnson, Darnnel Jacobs, Clement Gyan and Antoine Smalls were fifth at the Kings Relays last weekend at Icahn Stadium, Randall's Island, in 1:33.96. The same group finished sixth in the 400 relay in 44.61. ... Niko Viglione of Somers placed third at the Green Dragon Relays in the 2,000 steeplechase in 6:22.4.

Showtime: Along with Cumberbatch, Fordham Prep's Marcos Ferrer also was accepted into the 400 hurdles at the Penn Relays. Irvington's Casey and Scott DiCesare will compete in the pole vault.

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MNews3

http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2005/04/18/losporta.htm

Muirgets striking surprise

TimesHerald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA

... Someone she knew from Manhattan College convinced her to come interview for the women's coaching job, even though she didn't want it. ...

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Kelly Weaver won a state tennis championship as a Kingston sophomore in 1994, but today is her final day of law school at the University of North Carolina.

   Now 26, she will begin a job at an Atlanta law firm in September – with an eye on some day becoming a college athletic director.

   She still gets out on the courts – as a player and a teacher. Two hours a week, she instructs kids from the ages of 5-13.

   "I love getting out there with them," Weaver said from her home in Chapel Hill, N.C. "I'm going to miss this place."

   Weaver graduated from the University of Virginia in 2001, after spending four years there on a tennis scholarship after Kingston.

   She took a job as a legal assistant at a corporate law firm in the World Trade Center. Someone she knew from Manhattan College convinced her to come interview for the women's coaching job, even though she didn't want it.

   Since she couldn't be late for work, that interview in the Bronx took place at 7:30 a.m. – on Sept. 11. When she arrived at work, the first plane hit her tower. Her office was on the 58th floor, below the point of impact.

   "I saw the building burning. When I turned around to walk back (away) to get a better look, that's when the second plane hit," Weaver said. "It was unbelievable."

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MNews4

http://www.dcexaminer.com/articles/2005/04/14/sports/maryland_sports/001_md_commitment.txt

Suitland's Jackson picks Manhattan

Washington Examiner - Washington, DC, USA

By JEFF ERMANN. Examiner Staff Writer

Suitland seniorhristian Jackson has verbally committed to play basketball at Manhattan College, Rams coach Tyrone Massenburg said. ...

Jackson, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard who transferred to Suitland from Carroll (D.C.), averaged 19 points and 7 rebounds per game this past season for the Prince George's 4A League champion. Massenburg said Jackson chose Manhattan, a Division I program in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, because he likes Jaspers coach Bobby Gonzalez, and there is an immediate opportunity for playing time.

"They lost two of their top guards, so there's a chance for him to come in and play right away," Massenburg said. "And coach Gonzalez really made an impression on him."

Jackson, a third-team All-Examiner selection, will sign his National Letter of Intent next week. He chose Manhattan over offers from Central Connecticut State and St. Francis, and had received interest from George Washington and Clemson.

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Reported from The Quadrangle (http://www.mcquadrangle.org/)

Outdated technology and appliances yield a soaring MC energy assessment
Facing High Electric Bills, MC Legislature Meets to Discuss Energy Use

In the midst of recent plans for the construction of a new six-story parking deck, increasing the school's total energy consumption, an environmental assessment of the campus presented to Student Senate nearly 18 months ago has yet to be responded to. This semester's final Student Senate meeting is scheduled to discuss this continually postponed issue.

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Manhattan students gathered last week during prayer services for John Paul II
Reflections on the Life of Pope John Paul II

With the death of Pope John Paul II, many young people are asking?themselves: "Who is was this guy and what made him so important?" Karol J. Wojtyla, also known as John Paul II was elected to the papacy in October of 1978. Born in Wadowice, a small city just outside of Cracow, he was the first Pope, or Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, of non-Italian heritage in over 455 years.

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Visiting the Noirish Side of [Ba]sin City

Frank Miller's cult comic book has inspired a movie by the same name: Sin City. Sin City has been catching attention due to its incredible casting and unique filming style.

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Sin City is currently being praised as the most accurate comic book adaptation, which might be due to the talents of director Robert Rodriguez (One Upon A Time in Mexico, The Spy Kids movies, and Desperado), and Frank Miller, the actual mastermind behind the comic.

