JASPER JOTTINGS Week 23 - 2010 June 06
Jasper Jottings - The achievement journal of my fellow Jaspers, the alumni of the Manhattan College
http://www.jasperjottings.com/2010/jj2010W23.html
INDEX
- POSITRACTION: Memorizing. John Milton’s epic poem?
- JBLOGGER: Jasper “Key West Lou” [MC1957] remembers lost friends
- JNEWS: Neidnig, Andy [MC1941] served in WW2
- JLINKEDIN: Gray, Richard [MC1989] Realtor at Koppell River Realty
- JOBIT: L’Heureux, Gerard [MC???? RIP]
- JEMAIL: “Cooking with Caitlin: Following a Neutropenic Diet” has a jasper connection
- JLINKEDIN: Dilodovico, Tony [MC1975] VP RegSvcs Consultant at Birdsall SG
- JNEWS: Desmarais, John [MC????] Round Rock Research, patent-holding company
- JFOUND: McCarra-Fitzpatrick , MaryAnn (MC 1989) on 04 Jun 730PM Pelham, NY
- JLINKEDIN: Handren, Ed (MC1965) Owner at Handren Consultants
- JFOUND: Nacinovich, Mario R. Jr. [MC????] Facilitator BU
- JNEWS: Toborg, Janet [MC2002] and Conforto, Michael [MC2003] promoted
- JEMAIL: Reinke, FJohn (MC1968) is holding an estate sale
- JLINKEDIN: Burns, Edward [MC????] ADA at New York County
- JNEWS: Lucey, Neil [MC1970] SVP Parsons Brinckerhoff
- JOBIT: Altenburg, Br. Frederic FSC [MC1954 RIP]
- JNEWS: O’Connor, Owen [MC1982] Top Irish American in the Life Science Industry
- JLINKEDIN: Kemp, John [MC1971] Commercial Real Estate Professional
- ADMINISTRIVIA: Jasper Jottings available on the Kindle
- JNEWS: Olivieri, Marissa [MC2006] builds a winning Track team
- JFOUND: Weinberg, Erick (MC1968) theoretical physicist at Columbia
- JLINKEDIN: Gancsos, Ben (MC1999) Owner at Ben Gancsos Photography
- JOBIT: Morgan, Carlton G. [MC???? RIP]
- JNEWS: Sargent, Greg [MC????] is the father of star runner
- Comment on JLINKEDIN: Gancsos, Ben (MC1999) Owner Ben Gancsos Photography
- ENDNOTE: “Buck a Day Biden”, a “charitable” pro-abortion “Catholic” politician?
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POSITRACTION: Memorizing. John Milton’s epic poem?
http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2010/05/paradise_learnt.html
May 04, 2010
Paradise learnt:
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The journal Memory has a remarkable case study of a man who began
memorising the whole of John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost at
the age of 58. The researchers tested him at age 74 and found they
could pick any part of the 10,565 line poem and he could successfully
remember the next 10 lines.
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[JR: Wish I had a penny for everything I forget. I started playing
Sudoku because the Japanese believe it prevents Alzheimer's. Here's a
demonstration of a possibility. What do you do that's "impossible"? If
not, why not? Could it be we have no bounds; other than the one's we
impose on ourselves? Remember the elephant bound by a thread because he
was trained to think it was unbreakable? What's tying us down?]
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* Posted on: Sun, May 30 2010 12:37 PM
JBLOGGER: Jasper “Key West Lou” [MC1957] remembers lost friends
http://www.keywestlou.com/2010/05/it-is-7-am.html
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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It was September 1953. My first week in college. Manhattan College in
New York City. Frank Ravioli from New Haven, Dick Lewis from Albany and
I took the subway to Times Square. We went to the movies. To the
Paramount. And saw Battle Cry.
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[JR: Poignant!]
Ravioli, Frank [MC1957?]
Lewis, Dick [MC1957?]
Jasper “Key West Lou” [MC1957]
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* Posted on: Sun, May 30 2010 1:37 PM
JNEWS: Neidnig, Andy [MC1941] served in WW2
http://sagharboronline.com/sagharborexpress/our-town/wwii-ended-65-years-ago-7912
WWII Ended 65 Years Ago
Posted on 30 May 2010
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Not many veterans of that global conflict are still with us. To
commemorate the sacrifices they made to preserve our freedom, the
Express will publish the stories of a few of the men and women in our
community who served the nation in a time of great peril.
