Staten Island Advance (
April 9, 2008 Wednesday
Islander is named ‘transportation czar’ for area’s airports
BYLINE: DEBORAH YOUNG,
SECTION: TRANSPORTATION; Pg. A03
Marie Kensington-Gardiner, of Grant City, will attempt to bring order from scheduling chaos The next time you’re gnawing on an overpriced sandwich while pretzeled into an airport seat waiting for that late flight to arrive - and you know there will be a next time, considering the dismal record of delays at Newark-Liberty, Kennedy and LaGuardia airports - ponder the enormous task facing the Staten Islander who was appointed yesterday to wrangle the scheduling chaos at the region’s three major airports.
Marie Kennington-Gardiner was
tapped to serve as director of the New York Integration Office, a position
created last year by the federal Department of Transportation as part of an
effort to address chronic aviation backlog in the
As the newly dubbed “transportation czar,” Mrs. Kennington-Gardiner will be charged with streamlining the air traffic flow and coordinating how commercial operators utilize airports and other aspects of the skyway.
“We’ve picked a leader in Marie with the skills and acumen to address these tough issues directly,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters.
For the 41-year-old
“There are so many challenges in aviation. It’s a complex system,” said Mrs. Kennington-Gardiner last night by phone after arriving home. “This position will pull together all the pieces and initiatives. It’s looking at a whole host of solution sets and integrating.”
The native Staten Islander grew up in Oakwood, attended
After working as a radar engineer for 10 years, she rose quickly through the ranks of the Federal Aviation Admini-stration, serving first as an account manager for airports in the Eastern region, then in senior management positions, where she ensured that large swaths of the nation’s airspace were properly in synch.
The mother of three put in 10-plus-hour days at the FAA
while she pursued her 2003 master’s degree in manage-ment
of technology from
“Dealing with different issues like these is no different than dealing with kids,” she said with a laugh, when asked how she juggled so many responsibilities.
She said in her new position she would start prioritizing and implementing some 77 initiatives that have “rambled about” in different levels of completion - such as new runway technology for air traffic controllers - and expects that travelers soon will notice some positive change in their air commutes.
“I’m confident in my knowledge and I’m keenly aware of the problems posed by congestion,” said Mrs. Kenning-ton-Gardiner. “I, myself have been in numerous delays.”
110 MILLION TRAVELERS
A record 110 million passengers traveled through Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International airports in 2007, an increase of 5 percent over 2006.
The busiest, by far, was Kennedy, which handled more than
47.7 million passengers in 2007, an increase of about 12 percent from the
previous year. Nearly 36.4 million traveled through
At the beginning of next month,
A number of additional controversial proposals, such as asking airlines to pay a premium for flights at peak hours, also have been floated.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) had called last year for the creation of a local air traffic czar.
He said Mrs. Kennington-Gardiner “appears to be a strong choice,” but added: “Much more needs to be done before New Yorkers receive adequate air service.”
Deborah Young is a news reporter for the Advance. She may be reached at young@siadvance.com
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Dear
I believe that Marie is a member of the Class of 1990.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
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Apr 9 2008 8:40 PM
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Apr 11 2008 11:10 AM
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/pdf/october2007updates.pdf
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Women graduates in engineering
It was a while back since I got my graduate degree in
electrical engineering from
Statistics in regards to the number of females of engineering graduate students and post doctorates conducted by the National Science Foundation (Div of Science Resources Statistics, in 2007) indicate that women constituted a greater percentage (22%) of graduate students in 2005 than in 1995 (~ 17%).
The number of female graduate students in 2005 was 26,878 in 2005 (1998: 18,988) in which 6,788 were enrolled in electrical engineering, 2,410 in mechanical, and 5,395 in civil. I found these figures very interesting since when I was in college there were always many more female engineers enrolled in mechanical and civil and a lot less in electrical.
If you would like to see more data that is further broken down by field, citizenship, and race/ethnicity click on the link
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* Posted on: Wed,
Apr 9 2008 8:55 PM
Hi
I found a Dr. Dennis M. Fenton in the 1999 MCAD. He graduated in 1973 with a BS degree.
I found a Richard C. Merkle in the same MCAD. He graduated in 1957 with a BBA.
Regards,
Rich Kaufmann, MP’64, MC’68
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Apr 10 2008 6:03 PM
http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/040408_2.shtml
April 4, 2008
Manhattan College To Host Art Exhibit To Coincide With Pope Benedict Xvi’s United States Visit
Randall M. Good’s commissioned artwork of the fourteen stations of the cross, which will remain at the College
through April 30, premiered at Blue Moon Gallery in
The fourteen paintings were commissioned seven years ago for
a church memorial to honor a family in
“I made a conscious decision that each individual station would be a self-contained art form and that each piece builds on the emotions of the former and evokes a new emotional response, yet flows with the other pieces,” Good says.