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Odd Ones Out: Three Transgendered Teens' Reconciliation of Body and Mind

As David leads the camera into his room in West Harlem, he draws attention to a sign adorning his door. It reads: 'I'm trans, get over it. Of course, first I have to get over it.' "Which is so true," adds David. Coming to terms with having an unconventional sexual orientation is largely what the ongoing documentary "Odd Ones Out" is about, as it follows three trans-gendered teenagers living in New York City over the course of four years.

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Rush Limbaugh is one of many reporters who don´t look at the facts, accuses Kevin Agnese
The Liberal Media Myth

I'm tired of hearing that the media in this country has a liberal bias because it's just not true. Where was the liberal bias before the start of the war in Iraq? Where has the liberal bias been since the start of the Bush presidency? Where was the liberal bias during Bill Clinton's presidency? As the drumbeats for war were underway in late 2002 and into 2003, very few media outlets questioned the necessity of the war.

[JR:  I found this one particularly amusing. Most reasonable people will stipulate that the President - at worst - lied under oath or - at best - parsed the words “is”, “have”, “sexual”, and “relations” like a theologian discussing angels on a pin. The liberal media drank the KoolAid. Nixon was run out for far less. The Constitution interestingly gives the power and responsibility to remove the President to his own party. The minority ruled. I don’t expect much form students given their lack of experience, but broadcasting it is amusing, bemusing, and frustrating all at the same time. This concludes this unscheduled rant.]

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Men's Tennis Team on Their Way to Becoming MAAC Champs

The Manhattan men's tennis team has been showing a lot of consistency in the last few games. They have had big wins against extremely competitive teams in and out of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). Their main goal at this point is to win the MAAC and get further in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

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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
4/24/05 Sunday M. Tennis   MAAC Championships   Flushing, NY   TBA 
4/24/05 Sunday Golf   MAAC Championships   Lake Buena Vista, FL   7:00 AM
4/24/05 Sunday W. Lacrosse   Marist*   HOME   10:00 AM
4/24/05 Sunday Track & Field  
New York Relays %   New York, NY   10:00 AM
4/24/05 Sunday Baseball   Rider*   HOME   12:00 PM
4/27/05 Wednesday Baseball  
Columbia   New York, NY   1:30 PM
4/27/05 Wednesday Softball   at Central Connecticut   New Britain, CT   3:00 PM
4/27/05 Wednesday M. Lacrosse  
Providence*   HOME   3:30 PM
4/28/05 Thursday Track & Field   Penn Relays  
Philadelphia, PA   10:00 AM
4/29/05 Friday W. Lacrosse   MAAC Championships   Fairfield, CT   TBA 
4/29/05 Friday Track & Field   Penn Relays  
Philadelphia, PA   10:00 AM
4/30/05 Saturday Crew  
New York State Rowing Championships   Whitney Point, NY   TBA 
4/30/05 Saturday Softball   at Canisius*  
Buffalo, NY   10:00 AM
4/30/05 Saturday Track & Field   Penn Relays  
Philadelphia, PA   10:00 AM
4/30/05 Saturday Baseball   Niagara* (DH)   Niagara University, NY   12:00 PM
4/30/05 Saturday M
. Lacrosse   Mt. St. Mary's*   HOME   1:00 PM