By Jim Marquardt
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Andy Neidnig lived a quiet life before World War II, thinking only of
finishing college and getting a job. A few years later he was fighting
to survive, coming close to being killed battling the German army in
Europe. Andy grew up in Ozone Park and graduated from Manhattan College
in 1941. At that time, young men were required to serve a year in the
military and Andy wanted to get it over with so he could move on with a
career. He didn’t know the Army would take five years of his
life. Once the global war was underway, he was promoted to corporal and
sergeant, then was sent to Officer’s Candidate School at Ft.
Benning, Georgia. Eager for action he was shipped to an infantry unit
in the Second Armored Division that was advancing into Germany in 1944.
He no sooner joined the division than the Battle of the Bulge erupted
and his unit raced into position to block the German advance.
They confronted elite Panzer divisions in Belgium in bloody fights with
the outcome in doubt for over a month. On Christmas morning, 1944, Andy
had hitched a ride on a Sherman tank when a shell hit the tank and sent
him flying. A little later while talking to another officer he heard a
sniper bullet zip by his head. They captured the sniper and found he
was wearing American Army boots, probably from a fallen soldier. His
closest brush with death was near a small Belgian village. He was
walking alongside a Sherman tank when it was hit on the other side by a
rocket from a “panzerschrek”, the German version of our
bazooka. A huge red flash knocked out the Sherman tank and killed his
captain. Out of his company of 60 men, 48 were killed or wounded. In
the fiercest winter of the war, men who fell froze in position. Andy
jokes that while he was sleeping on icy ground, Army regulations took
$30 room and board from his lieutenant’s salary of $175 a month.
The Bulge broke German resistance and the European war ended a few
months later. He and his buddies waited fearfully for orders to the
Pacific for the invasion of Japan, but the A-bomb ended the war.
Andy remembers his homecoming as a quiet reunion with his family,
without fanfare. He says he thinks frequently about his experiences so
many years ago when his only hope was to survive. He and his wife moved
permanently to their home on Glover Street in 1982. He will be 91 on
July 3rd.
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Neidnig, Andy [MC1941]
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* Posted on: Sun, May 30 2010 2:37 PM
JLINKEDIN: Gray, Richard [MC1989] Realtor at Koppell River Realty
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-gray/8/94b/307
Gray, Richard [MC1989]
Realtor at Koppell River Realty
Greater New York City Area
Real Estate
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* Posted on: Sun, May 30 2010 4:48 PM
JOBIT: L’Heureux, Gerard [MC???? RIP]
http://obits.masslive.com/obituaries/masslive/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=143236305
Gerard L’Heureux
Gerard L’Heureux 1930 – 2010
BREWSTER – Gerard L’Heureux, 79, of Brewster, died on
Saturday, May 22, 2010 at his home. He was born in Springfield, son of
the late Frederick and Mildred (Clark) L’Heureux and was a
graduate of South Hadley High School and Manhattan College.
Gerard was a United States Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was a
Civil Engineer for many years, as well as a self-employed logger.
He was the widower of Claire (Desnoyers) L’Heureux, who died in
2005. Gerard is survived by two sons, John L’Heureux of CO and
Stephen L’Heureux of Granby; three daughters, Marie Kaplan of NY,
Sarah Allaine of Dracut, and Barbara Hopper of FL, many grandchildren
and great-grandchildren and one brother, John L’Heureux of CA. He
was predeceased by his son Daniel L’Heureux in 2004.
A Funeral Service will be held Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. in the Barry J.
Farrell Funeral Home, 2049 Northampton Street, Holyoke. Burial will
follow at St. Rose Cemetery, South Hadley. Calling hours will be held
Wednesday morning from 8:30 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to VNA Hospice & Pallative Care of Cape
Cod, 34 Route 134, Suite D3, South Dennis, MA 02660.
Published in The Republican on May 31, 2010
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L’Heureux, Gerard [MC???? RIP]
Guestbook: http://goo.gl/cr1a
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* Posted on: Mon, May 31 2010 9:48 AM
JEMAIL: “Cooking with Caitlin: Following a Neutropenic Diet” a jasper connection
May 31 at 12:16pm
Dear Friends,
As many of you know my family and I have been working on A Cookbook
fundraiser in honor of my niece, Caitlin Anne Martin, called
“Cooking with Caitlin: Following a Neutropenic Diet”.