Good received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the
More information about the exhibit can be found at www.bluemoongallery.com.
Founded in 1853, Manhattan College 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, along with graduate programs in education
and engineering. For more information about
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http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/
ara-life-safety-council-to,347746.shtml
ARA Life Safety Council to Make Communities Safer by
Advancing Life Safety Technology and Regulations
Posted : Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:46:53
GMT
Author : ARA Safety Inc.
Category : Press Release
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“The ARA Life Safety Council will play a key role in advancing ARA Safety’s vision of reducing loss to life and property through thought leadership and innovation,” said ARA Safety CEO James Fierro. “We are honored to have the distinguished leadership of James A. Burns as chair.”
Fierro said that the Life Safety Council will apply the collective knowledge and experience of leading life safety professionals and volunteers from all aspects of fire and life safety. He said that the Council will play a leadership role in:
- innovations and inventions in life safety technology,
- advancements in life safety regulations,
- engaging communities and corporations in life safety, and
- supporting first responders in the use of life safety technology.
“Every day, our innovative Fire Interruption Technology (FIT), fire retardant paints and coatings, and photoluminescent materials are reducing loss to life and property, while helping our environment,” said Fierro. “The Life Safety Council is one more way that ARA Safety is working to make communities and families safer.”
ARA Safety CEO James Fierro made the announcement and introduced James Burns to life safety industry and academic leaders at FDIC 2008, the world’s largest firefighter training exposition.
Burns said he was honored to be involved with a company whose vision is to reduce loss to life and property. “ARA Safety’s Fire Interruption Technology is already making firefighting safer. ARA’s Life Safety Council will move the entire life safety field forward with innovative thinking and leadership.”
Jack McGee, Dan Caffrey and Pat Garvey will serve on the Council (bio’s attached) and additional members will be recruited in the coming weeks.
BACKGROUNDER
About ARA Safety
ARA Safety is a world leader in innovative fire and life
safety technology. ARA Safety’s revolutionary FIT-5 fire knock down tools are
saving lives and reducing property loss in cities across
ARA Safety’s fire and life safety technologies include installed Fire Interruption Technology systems; the Zero Combustion line of fire proof sprays, paints and coatings, and a leading line of Photoluminescent products. ARA Safety’s technologies have been used by NASA, the Pentagon, the United States Military and are featured prominently on the Vancouver Shangri-La. ARA Safety Inc. is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Life Safety Council Member Biographies
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Patrick J. Garvey
Currently the Chairman of the Cavalry Security Group and its
subsidiaries, Pat Garvey was the President of the National Maritime Historical
Society of New York. He was the City Manager and Commissioner of Public Safety
for the City of Peekskill, NY from 1997 to 2000. He also was a member of the
Executive Committee of the New York Municipal Officers Association for
Pat Garvey is a career Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) officer. In 1986, he joined New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs (NYS DMNA). He is the Past President of the Military Association of New York.
Pat Garvey has been an advisor and consultant on defense
issues to the Department of Defense, the Congressional Office of Technology
Assessment, and the
Before entering state service in 1986, Pat was the Director
of Corporate and Foundation Relations for the
Contacts:
ARA Safety Inc.
Michael Gardiner
Website:
www.arasafety.com
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Hello.
Just wanted to say I really appreciate when you got my high school best friend and I in contact with each other.
All my info is the same.
Thanks
Zaira Demarchi
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The following person would like to join the ManhattanCollegeAlumni group:
Email address: mike reinhart
Comment from user:
Manhattan College ‘95 & MC MBA ‘02. Current employee of the College.
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Apr 11 2008 6:28 PM
http://www.manhattan.edu/news/news_releases/041008_2.shtml
April 10, 2008
RIVERDALE, N.Y. –
The program is designed for minority and women high school students in science, engineering and SAT preparation at no cost to the students and is co-sponsored by the Metropolitan Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the ACE Mentorship Program of New York, as well as individual corporate sponsors. It is meant to introduce students to a wide range of engineering-related career options, with some emphasis on civil engineering.
Directed by Dr. Walter Saukin,
associate professor of civil engineering at
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http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080410/SPORTS06/804100309/-1/newsfront
The Father of Track and Field: Schatzle
to be honored at ceremony
Longtime local coach to be on hand for dedication
By Diego Cuenca • For the
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As an outdoor track and field captain at
But for Joe Schatzle, perhaps the
greatest impact he left on the sport of track and field came during his 30-year
coaching career in the
Prior to his arrival in 1963, the
“He was unselfish in his efforts and did not allow his personal track achievements overshadow his coaching,” he said. “He was like a second father to me and I will always be grateful for his influence on my life.”