5/1/05 Sunday W. Lacrosse   MAAC Championships   Fairfield, CT   TBA 
5/1/05 Sunday Crew  
New York State Rowing Championships   Whitney Point, NY   TBA 
5/1/05 Sunday Softball   at Niagara*   Niagara University, NY   12:00 PM
5/1/05 Sunday Baseball   Niagara*   Niagara University, NY   12:00 PM
5/4/05 Wednesday Baseball   Fordham   HOME   3:00 PM
5/5/05 Thursday Softball   Fordham   HOME   3:00 PM
5/6/05 Friday M. Lacrosse   MAAC Championships$   Poughkeepsie, NY   TBA 
5/7/05 Saturday Crew   Rowing Banquet  
New York, NY   TBA 
5/7/05 Saturday Track & Field   MAAC Championships (at Rider)   Lawrenceville, NJ   11:00 AM
5/7/05 Saturday Baseball   Canisius* (DH)   HOME   12:00 PM
5/7/05 Saturday Softball   Marist*   HOME   1:00 PM
5/8/05 Sunday M. Lacrosse   MAAC Championships$   Poughkeepsie, NY   TBA 
5/8/05 Sunday Softball   Siena*   HOME   9:00 AM
5/8/05 Sunday Track & Field   MAAC Championships (at Rider)   Lawrenceville, NJ   11:00 AM
5/8/05 Sunday Baseball   Canisius*   HOME   12:00 PM
5/10/05 Tuesday Baseball   St. Francis-NY   HOME   3:30 PM
5/11/05 Wednesday Baseball   Sacred Heart   HOME   3:30 PM
5/12/05 Thursday Track & Field   IC4A/ECAC Championships   Princeton, NJ   10:00 AM
5/13/05 Friday Softball   at MAAC Championships%   Stratford, CT   TBD 
5/13/05 Friday Crew   Dad Vail Regatta  
Philadelphia, PA   TBA 
5/13/05 Friday Track & Field   IC4A/ECAC Championships   Princeton, NJ   10:00 AM
5/14/05 Saturday Crew   Dad Vail Regatta  
Philadelphia, PA   TBA 
5/14/05 Saturday Softball   at MAAC Championships%   Stratford, CT   TBD 
5/14/05 Saturday M. Lacrosse   NCAA Championships   TBA   TBA 
5/14/05 Saturday Track & Field   IC4A/ECAC Championships   Princeton, NJ   10:00 AM
5/14/05 Saturday Baseball   Le Moyne* (DH)   HOME   12:00 PM
5/15/05 Sunday Softball   at MAAC Championships%   Stratford, CT   TBD 
5/15/05 Sunday Track & Field   IC4A/ECAC Championships   Princeton, NJ   10:00 AM
5/15/05 Sunday Baseball   Le Moyne*   HOME   12:00 PM
5/17/05 Tuesday Baseball   St. John's   Jamaica, NY   7:00 PM
5/19/05 Thursday Baseball   Fairfield* (DH)   Fairfield, CT   12:00 PM
5/20/05 Friday Baseball   Fairfield*   Fairfield, CT   12:00 PM
5/26/05 Thursday Baseball   MAAC Championships&   Fishkill, NY   TBA 
5/27/05 Friday Baseball   MAAC Championships&   Fishkill, NY   TBA 
5/27/05 Friday Track & Field   NCAA Regionals %  
New York, NY   10:00 AM
5/28/05 Saturday Baseball   MAAC Championships&   Fishkill, NY   TBA 
5/28/05 Saturday Track & Field   NCAA Regionals %  
New York, NY   10:00 AM
5/29/05 Sunday Baseball   MAAC
Championships&   Fishkill, NY   TBA 

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)

SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL VS. RIDER POSTPONED

Today's MAAC softball and baseball double headers vs. Rider has been postponed. The softball game has been rescheduled for Monday at 3:00 p.m., while the baseball series has been pushed back one day. The Jaspers and Broncs will play tomorrow at 12 noon.

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MEN'S TENNIS ADVANCE TO MAAC SEMIFINALS WITH WIN OVER SAINT PETER'S, 5-0

Flushing, NY (April 22, 2005)– The men's tennis team advanced to the MAAC Semifinals after a 5-0 victory over the St. Peter Peacocks. The Jaspers won all six matches that were played only losing a total of six games. Manhattan improves to a 14-4 overall record.

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GOLF COMPLETES DAY ONE OF MAAC GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Orlando, FL (April 22, 2005)- Manhattan completed the first of three rounds of the 2005 jetBlue MAAC Golf Championships today at the par-72, 6861-yard Magnolia Golf Course at Walt Disney World. Tim Hand paced the Jaspers with an opening round score of 80, good for a tie for 27th. Manhattan is currently in eight place.

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 WOMEN'S TENNIS DROPS FIRST-ROUND MATCH TO MARIST

Flushing, NY (April 22, 2005)- In the first round of the 2005 Women's Tennis MAAC Championships, Manhattan fell to Marist, 6-0. The team will compete in the consolation bracket tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. against Fairfield...