The cookbook is now ready for purchase.
Caitlin’s dad & my brother-in-law, Michael Martin, will be
running in his second NYC Marathon in November 2010, as a part of
Fred’s Team.
Fred’s Team raises money for cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
This is also the hospital where Caitlin receives her treatments.
The proceeds from this cookbook will go towards Mike’s 2010 run
with a donation in Caitlin’s name towards The Aubrey Fund for
Pediatric Cancer Research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
____________________________________________
We are now accepting orders via PAYPAL!
Click the link below to order and to pay with PayPal
http://cookingwithcaitlin.webs.com/orderform.htm
~or~
Download the order form and mail it in
_____________________________________________
Thank you again for all of your support thus far and please pass this
email onto your family and friends and help us raise money for a good
cause!
Warmest Regards,
Michele Kelly
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Finch, Bernadette Kelly (MC1995)
Martin, Margaret (MC1998)
[JR: Here's an easy way to support a family with Jaspers raising money for a cure.]
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* Posted on: Mon, May 31 2010 2:06 PM
JLINKEDIN: Dilodovico, Tony [MC1975] VP RegSvcs Consultant at Birdsall SG
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-dilodovico/10/530/66b
Dilodovico, Tony [MC1975]
Vice President – Regulatory Services Consultant at Birdsall Services Group
Greater New York City Area
Civil Engineering
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* Posted on: Mon, May 31 2010 3:12 PM
JNEWS: Desmarais, John [MC????] Round Rock Research, patent-holding company
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-01/billion-dollar-lawyer-desmarais-quits-firm-to-troll-for-patents.html
Tuesday June 1, 2010
Bloomberg
Billion-Dollar Lawyer Desmarais Quits Firm to Troll for Patents
By Carlyn Kolker
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June 1 (Bloomberg) — John Desmarais, a former top earner at the
1,500-lawyer firm Kirkland & Ellis, spent more than 15 years
representing some of the world’s largest patent owners. Now
he’s one of them, and he’s gearing up to slay the kinds of
companies he once defended.
Desmarais, 46, in December bought a portfolio of 4,500 patents from
Micron Technology Inc., the biggest U.S. maker of computer-memory
chips. Today he opens the doors of a new law firm, New York-based
Desmarais LLP, which will look for potential infringers of the patents
owned by Round Rock Research LLC, his new patent-holding company.
The move is a leap from one side of the patent world to the other: from
big-firm lawyer to small-firm chief, and from a champion of companies
that makes real products to leading one that simply owns patents.
“It’s a huge change,” said Desmarais, who withdrew
from Kirkland’s partnership and the firm’s management
committee in December and left in May. “I never just get my toes
wet doing something different. I jumped in with both feet.”
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Round Rock, based in Mount Kisco, New York, is named for a formation
near the beach in Madison, Connecticut, where Desmarais, who is married
with two teenage children, has a vacation home. His 14-year-old
daughter designed the company’s logo and his business card.
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At Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis, Desmarais built a reputation
trying patent cases for large companies with hundreds of millions, and
sometimes billions, of dollars at stake.
$1.5 Billion Verdict
He was the lead trial lawyer for Forest Laboratories Inc. in an effort
to block Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from selling a generic
version of the antidepressant Lexapro. He represented Boston Scientific
Corp. in litigation over patents for drug-coated stents. And he won a
$1.52 billion verdict for Alcatel-Lucent against Microsoft in 2007,
then the largest patent verdict. It was reversed, and Microsoft and
Alcatel- Lucent later settled most of their patent dispute.
His skill lies in presenting scientific and technological concepts in a
plain-spoken manner to a judge or jury, say clients and lawyers who
have worked with him.
“He’s a fabulous trial attorney,” said Mallun Yen,
vice president for worldwide intellectual property at Cisco Systems
Inc., the biggest maker of networking equipment. “He is at
complete ease in the courtroom and he has a likeability about him that
spans across jurisdictions and judges and juries.”
Desmarais was raised in Hartford, Connecticut, and lived with his
mother, who became a hairdresser after she and his father, a
construction worker, divorced. He moved to Valhalla, New York, where he
played high school football and met the cheerleader who became his wife.
Chemical Engineering
Desmarais earned an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering at Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York, and graduated from New York University School of Law in 1988.
He spent three years trying drug and bank robbery cases in the federal
prosecutors’ office in Manhattan. That was followed by a job at a
law firm specializing in intellectual property. Then Desmarais joined
the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis in 1997.
