http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/
entertainment/stories/drc_devotion_0413.5d441678.html
Art of devotion
09:37 AM CDT on Sunday, April 13, 2008
*** begin quote ***
It took Randall Good about seven years to produce Way of the
Cross: The Passion of the Christ in Art for a patron in
The
His deliberate study and steady, sometimes plodding work in
his
“I was incredibly excited, and actually kind of shocked,”
Good said. “Like I said, you are usually working six to eight months out to get
a show together, and to have something happen this
fast, and my first
Good graduated from the
“When I graduated, I worked as a conservator, restoring easel paintings of the 18th and 19th centuries. I learned a lot doing that, a lot about painting and how people created at that time. A lot of artists get out of school and go straight into trying to get into the gallery. I didn’t. I spent a lot of time building up my portfolio, really working on it so that I’d have something to take to galleries,” Good said. “My wife jokes that I have one speed, and that’s slow.”
Way of the Cross benefits from Good’s deliberate eye, ponderous research methods and step-by-step studies that lead to an oil painting that exhausts his resources and savoir-faire. The 14 oils are painted on panels.
After they tour, they will be permanently installed at the
Episcopal church. Episcopal and Catholic churches
often include Stations of the Cross in their sanctuaries. During Lent,
penitents move from station to station, spiritually accompanying Jesus on his
walk to
The passion story is fraught with drama and packed with mythological meaning. Jesus carried his own cross to the place where he’d be tortured and killed in the public square.
Good’s color scheme recalls the grandeur of baroque paintings, where cosmic battles commanded attention. Mary’s veil is azure, and Jesus walks to the cross with his red robe falling off. On the cross, Jesus is covered in a white loincloth, part of the cloth trailing over an arm. The sky is never a passive backdrop. It’s implicated into each scene.
Good said his aim as an artist is to move the mind, heart and soul — not to nudge people toward the church door.
“Maybe it sounds bad, but I’m absolutely not proselytizing,” Good said. “I’m not trying to promote a religious view. This isn’t all of my work. I do a lot of different stuff, exploring Greek and Roman mythology and my personal story. For me, it is much more about the art and archetypal images, things that aren’t necessarily part of a particular belief system or unique to a belief system. And the archetypal images are very much in this work. I think that’s why it’s been so well received.”
In the booklet Blue Moon Gallery published to accompany the exhibit, Good puts Way of the Cross in a big artistic landscape.
“The artists who inspire me, Michelangelo, Pontormo and Fiorrentino, saw public commissions as a chance to display their talents and push themselves to the limits of their abilities,” Good writes. “Almost 500 years later, I perceived the commission for the Stations of the Cross in the same way, as both an opportunity and a challenge.”
The main player in the series is Jesus, his skin light and thin, muscles small and tight. Good’s Jesus is human — not superhuman. His body bends, twists and buckles under the weight of the patibulum — the horizontal piece of the cross he carries from station to station.
Good said he deliberately chose not to use the traditional cross icon in the series. The 12th station, in which Jesus dies on the cross, the icon looks like a capital T.
“Because I’m a classical artist — my influences come from the late Italian Renaissance — I looked at some of the versions of the 14 stations other artists did, and then began to work on thumbnail versions,” Good said. “I wanted to take what they’ve done and bring it forward and make it my own. When you see the series, you will see that Christ is carrying the single cross piece — the patibulum. I did some research on how the Greeks and Romans actually crucified people. That allowed me to manipulate that Christ figure in different ways.”
Good draws the eye to Jesus in each work. All of the paintings are 14 by 11 inches. Stations of the Cross are often small in small or mid-size churches.
“My No. 1 subject in all my work is the human figure and eliciting a response from the viewer,” Good said. “The most exciting thing was the people who had no background in the 14 stations or the Stations of the Cross, but who had an emotional response.”
Good said he might not have gotten his first
Good said he and his wife found the gallery in
“We went to the Blue Moon and I said, ‘I really like the feel of this gallery.’” Good met the co-owner, hit it off and asked if he might return one day with a portfolio. The gallery became his exclusive representative in 2002.