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 FORMER JASPER MIKE PARISI NAMED 17TH BEST PROSPECT IN ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ORGANIZATION

Former Manhattan pitcher Mike Parisi, who was drafted in the ninth round of the 2004 MLB First Year Player Draft, was named the 17th best prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals' organization, it was announced recently by Baseball America. Parisi, who holds the Manhattan career strikeout record, currently plays for the Swing of the Quad Cities, the Cardinals' full-season A affiliate in the Midwest League...

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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/

April 15, 2005 Friday
4 EDITION
SECTION: SPORTS; Pg. F7
HEADLINE: Huskies' hard-luck pitcher pulls her weight
BYLINE: By BILL ARSENAULT Special to the Times Union

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Manhattan College freshman Eryka Perreault of Troy (Colonie High) finished 23rd out of 48 runners in the 1,500. Her time was 5:02.91.

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Date:   Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:32:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Google Alerts
Subject:   Google Alert - "manhattan college" -"marymount manhattan college" -"borough of manhattan college"

SoftballDrops Two at Canisius

NU PurpleEagles.com - Niagara University,NY,USA

... doubleheaderon Saturday. On Sunday, the Purple Eagles play in Riverdale, NY, at noonagainst Manhattan College. After two scoreless ...

[JR: Article taken down? Or otherwise missing.]

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Tara Hansen Collects MAAC Co-Player Of The Week Award
CollegeSports.com - New York,NY,USA
...Hansen excelled both as a hitter and as a batter during the seven-dayrun, which helped her share the award with Manhattan College catcher Kiera Fox. ...
Hits .412 And Earns Four Wins During The Week 
April 18, 2005

FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Junior Tara Hansen picked up the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) co-player of the week award after helping the Fairfield University softball team to a 7-3 week. Hansen excelled both as a hitter and as a batter during the seven-day run, which helped her share the award with Manhattan College catcher Kiera Fox.

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http://www.collegesports.com/sports/w-softbl/stories/041705adu.html

CollegeSports.com- New York,NY,USA
The Fairfield University softball team suffereda pair of setbacks to Manhattan College this afternoon atAlumni Softball Field, the team's first two Metro ...
Softball Misfires Versus Manhattan
Stags Suffer Setbacks To Jaspers 
April 17, 2005

The Fairfield University softball team suffered a pair of setbacks to Manhattan College this afternoon at Alumni Softball Field, the team's first two Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) losses of the season. The Stags own a 23-17 overall record and a 4-2 MAAC mark after the 3-1 and 7-0 losses.

The Stags led just once in the doubleheader, scoring a first-inning run in the opener. Tara Hansen was hit by a pitch, and went to second on Julia Jacoby's sacrifice bunt. Hansen took advantage of a pair of passed balls which allowed her to move to third and eventually home for a 1-0 Fairfield advantage.

The lead held until the top of the fourth inning when Kiera Fox launched a two-run homer to dead-center field, about 235 feet away. Kerry Cook added the final run of the game with a loop single to right center field. Sylvestre went the distance and yielded just five hits, four of which came in that three-run fourth inning.

Four different Fairfield players had a base hit in the game, namely Cagney Ringnalda, Shannon Logan, Lindsay Walsh, and Hansen.

Fairfield's offense never really found its stride in the second game, as no Stag managed a hit through the first three innings. Fairfield strung together all three of its hits in the fourth inning, but could not push a run across as it left three runners on base. Manhattan used a quick three-run first inning to take control of the game, registering four hits against starter Ringnalda.

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http://www.collegesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/stories/041805aac.html

McManusNamed Second-Team All-MET
CollegeSports.com- New York,NY,USA
... 9, 2004. The 5-foot-6 guard nettedher 1,000th collegiate point on Dec. 5, 2004, against ManhattanCollege at the Arena at Harbor Yard. ...
Senior becomes 11th women's basketball player to be named 
April 18, 2005

NEW YORK - Senior Janelle McManus, who recently finished her stellar career with the Fairfield University women's basketball team, garnered yet another award on Monday, as the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA), announced the All-MET Teams. McManus was a second-team All-MET choice, as voted on by the tri-state area women's basketball coaches.