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“What we’re not going to do is reinvent the big law firm experience,” Desmarais said.
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“It fills a market niche that doesn’t exist right now in legal services” Desmarais said.
The firm has hired three attorneys. It will probably reach about 12
lawyers by the end of the year and not exceed 25, Desmarais said.
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“John has a keen business sense,” McKool said. “I think this is a terrific thing for John.”
–With assistance from Susan Decker in Washington and Ian King in San Francisco. Editors: Charles Carter, Mary Romano.
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Desmarais, John [MC????]
[JR: And, he going to hire some lawyers.]
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* Posted on: Tue, Jun 1 2010 8:09 AM
JFOUND: McCarra-Fitzpatrick , MaryAnn (MC 1989) on 04 Jun 730PM Pelham, NY
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MaryAnn McCarra-Fitzpatrick will be reading (along with others) at the
Lola’s Tea House Open Mic Night on Friday 4th June 2010, 7:30
– 10:00 p.m. — an evening of spoken word/poetry.
Lola’s is located at 130 Fifth Avenue in Pelham, NY, in
Westchester County. $5.00 cover, $10.00 minimum. For further
information: 914-738-2100 or http://www.lolasteahouse.com
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McCarra-Fitzpatrick , MaryAnn (MC 1989)
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* Posted on: Tue, Jun 1 2010 11:38 AM
JLINKEDIN: Handren, Ed (MC1965) Owner at Handren Consultants
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ed-handren/6/845/a8
Handren, Ed (MC1965)
Owner at Handren Consultants
Indianapolis, Indiana Area
Real Estate
Summary: Results-oriented executive with significant progressive
leadership and management experience in design, construction, real
estate, project management, facilities management and procurement with
major public and private multinational companies. Combines technical
and professional skills with initiative and flexibility. Consultant to
senior management on strategic issues. Demonstrated team building and
communications skills.
Specialties:
Facilities Planning, Design, and Construction
Strategic Facility Development Programs
Real Estate Acquisitions and Disposal
Process Change, Integration and Implementation
Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing and E- Procurement
Facilities Operations and Maintenance
Office Lease and Sublease Negotiation
Financial Analysis, Forecasting and Budgeting
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* Posted on: Tue, Jun 1 2010 3:05 PM
JFOUND: Nacinovich, Mario R. Jr. [MC????] Facilitator BU
http://healthcommunication.bu.edu/?p=991
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Home > Health Communication > Health Communication in Action > Meet Our Accomplished Facilitators
Meet Our Accomplished Facilitators
Students in the online Master of Science in Health Communication (MSHC)
program are assisted by a facilitator throughout each course. The
course facilitator provides guidance and support to students, including
help with assignment instructions, achieving course learning
objectives, and participating in online chat and interaction sessions.
Facilitators in the MSHC program have years of professional experience
in a variety of disciplines such as marketing, public relations,
communications strategy, health care branding, and more.
See below for biographical information of all the facilitators for the
Summer 1 course, Contemporary Public Relations (MET CM 701):
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Mario R. Nacinovich, Jr.
Mario Nacinovich is the Managing Director for AXON US and the current
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Communication in Healthcare.
Previously, he served as Vice President of Strategic Planning and
Business Development for QD Healthcare Group, Chief Growth Officer for
Caudex Medical, and Co-CEO for Fission Communications, part of McCann
Healthcare Worldwide from 2001-2008.
Mario holds an undergraduate degree in Managerial Science with minors in Economics and Psychology from Manhattan College
and his Master of Science degree in Health Communication from Boston
University. He also holds graduate certificates in Strategic Marketing
for the Healthcare Industry from the Executive Education program within
the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University
and from the Institute on Political Journalism from The Fund for
American Studies at Georgetown University.
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Nacinovich, Mario R. Jr. [MC????]
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* Posted on: Tue, Jun 1 2010 6:34 PM
JNEWS: Toborg, Janet [MC2002] and Conforto, Michael [MC2003] promoted
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100602/BIZ/100609965/-1/SITEMAP
Goldstein Lieberman & Co. promotes 3 accountants
By Taryn Clark
Published: 2:00 AM – 06/02/10
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MAHWAH, N.J. — Goldstein Lieberman & Co. announced the following promotions:
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Michael Conforto has been promoted to senior accountant. Conforto began
his career at Korn, Rosenbaum, Phillips & Jauntig before joining
the firm in January 2006. He received his B.S. in accounting from Manhattan College in May 2003.