The Way of the Cross premiered in
“I’m lucky,” Good said. “So lucky. Getting me to
It boils down to more than luck. The Way of the Cross is a powerful, contemporary interpretation of one of the world’s most important mythologies. It’s somehow inclusive, even in spite of the very European bodies and faces, of a bigger, more integrated world that returns every year to this story of Jesus, an ordinary Jew who upset the staid assumptions of his time, assumptions about love, what it means to be a neighbor and the “right” way to come close to the sacred.
Two things in particular stand out in Good’s Way of the Cross. One is Jesus’ hands. They are big, with tender fingers that somehow suggest gentleness and capacity. The second are his eyes. They are eternally closed. This says something about the way Good sees his heroes. In this series, Jesus accepts the hero’s fate and the martyr’s suffering.
But this Jesus won’t watch the crowds enjoy their gluttony for revenge, power and political posturing. This Jesus’ eyes are shut by agony, but they aren’t blind.
It’s an artistic choice that makes this hero’s forgiveness a little easier to understand, and it’s a series worthy of the pope and the seekers in his wake.
*** end quote ***
# # # # #
* Posted on: Sun,
Apr 13 2008 7:55 PM
Dear
I found a Patrick J. Garvey Class of 1957 in the 1990 MCAD. He graduated with a BBA.
I was also glad to see that Anthony Fererra is alive and kicking. I thought it was too much of a coincidence that an Anthony Fererra from the class of 1968 was appointed a judge and the he was listed as deceased on the ’64 Prep page.
Very good news indeed.
Regards,
Rich Kaufmann, MP’64, MC’68
[JR: Thanks, Rich. Much appreciated. Yes, it's good to be wrong!]
# - # - #
Kaufmann, Rich (MC196 8) ids Garvey, Patrick J. (MC1957)
# # # # #
* Posted on: Sun,
Apr 13 2008 8:12 PM
* Updated: Tue, Apr 15 2008 6:04 PM
Regarding the Pat Garvey entry:
Pat is class of 1957,
In addition, it should be noted that Pat is a Brigadier General, USMC Reserve after being promoted to that rank in the New York State Militia after having served with great distinction as Commander of Camp Smith for many years.
Bill Steponkius, ‘57A
# - # - #
[JR: Thanks, Bill. Much appreciated. ]
Steponkius, Bill (MC1957) ids Garvey, Pat (MC1957)
# # # # #
* Posted on: Sun,
Apr 13 2008 8:17 PM
>Patrick J. Garvey … the Chairman of the Cavalry Security Group
Dear
I believe that Pat may be a member of the Class of 1957.
Mike
# - # - #
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
McEneney, Mike (MC1953) ids Garvey, Patrick J. (MC1957)
# # # # #
* Posted on: Sun,
Apr 13 2008 8:24 PM
Fred,
There was a Pat Garvey in the class of ‘57 although I thought he was going into the USAF and not the USMC, however “Patrick Garvey” is not an unusual name.
Carmine Vaccarino, BEE, ‘57
# - # - #
[JR: Thanks, Carmine. Much appreciated. ]
Vaccarino, Carmine (MC1957) ids Garvey, Pat (MC1957)
# # # # #
* Posted on: Mon,
Apr 14 2008 6:01 PM
Ann (Whelihan) Buccola
1995 MC Alumni
# # # # #
* Posted on: Mon,
Apr 14 2008 6:05 PM
Rocco M. (1985) Grassi
Director of Contracts
UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc.
# # # # #
* Posted on: Mon,
Apr 14 2008 6:10 PM
Edward P. Handren
1965 MC Alumni
# # # # #
* Posted on: Mon,
Apr 14 2008 6:12 PM
By Jasper
Robert E. O’Connor
1953 MC Alumni
VP-Acquisition Services
Nash & Company
# # # # #
* Posted on: Mon,
Apr 14 2008 6:16 PM
Christine Zambito
1994
Ernst & Young
# # # # #
* Posted on: Mon,
Apr 14 2008 6:19 PM
Mario A. Perciballi
1984 MC Alumni
Eaton
# # # # #
* Posted on: Mon,
Apr 14 2008 6:22 PM
Mrs. Patricia A. Earls (1990)
Environmental Engineer
Eastern Research Group
River Vale, NJ 07675
# # # # #
* Posted on: Mon,
Apr 14 2008 8:08 PM
http://www.legacy.com/Telegram/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=107594456
George Flood
George Flood, 78, of
He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Florence A. (Anderson) Flood. He also leaves five children: Robert J. Flood and his wife Lee Ann, David T. Flood and his wife Victoria, Karen E. Chisholm and her husband William, Diane M. Woodis and her husband Bill, and Patrick J. Flood and his wife Rochelle; five grandchildren: Ashley, Kasey, Taylor, Cory and Bailey; and many nephews and nieces. His son, Kevin R. Flood; his grandson, Kyle G. Flood; his brother, Robert J. Flood and his sister, Eileen O’Conner, predeceased him.