Puzio, along with his past
teammates and other past Schatzle athletes, will come
back to honor their old coach - considered by many as the father of track and
field in Dutchess County - with a ceremony at the Ketcham track on Saturday, April 26. Schatzle,
now living in
Puzio, who now lives on
He has fond memories of his times on the track team back in the 1960s. But Puzio also mentioned that most of the team was unaware of Schatzle having been a world-class sprinter until years later. “Coach was this great athlete but he never bragged about himself,” Puzio said. “He was a steadfast motivator who truly brought the best out of us.”
Puzio remembered the lengths to which Schatzle would go for his athletes. “I remember my junior year it was tough getting good grades and my dad almost kept me off the track team,” he recalled, “but Joe told my teachers to give me special attention to get good grades and I remained on the team. Many times Joe would drop us off after away meets because there was no transportation provided. He went above and beyond what an average coach would do.”
With the school district offering minimal funding for the
track program early in his tenure, Schatzle would
have his team practice in the indoor field house at
“Coach Joe would show us how to run off the blocks, how to use the ‘blind pass’ in a relay, having the fastest runner on the team run the third leg of a relay to come out ahead with a lead,” Puzio remembered. “He’d also put yarn up on hurdles to teach us how to drive off the blocks without standing upright until after the first 30 yards in order to become better sprinters.”
Part of Schatzle’s coaching revolved around teaching the athletes about the human anatomy. A hurdler of the 1981 class Marisa Sutera Hanson, mentioned how coach Schatzle changed the way she thought about running. “He talked about the psychology of running, why we run, how we run and I became more driven and a lot of us learned from that train of thought and grew more passionate for the sport, a passion that has lasted my whole life,” she said.
Hanson was a 400-meter hurdler who competed in state and
national competitions but vividly remembered a victory over
A teammate of Hanson that year was Christopher Fullam, who recalled a meet at
Another former athlete, Greg Hemingway, described Schatzle as “mild-mannered and laid-back but when it came time for meets he would have this big booming voice that would echo around the track, calling for you to work hard.”
Hemingway remembered a bus trip to sectionals when he sat next to coach. “He kept telling me the entire trip down he was going to put strong runners in the half-mile relay and have another guy run my leg and that angered me,” Hemingway recalled. “Then as we get off the bus he tells me I’m in the relay and in my mind I knew I was going to run a good mile and I had one of the best half-mile sprints.”
Schatzle’s coaching extended
beyond the lanes of the track and influenced some of his former athletes in
their professional careers, one of them being Hemingway, a teacher at
Another athlete was Karl LaLonde, a teammate of Puzio’s in 1966. Much like Puzio, LaLonde saw Schatzle as a parental figure. “I was a young man without a father, and I as well as all of his teams, lovingly, called him Uncle Joe, and his friend Dennis Hannon (Uncle Denny) showed me class and culture,” said LaLonde. “He was an accomplished photographer and I watched him use his camera with ease and that got me interested and started in photography.”
A teammate of Puzio and LaLonde, Scott Williams, also stressed the coach’s prominent influence. “He was second father to all his athletes, giving us a disciplined foundation on the track that has lead to great successes in business, education, health care, military, etc. His positive influence ripples out today through leaders in our community and country,” said Williams.
It is those sentiments that have led Puzio, LaLonde, Williams, Hanson, Hemingway, Fullam and many other former athletes, friends and family to hold the dedication ceremony April 26 at 10:30 a.m.
The ceremony will include a bronze plaque, similar in design
to the
There will also be four track/scholastic scholarships
awarded at the ceremony with two each going to
“All too often we don’t an opportunity in life to recognize a person for their sacrifices and contributions and we want to give something back,” said Puzio. “Part of this event is to honor Coach Schatzle and another small part of it is to serve as a catalyst and spark the current student athletes to learn of our enthusiasm and how we are trying to give back and hope that our example will inspire a few of today’s athletes.
“His athletic and coaching accomplishments are truly legendary, but more important Coach Schatzle has unselfishly given of himself to teach, motivate, build champions and promote the great sport of track and field,” Puzio said.
For more information about the ceremony contact Frank Puzio at
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* Posted on: Sat, Apr 12 2008 7:42 PM
You and I were clasmates at both
the Prep and the College. It has been a long time. Hope all is well.
Tony
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