Janet Toborg has been promoted to senior accountant. Toborg joined
Goldstein Lieberman & Co. in January 2006. Previously, she was
employed by Korn, Rosenbaum, Phillips & Jauntig, where she
completed a post-graduate internship. Toborg graduated from Manhattan College in 2002 with a B.S. in accounting.
Goldstein Lieberman & Co. is a full-service certified public accounting and business advisory firm.
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Toborg, Janet [MC2002]
Conforto, Michael [MC2003]
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* Posted on: Wed, Jun 2 2010 8:38 AM
JEMAIL: Reinke, FJohn (MC1968) is holding an estate sale
Estate Sale
https://sites.google.com/site/reinke19kestatesale/
Saturday 12 June 2010 from 10AM to 4PM — No early birds
90 Gold Street Apartment 19k, NYC, NY 10038
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[JR: Ask for your Jasper discount!]
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* Posted on: Wed, Jun 2 2010 1:17 PM
JLINKEDIN: Burns, Edward [MC????] ADA at New York County
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/edward-burns/a/248/5a
Burns, Edward [MC????]
Assistant District Attorney at New York County District Attorney’s Office
Greater New York City Area
Law Practice
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* Posted on: Wed, Jun 2 2010 3:28 PM
JNEWS: Lucey, Neil [MC1970] SVP Parsons Brinckerhoff
http://www.betterroads.com/neil-lucey-named-senior-vp-at-parsons-brinckerhoff/
Neil Lucey named senior VP at Parsons Brinckerhoff
June 02, 2010 | Press Releases
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Neil Lucey has been named a senior vice president in the New York
office of Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), a global infrastructure strategic
consulting, engineering and program/construction management
organization.
In his new position, Lucey will serve as Area Manager for PB’s
New York office, responsible for client management and project
performance of all New York operations. He has nearly 40 years of
experience in planning, design and construction for infrastructure
projects and programs. Prior to joining PB, he served as a senior vice
president for a consulting engineering company, responsible for the
Northeast Transportation practice. In his career, Lucey has managed
numerous high-profile transportation and facilities projects in the New
York metropolitan region.
Lucey holds a master of science degree in transportation from
Polytechnic University of New York and a bachelor of civil engineering
degree from Manhattan College. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
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Lucey, Neil [MC????]
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Dear John,
I believe that Neil is a member of the Class of 1970.
Mike
McEneney, Mike (MC1953)
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.]
Lucey, Neil [MC1970]
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* Posted on: Wed, Jun 2 2010 8:46 PM
* Updated: Sat, Jun 5 2010 9:02 AM
JOBIT: Altenburg, Br. Frederic FSC [MC1954 RIP]
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/buffalonews/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=143293271
Brother Frederic Altenburg
ALTENBURG – Brother Frederic F.S.C 80, of Lincroft died
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at De La Salle Hall, Lincroft, NJ. He was born
in Buffalo, N.Y. and had received the Holy Habitat of the Christian
Brothers, on September 7, 1948. Brother Frederic was a graduate of Manhattan College,
New York City where he earned a master of Theology Degree and State
University of New York, Buffalo where he earned a Master of Library
Science Degree. His assignments included La Salle Institute, Troy,
N.Y., Bishop Loughlin High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., De La Salle
Institute New York City, St. Joseph’s School, West New York,
Cardinal Spellman High School, Bronx, N.Y., Manhattan School of
Theology, New York City, St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute,
Buffalo, N.Y., De La Salle College, Washington, D.C., St.
Joseph’s College, Buffalo, N.Y., Paramus Catholic High School,
Paramus, Manhattan College. He had been in residence at De La Salle
Hall since 2006. He is survived by a brother, Ronald Altenburg,
Florida. The viewing will be held at De La Salle Hall on Friday from
2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 PM. The Mass of Christian Burial at De La
Salle Hall will be celebrated at De La Salle Hall on Saturday at 10:30
a.m. followed by interment at. St. Gabriel’s Cemetery, Marlboro
Township. In lieu of flowers memorial donations to De La Salle Nursing
Development, 810 Newman Springs Road, Lincroft, NJ 07738 would be
appreciated. HIGGINS MEMORIAL HOME, Freehold, NJ is in charge of
arrangements.