McManus and the other members of the first and second All-MET teams will be honored at the 72nd annual NIT/MBWA Awards Dinner on Wednesday evening at the Pegasus West at the Meadowlands Racetrack.

The Belle Harbor, N.Y. native was a first-team All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) selection this past season, after leading Fairfield in scoring with 14.1 points per contest. She was also a preseason All-MAAC first-team choice, and was named the inaugural MBWA Player of the Week on Dec. 9, 2004.

The 5-foot-6 guard netted her 1,000th collegiate point on Dec. 5, 2004, against Manhattan College at the Arena at Harbor Yard. She also netted her 1,000th point as a member of the Fairfield women's basketball team on "Senior Night" against Loyola with 25 points. As a freshman at Boston College she scored 282 points.

McManus was also instrumental in Fairfield advancing to the semi-finals of the 2005 MAAC Women's Basketball Championships. She scored 25 points to lead all scorers, knocking down several key buckets late in regulation and in the extra session, to help Fairfield to a 66-65, overtime win against Siena College.

She finished her collegiate career with 1,324 points, and 353 assists. She scored in double figures in 24-of-29 games as a senior, and had six outings of 20 or more points.

She is the 11th player in school-history to be selected to the All-MET team, and in nine of the last 11 years, at least one Fairfield player has been named to the prestigious team, the last came in the 2001-02 season, when Schrene Isidora was selected. Along with McManus and Isidora, Trish Elser (1992), Robin Massari (1994), Christine Fryer (1995, 1996), Jessica Grossarth (1997), Paige Driscoll (1998), and Gail Strumpf (1999, 2000, and 2001) were chosen to the team. Additionally, Fairfield Head Coach Dianne Nolan was the 2001 All-MET Coach of the Year.

[JR: MC has the dubious distinction of giving up the 1k point. Doesn’t say if we won? I guess she’ll always remember Manhattan College with pleasure. That’s good! Right?] 

 

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http://www.gogriffs.com/athletics/news/newsstory.asp?iNewsID=2990&strBack=%2Fathletics%2Fnews%2Fdefault.asp

Men'sLacrosse Falls To Manhattan
GoGriffs.com- Buffalo,NY,USA
RIVERDALE, NY- Manhattan Collegescored 10 unanswered goals over 29 minutes, from the first to the thirdquarter, to defeat visiting Canisius College, 13-6 ...
Griffs allow 10 straight goals in loss to Japers. Fall to 2-3 in league play.

RIVERDALE, NY- Manhattan College scored 10 unanswered goals over 29 minutes, from the first to the third quarter, to defeat visiting Canisius College, 13-6, Saturday afternoon at Gaelic Park. Greg Lewis and Justin Otto had three goals apiece for the Jaspers, while Eugene Tanner had two goals and two assists.

After Canisius (3-5, 2-3 MAAC) went ahead 2-0 with 3:29 to play in the first quarter on a Kevin Ross goal, Manhattan (5-4, 4-0 MAAC) began its run of 10 unanswered goals beginning with a man-up goal by Otto on a feed from Tanner with 2:14 left in the quarter. Otto struck again with 32 seconds left in the quarter to knot the score, again scoring off a feed from Tanner.

With the score tied at two, Lewis got into the act, scoring back-to-back goals to begin the second quarter. Lewis first tallied an unassisted goal with 13:48 left, then gave Manhattan a 4-2 advantage with 11 minutes to play with his second goal in as many minutes.

Less than a minute later, Chris Oppito took a feed from Brian Murray and found the back of the net to make the score 5-2. Lewis then completed the hat trick with his third goal of the quarter, firing a shot past Canisius starter Tom Kucharczak, and Oppito finished the half's scoring, again taking a feed from Murray to make it 7-2 as the teams went to intermission. Manhattan goaltender Robert Busweiler made five stops in the second quarter to keep Canisius at bay.

The Jaspers did not let up to begin the second half, as Tanner scored consecutive goals to begin the half, first scoring on a feed from Otto with 14:26 left, then tallying an unassisted man-up goal with 10:35 left in the quarter. Kyle Serbay ultimately wrapped up the 29-minute run with his first collegiate goal to give Manhattan a 10-2 edge with 5:20 left in the third.