George was born in
He was a 1948 graduate of
He had a long and distinguished career in college and high
school athletic coaching and administration. For many years, he was head
football coach at
He was a member and lector at Blessed Sacrament Church. He was a member of the Greendale Retired Men’s Club and Toastmasters.
George was known affectionately and respectfully as “Coach” to his friends who could always rely on George for his wisdom and loyalty.
Calling hours at the Athy Memorial
Home,
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kyle Flood
Scholarship, Community Foundation of No. Central Mass., 285
Published in the
# - # - #
Attendee around Class of 1952
[N.B.: In accordance with my liberal definition of what is a Jasper, I think if some one saw fit to mention his time at
# # # # #
* Posted on: Tue,
Apr 15 2008 6:38 PM
April 12, 2008 Saturday
Midlands;
Three seek
BYLINE: Matthew Hansen, WORLD-HERALD BUREAU
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 03B
DATELINE:
*** begin quote ***
Tim Clare, Don Costello and Earl Scudder each say his university connection would help him lead the Board of Regents into a promising future.
{Extraneous Deleted}
Costello has worked as a university instructor and
administrator for nearly three decades. Six of his children hold degrees from
the
{Extraneous Deleted}
Members of the Board of Regents serve six-year terms. District
1 covers almost all of
The candidates differ on the best way to move the university system forward.
Costello wants to freeze tuition at current levels, a move he said would allow middle-class families to continue to send their children to the NU campuses.
To pay for a tuition freeze, Costello wants to increase the number of online courses the university offers. He said online courses are an easy way to make money and spread educational opportunity across the entire state.
Costello says the board needs a middle-class voice.
“They are smart men and they try hard,” Costello said of the current regents. “They didn’t get rich by being stupid. But they are big-picture guys. . . . I think the university needs someone on the board who understands the details of how the university works.”
{Extraneous Deleted}
Donald Costello
Age: 74
Party affiliation: Democrat
Address:
Occupation: lecturer, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering,
Education: bachelor’s degree, Manhattan College, New York,
1954; master’s degree, mathematics, University of Notre Dame, 1957; doctoral
work at University of Nebraska-Lin¬coln.
Family: wife, Mary, seven grown children
Web site: costelloforregent.com
{Extraneous Deleted}
LOAD-DATE: April 12, 2008
# - # - #
Costello, Donald (MC1954)
# # # # #
* Posted on: Wed,
Apr 16 2008 6:09 PM
Associated Press Financial Wire
April 10, 2008 Thursday 1:05 PM GMT
SECTION: BUSINESS NEWS
TO BUSINESS AND FOREIGN EDITORS:
Security Capital Assurance Ltd Announces the Appointment of Fred Corrado and Paul E. Hellmers to its Board of Directors; Annual Shareholder Meeting to be Held May 20, 2008 HAMILTON, Bermuda
April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Security Capital Assurance Ltd (NYSE: SCA) (”SCA” or the “Company”) announced today that it has appointed Fred Corrado and Paul E. Hellmers to SCA’s board of directors. Following these two appointments, SCA’s board will have nine members. “We are pleased to welcome Fred and Paul as new members of the board. Their collective expertise in finance and risk management will be a strong addition to the Company’s board and we look forward to the counsel and experience that they will bring to SCA,” said SCA’s chairman, Michael P. Esposito, Jr.
Fred Corrado is being nominated as a Class II Director to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Brian M. O’Hara from the Company’s board on November 26, 2007. Paul E. Hellmers is being nominated as a Class I Director to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Alan Z. Senter from the Company’s board on December 27, 2007.