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Altenburg, Br. Frederic FSC [MC???? RIP]
Guestbook: http://goo.gl/WUms
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Dear John,
I believe that Brother is a member of the Class of 1954.
May he rest in peace.
Mike
McEneney, Mike (MC1953)
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.]
Altenburg, Br. Frederic FSC [MC1954 RIP]
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* Posted on: Thu, Jun 3 2010 8:43 AM
* Updated: Fri, Jun 4 2010 10:39 PM
JNEWS: O’Connor, Owen [MC1982] Top Irish American in the Life Science Industry
http://communications.med.nyu.edu/news/2010/owen-oconnor-md-phd-named-top-irish-american-life-science-industry-irish-life-science-50
Owen O’Connor, MD, PhD, Named Top Irish American in the Life Science Industry by Irish Life Science 50
June 02, 2010
Owen A. O’Connor, MD, PhD, deputy director of clinical research
and cancer treatment at The Cancer Institute (CI), chief of the
division of hematologic malignancies and medical oncology in the
Department of Medicine, and professor of medicine and pharmacology, was
recently named one of the “Irish Life Science 50.” The
award was provided by the Enterprise Ireland, in conjunction with the
Cork Cancer Research Center, IDA Ireland and the Irish Voice newspaper
for Dr. O’Connor’s contribution to medicine as an
Irish-American. The Irish Life Science 50 aims to recognize and reward
the diverse accomplishments and advancements of Irish-Americans in the
industry of life sciences. Mary McAleese, the president of Ireland,
attended the ceremony in honor of the awardees.
“We are proud to have Dr. O’Connor at our Medical Center
and for receiving this honor in recognition of his outstanding
achievements as a physician researcher and as an Irish-American,”
said Robert I. Grossman, MD, the Saul J. Farber Dean and CEO at NYU
Langone Medical Center. “Dr. O’Connor’s significant
work in the discovery of new therapies and treatment for
non-Hodgkin’s and Hodgkin’s lymphoma is to be commended. He
and his team play a critical role towards our institutional commitment
to gain a better understanding of the lymphomas in an effort to advance
the care of patients with these diseases.”
Dr. O’Connor began his career as an environmental chemist,
studying the relationship between environmental contaminants such as
PCBs and dioxins and cancer. While pursuing his PhD in biochemical
toxicology and chemical carcinogenesis in 1990 at NYU School of
Medicine, he realized that many of the chemicals used to treat cancer
can also cause it by giving rise to mutations in DNA, turning on cancer
causing oncogenes. The recognition that the biochemical mechanisms by
which environmental carcinogens and anticancer drugs appeared to affect
the cell were eerily similar, led him on a search for chemicals that
could inhibit the unique growth and survival pathways in tumor cells,
while not affecting normal cells. Believing that he could help people
directly as a physician researcher, he pursued his medical school
education at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
(UMDNJ) with the goal of becoming a physician-scientist focused on
creating new drugs for cancer.
In his current position at NYU Langone Medical Center, Dr.
O’Connor not only treats patients with different forms of
lymphoma, but is also a researcher and directs over six major, ongoing
laboratory studies evaluating the biological effects of experimental
treatments for lymphoma and myeloma. His efforts have led to numerous
patents on novel small molecules, and have produced one of the largest
portfolios of new drugs for the treatment of lymphoma in the world.
Over the past decade, his work has contributed to the FDA approval of
distinct drugs for the treatment of relapsed and refractory mantle cell
lymphoma, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, and relapsed or refractory
peripheral T-cell lymphoma. In fact pralatrexate, a drug he co-invented
and developed with Frank Sirotnak, PhD, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center, became the first drug ever approved by the US FDA for
the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell
lymphoma.
In addition to receiving his PhD at NYU School of Medicine, he received his BS in biology, magna cum laude, from Manhattan College
in 1982, and his medical degree from the University of Medicine &
Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1994. He
then went on to complete a medical internship and residency at The New
York Hospital Cornell University Medical Center. Following his medical
residency, he completed a fellowship in medical oncology at the
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where he was also chief fellow,
and a fellowship in clinical pharmacology at New York Hospital-Cornell
University Medical School. Prior to arriving at NYU Langone, he was the
director of the Lymphoid Development and Malignancy Program at Columbia
University, and chief of the lymphoma programs at The New
York-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University Medical Center.