Canisius responded with three consecutive goals over the next five minutes to cut the deficit to 10-5 with 13:04 left to play on goals by Michael Blocho, Dan Carey and Ross. However, Manhattan put the game away with three straight of goals of its own, capped by the first collegiate goal from Michael Caba, which put Manhattan ahead 13-5 before Dan McAuliffe scored with 1:13 left to make the final score 13-6.

Busweiler finished with 16 saves in goal for the Jaspers, and earned his first victory of the season. Sophomore Angus Dineley posted seven saves in the second half fro the Griffs.

Canisius will return to MAAC action on Wednesday, April 20, when they will take on Siena in Loudonville.

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EMAIL FROM JASPERS

Email01

From: Warren Schlickenrieder [1942]
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 12:51 AM
To: John Reinke
Subject: Kara Cokeley, Scholar-Athlete of the Week

Dear John,

It pleased me no end to read, in your April 10th edition of Jasper Jottings, that Kara Cokeley, of Pearl River, was named Rockland Scholar-Athlete of the Week by the Westchester County Journal News, and that she is planning to study engineering at Manhattan.

Kara is my grand-niece.

Of further interest in connection with this is that Kara's cousin, Jesse Cokeley, is graduating from Manhattan this spring with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

I look forward to future editions of the Jottings

Warren Schlickenrieder, '42 Engineering

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From: John Reinke

Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 9:07 AM

To: Warren Schlickenrieder

Subject: Re: Kara Cokeley, Scholar-Athlete of the Week

Dear Jasper Warren,

You have no idea how much your email encouraged me. While I am sorry that you are getting your family news via Jottings, (just kidding) I am always pleased when some one some where gets something from all this effort to make it all worthwhile. Hopefully, you can turn your young Jaspers into Jottings readers. It's a tough cruel world out there. Jaspers don't have the advantages of the Ivies, so we have to make our own breaks.

Just yesterday, a past co-worker left me a message that he had been "nuked" after 19 years with the "company". This was the same fellow who a tear or two ago turned down a competitor's offer, which he had discussed with me, to stay out of loyalty to the company. When we discussed it, one of the factors I urged him to discount to zero was "loyalty". He told me yesterday that I was right; I responded that being right in this case didn't make me happy.

So, us old farts have to help them there young whipppper snappers understand the real world by cracky. (Sadly as I get older, I start to sound like a cross between Gabby Hayes, WC Fields, Jackie Mason, and Brother Cronin from Manhattan Prep. Gabby giving advice. Fields for sarcasm. Mason for calling smucks for what they are. And, Brother Cronin, who first told me to get my head out of my ass, stop using my brain to sit on, and start thinking; it was he who told me that there were smarter, more knowledgeable, faster, quicker, prettier, wealthier, and nastier people out there who were just waiting to eat me alive. He was right and understated it. The Brothers in those days were all ex-Marines and brought an interesting blend of crude realistic piety to situations.

I see Jottings as more than a newsletter. It can be a connector of past to future. The past has a valuable viewpoint, like Moses on the hill, seeing the Promised Land, but knowing he can't enter. But, we can see the dead ends, the drop falls, the swamps, and mountains of excrement, that need to be avoided. I think old folks know what doesn’t work; youngsters only see the rewards. So to, we can see things from our unique vantage point, which can save the youngsters coming up a whole lot of heart ache. For example, I tell my wife's high school age nephews that they need and education and a skill. I try to make it funny by saying there is a hungry kid in India who wants your job at MacDonald’s, a Chinese kid who wants your seat in University, a Russian who speaks English better than you as well as three other languages, Arab princes with more money than Bill Gates, New Zealand movie stars who are prettier, and some fanatics who want to kill you. But you can beat them all, by knowing what you want to do, getting an education, and learning a practical skill. I know Programmer who's a carpenter on the side. I know and Engineers who Paint houses as hobby. Psychiatrist who does taxes. Education plus a skill.