Mr. Corrado has over 40 years
experience in finance, general management and corporate governance. Mr. Hellmers has over 25 years of diverse
investment banking, real estate,
insurance and general management experience. Mr. Corrado
served as chief financial officer and vice chairman of the board of directors
for Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. (”A&P”) from his appointment
in 1992 to his retirement in 2002. Mr. Corrado joined
A&P in 1987. Prior to that, Mr. Corrado served as
president and chief operating officer of Nabisco Brands Ltd (”Nabisco”) from
1984 to 1986 and was a member of its board of directors. Mr. Corrado joined Nabisco in 1973. Mr. Corrado
currently serves as director and audit committee chair of
Novell, Inc. (since November 2002). He also is a member of
the Approva Corporation advisory board of directors
(since 2005); a director of the
{Extraneous Deleted}
About Security Capital Assurance Ltd
Security Capital Assurance Ltd is a Bermuda-domiciled holding company whose common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: SCA). For more information please visit http://www.scafg.com .
{Extraneous Deleted}
LOAD-DATE: April 11, 2008
# - # - #
Corrado, Fred (MC1961) to SCA’s board of directors
# - # - #
Dear
I believe that Fred is a member of the Class of 1961.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
# # # # #
* Posted on: Wed,
Apr 16 2008 6:19 PM
* Updated: Fri,
Apr 18 2008 1:22 PM
http://www.investmentwires.com/common/article.asp?bhjs=0&storyid=17986
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
GEAM Beefs Up its Mutual Fund Sales Team
By InvestmentWires Staff
GE Asset Management is building out its
Mulligan was previously with Transamerica as divisional vice president of the Eastern U.S. Leon joined GEAM from Legg Mason, where he was assistant vice president and wholesaler desk supervisor for two years.
Company Press Release
Stamford, CT – April 16, 2008 – GE Asset Management Incorporated (GEAM) today announced seven additions to its U.S. mutual fund advisor sales and support team, including five regional sales directors, a national account manager and an inside sales leader:
Regional Sales Directors and their territories include
George Fraser, Northeast Region; Todd Kobrin,
Atlantic Region; Michael Woerner, Midwest Region;
Charlie Anderson, Southern Region; and
Robert Mulligan, a 20-year industry veteran, has joined GEAM
as National Account Manager and will focus on growing and servicing the firm’s
major intermediary client base, including mutual fund platforms. He will also
team with the firm’s regional sales directors to expand their key relationships
throughout the
Vincent Leon has joined GEAM as Inside Sales and Service Leader and will focus on expanding his existing team to service advisor relationships and support GEAM’s regional sales directors with the growth and maintenance of their accounts. His group will also serve a critical role in the firm’s efforts to add value to its clients’ business models.
All seven positions report to Joe Lydon,
National Sales Manager for GEAM’s advisor sales
channel. “We’ve indicated our commitment to bringing GEAM’s
investment expertise to advisors by dramatically adding to our sales team,
including the addition of a number of senior, experienced industry
professionals,” said Lydon. “Our sales leaders are
strategically positioned throughout the
“As we build our team, we enhance our capability to succeed
in this competitive market and focus on our core strategy. We’re excited about
the growth of our team and the way in which we’ll be able to continue to bring
our experience to advisors interested in harnessing the power of GEAM and the
GE global network for their clients’ portfolios,” added Mike Cosgrove,
President and CEO – Mutual Funds for GEAM. George Fraser joins GEAM from BlackRock/State Street Research where most recently he was
Vice President –
{Extraneous Deleted}
Robert Mulligan previously worked for Transamerica as
Divisional Vice President –
GEAM is a global asset manager wholly owned by General
Electric Company, a diversified technology, media and financial services
company. Built on an 80-year heritage of investment experience, GEAM today
manages approximately $190 billion (as of December 31, 2007) in total assets.
Portfolios managed by GEAM and its subsidiaries include $89 billion GE Asset
Management in client assets for leading institutions and individual investors
around the world, and the $60 billion GE U.S. Pension Trust, an overfunded plan to which the company has not made a
contribution since 1987. Investment strategies are offered across all major
asset classes, including
GE Investment Distributors, Inc., Member FINRA & SIPC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of GEAM. ### For further
information, contact: Chris Linehan, GE Asset
Management Incorporated
# - # - #
Mulligan, Robert (MC????) joined GEAM as National Account Manager
# # # # #
* Posted on: Thu,
Apr 17 2008 9:11 PM
ACTIONABLE OBIT: Moran, James A. Jr. (MC1947)
http://www.legacy.com/TimesUnion-Albany/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=107801562
*** begin quote ***
James A. Moran
Jr.