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O’Connor, Owen [MC1982]
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* Posted on: Thu, Jun 3 2010 9:55 AM
JLINKEDIN: Kemp, John [MC1971] Commercial Real Estate Professional
http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnwkemp
Kemp, John [MC????]
Commercial Real Estate Professional
Greater New York City Area
Commercial Real Estate
Summary: Real Estate Finance professional with an extensive background
in credit risk management, including commercial mortgage-backed
securities (“CMBS”) and real estate investment trusts
(REITs”). Core competencies include:
• Ability to re-value structured finance products, such as CMBS
• Deep understanding of commercial and residential real estate markets
• Proven team leadership and project management skills
• Known for developing strong, collaborative working relationships across departments
Specialties: Knowledge of securitization structures, Housing market
analysis, Asset and Portfolio management, Real estate underwriting and
valuation, Commercial real estate loan restructures
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Dear John,
I believe that John is a member of the Class of 1971.
Mike
McEneney, Mike (MC1953)
[JR: Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.]
Kemp, John [MC1971]
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* Posted on: Thu, Jun 3 2010 3:32 PM
* Updated: Fri, Jun 4 2010 10:39 PM
ADMINISTRIVIA: Jasper Jottings available on the Kindle
Jasper Jottings Weekly (Kindle Edition)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003P9X1S6
Jasper Jottings Daily (Kindle Edition)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003P9X10E
[JR: 2$ per month. No one is going to get rich on that. Or go broke reading it. ]
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* Posted on: Fri, Jun 4 2010 8:29 AM
JNEWS: Olivieri, Marissa [MC2006] builds a winning Track team
http://highschoolsports.silive.com/news/article/6410620186037059044/port-richmond-track-program-was-built-from-the-ground-up/
Port Richmond track program was built from the ground up
Tom Dowd, June 03, 2010 2:09 p.m.
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There’s probably a more tactful way to put it, a spin that would
soften things up, but the bottom line is that Marissa Olivieri got
ambushed.
There she was late in the spring of 2006, fresh ink on that new diploma from Manhattan College, ready to chart her path, the same as another group of graduates are doing right now.
Olivieri chose teaching late. She enrolled at Manhattan as a biology
major, thinking about becoming a chiropractor. She didn’t take an
education course until her junior year. After a stint student teaching
at DeWitt Clinton HS, she was hooked.
“I loved every second of it,” said Olivieri. “I still do. I love teaching.”
She walked into Port Richmond HS expecting to interview for a job
teaching freshman English. In her cover letter, Olivieri had mentioned
her eight years running track and field for Notre Dame Academy and
Manhattan and that she might be interested in coaching someday.
Before she could get a word in about Shakespeare or sentence structure,
Olivieri found herself with athletic director Susan Rossi, being
interviewed for the school’s girls’ cross country and track
and field head coaching job.
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“I wasn’t expecting this,” said Olivieri. “At
first I didn’t want it. It wasn’t what I was looking
for.”
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The early days of a revolving door at practice — who’s
here? who’s not? — slowly slipped away. Olivieri preached
consistency, set standards, tracked the girls through the building.
Athletes responded to the approach, numbers grew, results followed.
With that came credibility for the program in the school that drew more
runners.
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“I set the bar high for the girls, high enough that it’s reachable, but not frustrating,” said Olivieri.
“Something attainable so you know you can get there. You
don’t want to be over the top so the girls are feeling down or
that they’ve disappointed you.”
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“It turned out to be one of the best decisions and one of the
most amazing things in my life,” said Olivieri. “I
wouldn’t give it up for the world.”
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Olivieri, Marissa [MC2006]
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* Posted on: Fri, Jun 4 2010 8:46 AM
JFOUND: Weinberg, Erick (MC1968) theoretical physicist at Columbia
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/physics/fac-bios/Weinberg/faculty.html
My major interest is in elementary particle theory. In the past, this
has led me to work on topics in quantum field theory, including the
study of topological and nontopological solitons. Because the very
early universe can be used as a laboratory for testing fundamental
theories, the major focus of my research in recent years has been on
cosmology. Much of this work has been devoted to the study of the
dynamics of cosmological phase transitions. Closely related to this has
been the investigation of methods of implementing the inflationary
universe scenario for solving the cosmological horizon and flatness
problems. In other related research, I have also studied aspects of the
primordial monopole problem.