Jottings can link diverse people together across time and space. You and I are a classic example. You graduated Manhattan the year after I was born. I would urge you to share everything you remember or know with our Jottings community. The reason I like the net and blogging is that you really don't have to do much. Each time anyone thinks something and is willing to tap the keyboard they can blog it. The search engines now catch everything and it becomes available. So if you write a weekly email to Jottings about whatever you remember, think, or predict, then it is captured basically forever. Even as lame and little as Jottings is, we have a free search engine that readers can query.

I think that "new" Jaspers can make important linkages to "old" Jaspers. Starting back a few years ago, the first thing I would do in "landing" was to query my resources for jaspers who worked at the same company, lived or worked in my new geographic area, or had connections in my or related industries. Networking is a key activity in this business environment. It provides you with (1) information on news and trends; (2) resources for needs you don't even know you have; (3) proof readers - fact checkers - strategy and tactical consulting; (4) mentors, coaches, and drinking buddies; and last but not least (5) people you can trust to tell you that your latest invention is a nightmare, your thesis needs work, or that you are full of Barbara Streisand.

Sorry to bend your ear, but you just convinced me to expand the Jottings website to hold more old issues and figure out a better way to keep content "findable".

See what one person can do with a few keystrokes.

I hope Jottings continues to give you interesting "stuff". As the SOD (Senior Officer on Deck), I guess you’d be the Senior Proof Reader On Duty (SPROD), [I tried to make you SPRY, but I couldn’t figure out how to make that work!] I think you are the oldest reader of Jottings that I know about. (How's that for a challenge to get any older Jasper to participate? Jaspers hate to be "edged" out of anything -- race, money, or traffic! Give Jasper a challenge, any challenge, even a meaningless one, and watch us compete. Must be in the water at the College.) I urge you to share more of your thoughts with our community. For my part, I'll try to meet your expectations.

Thanks for a great email.

John"68

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John Reinke
3 Tyne Court
Kendall Park, NJ 08824

[JR: Upon reflection Jasper Warren graduate 5 years before I was born. That makes him an even more valuable resource. ]

[JR: I was feeling really low with zero email to publish this week until Jasper Warren's email came in. So I was able to "steal" it for this week's issue. And, it made me feel good about the effort. What can I say even I get discouraged.]

 

Jaspers found web-wise

JFound1

http://www.holohansquadron.org/majholohan.html

SQUADRON NAMESAKE

The Arnold Air Society at Manhattan College has been designated the Major William V. Holohan Squadron.

William Vincent Holohan, the highest ranking officer behind enemy lines in Italy during WWII was born in New York City 27 April, 1904. A member of the Annuciation Parish, he entered high school at Manhattan Prep 1917. From the Prep, he crossed the Quadrangle into Manhattan College, graduating on 4 January with a B.A. Degree.

Harvard Law School, class of 1927 was the next step in the career of this promising Catholic gentleman. As a Lawyer for the SEC he successfully tried the first stock manipulation case. He served in Central America for the State Department before Pearl Harbor.

In 1941, a reserve Calvary Officer, Holohan reported for duty at Fort Riley Kansas. IN 1942, he transferred to the Army Air Forces, subsequently serving in Panama. At his own Request he transferred to OSS in 1943-44.

In May 1944-, he was sent to North Africa with General Donovan's secret organization. Holohan parachuted behind enemy lines, in Italy in 1944, as head of a mission to arm friendly partisians against the Nazis. He dropped at the town of Coiroamonte in North Italy with two other OSS men, Lt Aldo Icardi and Sgt Carl LoDolce. The Major and Icardi quarrelled over arms that the communists intercepted while they were on their way to the partisan group. Icardi said that fighting the reds would only endanger the lives of the three men. He instigated the murder and LoDolee shot the Major, throwing his body to the bottom of a lake. They convinced the OSS that the Major had vanished when their hideout was raided. Lt Elio Albieri of the Italian Police investigated the Murder and uncovered the truth. Since the crime was committed while they were in uniform, they could not be tried by the civilian authorities and since they were now civilians, they could not be tried by the military. In 1955, the Federal Grand Jury indicted Icardi on eight counts or pedury. LoDolce was summoned to appear but failed to do so. For some unknown reason, he was never subpoenaed to appear again.