Moran, James A. Jr. CLIFTON PARK, N.Y.
James A. Moran Jr., 80, of
He was the beloved husband of Jean A. (Volmer)
Moran whom he married on October 11, 1952, and who predeceased him on December
29, 2006. Jim and Jean were communicants of St. Edward the
Jim was a world recognized expert in high-voltage
underground cable, and traveled extensively in his 60-year career. He developed
a state-of-the-art testing laboratory during his 25 years at Phelps Dodge
Copper Products in
After his retirement from Nokia, he continued to consult on
high-voltage cable projects, sharing his expertise for years thereafter. Jim
was a fellow of IEEE, and a frequent lecturer at their technical seminars. He
was a teacher to his children and grandchildren, and following his retirement,
was a mathematics teacher at the City Mission in
Survivors include his devoted children and their spouses, James A. (Margi) Moran III of Yarmouth, Maine, Claudia (Mark) Moran Atkinson of Bedford, N.Y., Peter G. Moran Sr. of Saratoga Springs, William G. (Martha) Moran of Niskayuna, twin sons, Thomas M. (Sandra) Moran of Burbank, Calif. and Joseph M. (Sandi) Moran of Colonie, Hilary (Kevin) Moran Van Norstrand of Hyde Park, N.Y., and the late Charles A. Moran; 16 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. He was the brother of the late Gloria Moran Kearin.
Funeral will be held on Monday, April 21, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. from St. Edward the Confessor Church in Clifton Park where the Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. There will be no calling hours.
Memorial contributions may be made to Community Hospice of
Saratoga,
Published in the
*** end quote ***
Guestbook for your comments is at:
http://www.legacy.com/TimesUnion-Albany/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=107801562
# - # - #
Moran, James A.
Jr. (MC1947)
# # # # #
* Posted on: Fri,
Apr 18 2008 8:29 AM
ACTIONABLE OBIT: McCarthy, Vincent D. (MC????)
http://www.legacy.com/NorthJersey/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=107845851
*** begin quote ***
Vincent McCarthy
McCARTHY Vincent D., 77, of
Ridgewood and
Vinny spent most of his
professional life working in information technology; his career included
computer analyst positions at IBM, AT&T. He taught courses at
He will be missed forever by his beloved wife of 49 years,
Katherine Durkin McCarthy, his six children, their spouses, and his 13
grandchildren: Tom and Michelle McCarthy Murphy, Mary McCarthy; Vincent and
Anita McCarthy, Paul and Lorie McCarthy, Tim and Kathie McCarthy Fording, and
David and Gina McCarthy; and his grandchildren, Kate, Jack and Thomas Murphy
Durkin, Madeline, and Teddy McCarthy, Sherry and Thomas McCarthy, Michael,
Molly, Caroline and Daisy Fording, and Liam McCarthy. He will also be missed by
his brother and sister-in-law Donald and Civita
McCarthy; his sister and brother-in-law Patricia and Timothy Sammy; his
sister-in-law Sr. Michaela Durkin; and many nieces, nephews, and devoted
friends. Vinny was predeceased by his brother
Viewing will be at the Feeney Funeral Home,
Published in The Record and Herald News on 4/18/2008.
*** end quote ***
Guestbook for your comments is at:
http://www.legacy.com/NorthJersey/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=107845851
# - # - #
McCarthy, Vincent D. (MC1964)
# - # - #
Dear
I believe that Vincent is a member of the Class of 1964.
May He Rest In Peace.
Mike
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated. ]
# # # # #
* Posted on: Fri,
Apr 18 2008 8:39 AM
* Updated: Fri,
Apr 18 2008 3:15 PM
# - # - #
With the kind permission of Jerry Breen (MC1970)
http://www.jerrybreen.com
# # # # #
* Posted on: Fri, Apr 18 2008 9:17 AM