In 1951, Major Holohan's body was returned to the United States where full ceremonies were accorded him at a funeral in Saint Patrick's Cathedral on 27 August of that year. His body rests at Gates of Heaven Cemetery in Westchester County, New York.

Whenever possible, the Major William V. Holohan Squadron honors his life with a wreath laying ceremony at his grave site.

[JR: MP1921?MC1928? ]

 

JFound2

http://www.rosencomet.com/starwood/1994/SHEAOBIT.html

ROBERT SHEA

1933-1994

Bob Shea, co-author of the germinal Illuminatus! trilogy and author of many other historical and heretical writing, died of cancer in the arms of friends and his loving wife, Patricia Monaghan, after a sudden dramatic decline in his health. His last words before sinking into a coma were, "Love is everywhere."

Robert Joseph Shea attended Manhattan Prep, Manhattan College and Rutgers University and worked as a magazine editor in New York and Los Angeles. In the 60's he edited the Playboy Forum where he met Robert Anton Wilson, with whom he collaborated on Illuminatus! After publishing Illuminatus!, Bob left Playboy to become a full time novelist. His novels include: Shike, set in medieval Japan. All Things Are Lights, a story that entwines the fate of Cathars of southern France with the occult traditions of Courtly Love and the troubadours. The Saracen, describing the intricate politics of medieval Italy through the eyes of an Islamic warrior. Shaman, tracing the fate of the survivors of the Black Hawk War in 19th century Illinois. Lady Yang , a tragic story of an idealistic empress of medieval China. (forthcoming)

A celebratory reading of Bob's works took place on March 26th, in Winnetka, Illinois. More than 100 people attended and many, including Bob's collaborator and dear friend Robert Anton Wilson, spoke during the meditative interlude of Bob's friendliness and curiosity, cheerfulness and courage.

Patricia thanks everyone for their support, especially those who participated in Pray For Shea Day (Feb. 14, 1994). She assures us that, "it may seem like the prayers of hundreds of well-wishers went for naught. Certainly I had hoped for a dramatic improvement in Bob's health as result of the prayer dayä yet curiously I believe our prayers may have been answered, for Bob's death was a quiet one, and he was very happy in the days before it."

In the next few years, several more of Bob Shea's works will be published, including a collection of essays. Patricia requests that anyone having copies of Bob's work from magazines or other publications, or having letters from him which might be publishable, to please send copies to her at: 1625 W. 101st St., Chicago, IL 60643.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Wellness Center, 5150 Golf Rd., Skokie, IL 60077.

Reprinted with permission from Green Egg #105

[JR: MP1949?MC1953? ]

 

 

MC mentioned  web-wise

MFound1

None

 

Boilerplate

http://www.jasperjottings.com/boilerplate.htm 

 

Curmudgeon's Final Words This Week

http://www.individual-i.com/

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Individual-i stands for:

  • Freedom from surveillance
  • Personal privacy
  • Anonymity
  • Equal protection
  • Due process
  • Freedom to read, write, think, speak, associate, and travel
  • The right to make your own choices about sex, reproduction, marriage, and death
  • The right to dissent

Documents that encompass individual rights:

  • U.S. Bill of Rights
  • U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
  • Australian Privacy Charter

A symbol of individual rights

Today, the rights of individuals are being eroded: by government, by corporations, by society itself. This icon — the Individual-i — represents the rights of the individual.

It represents the right to privacy and anonymity in the information age. It represents the rights to an open government, due process, and equal protection under the law. It represents the right to live surveillance free, and not to be marked as "suspicious" for wanting these other rights.

It recognizes that a free society is a safe society, and that freedom is founded upon individual rights.

The battle for individual rights is just beginning; our side needs a symbol.

We hope to see this symbol displayed proudly wherever individual rights are valued.

Using the symbol

The Individual-i symbol is not owned by any organization. There is no platform, no organizational structure, no meetings. This symbol is in the public domain: uncopyrighted, untrademarked, unowned. Anyone can use it for any purpose.

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Pretty bad when we need a symbol for what the dead old white guys tried to create for us but we let slip away.

And that’s the last word.

Curmudgeon

-30-

GBu. GBA.