I have also continued to work on noncosmological issues. Most recently,
I have been interested in the properties of classical black holes. By
endowing these with a magnetic charge, one discovers a variety of
unexpected phenomena, including an instability of the
Reissner-Nordstrom solution, the existence of black holes with hair and
of static black hole solutions that have no rotational symmetry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erick_Weinberg
Erick Weinberg is a theoretical physicist who has spent most of his
career at the Department of Physics in Columbia University. He obtained
a PhD from Harvard in 1973.[1] His advisor was Sidney Coleman with whom
he discovered the Coleman-Weinberg mechanism for radiative spontaneous
symmetry breaking. He has also worked in black holes, vortices,
Chern-Simons theory, magnetic monopoles in gauge theories and cosmic
inflation. He is an editor of Physical Review D.[2] Weinberg was
educated at Manhattan College (BA 1968) <from the German
Wikipedia>
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Weinberg, Erick (MC1968)
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* Posted on: Fri, Jun 4 2010 12:32 PM
JLINKEDIN: Gancsos, Ben (MC1999) Owner at Ben Gancsos Photography
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bengancsos
http://www.totallyrandombuglegs.com/
http://www.proofofbeing.com/
Gancsos, Ben [MC1999]
Owner at Ben Gancsos Photography
Greater New York City Area
Photography
Summary:
A graduate of the International Center of Photography, Ben is based in
Stamford, Connecticut and works throughout the tri-state region while
readily traveling to various parts of the country as well as abroad.
His commercial work focuses on architecture and the performing arts.
Working with architects, builders, designers and decorators, he makes
images that communicate the creators’ ideas and intentions while
granting viewers a taste and feeling of the spaces. In a similar way,
Ben photographs dance, theatre and performances in ways that invite
viewers to experience the moments themselves.
Architecture firms, corporations, foundations, dance companies,
schools, ad agencies, non-profit groups and performing arts
organizations routinely use his work in portfolios, annual reports,
brochures and marketing materials.
Ben’s personal work revolves around human-interest stories.
He’s often involved in humanitarian, social justice projects.
Working on personal projects and with various non-governmental groups,
he has traveled to parts of the rural south as well as overseas to
document humanitarian aid activities.
Represented by Wonderful Machine, Ben gladly accepts assignments anywhere in the world.
Specialties:
Architecture – commercial, institutional and residential exteriors and interiors.
Performing arts – dance, theater, ballet, stage.
Portraiture – studio and environmental.
Fine art – hand-made unique mixed-medium portraits and landscapes.
Technology and troubleshooting in areas that cross the
analytical/abstract boundaries. Idea questioning and scrutinizing.
Brainstorming and idea generation.
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http://www.bengancsos.com/
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* Posted on: Fri, Jun 4 2010 2:41 PM
* Updated: Sat, Jun 5 2010 5:50 PM
JOBIT: Morgan, Carlton G. [MC???? RIP]
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/milforddailynews/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=143329316
Carlton G. Morgan
Carlton G. Morgan, of Marietta, Ga., and formally of Uxbridge and
Hopedale and died on June 2, 2010 at the age of 94. Mr. Morgan attended
schools in Milford Mass. He graduated from Manhattan College
in New York where he was an outstanding athlete. Upon graduation Mr.
Morgan joined the Navy in lieu of playing professional baseball. He
served aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S.Bogue. After the war Mr.
Morgan was a regional sales manager for womens specialty sportswear.
Mr. Morgan was an active member of St. Michaels Church in Canfield for
many years. He was an avid golfer, playing his last nine holes at age
88. As an accomplished artist many of Mr. Morgans painting are
displayed in local business and homes of dear friends.
Mr. Morgan is survived by his wife of 67 years Eileen Morgan; daughters
Michele Overend of Selbyville, DE.; Mary Beth Rudd of Hinsdale, Ill.;
Melissa Marlin of Marietta, Ga.; son Carlton G. Morgan Jr. of Columbus,
Ga.; eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was
predeceased by a son, Major Robert J. Morgan, USMC and grandson, Cpl
.Robert J. Morgan Jr. USMC.
A memorial mass will be held June 8, 2010 at St. Anns Catholic Church in Marietta, Ga. Burial will be private.
Published in Milford Daily News on June 5, 2010
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Morgan, Carlton G. [MC???? RIP]
Guestbook: http://goo.gl/MloO
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* Posted on: Sat, Jun 5 2010 8:02 AM
JNEWS: Sargent, Greg [MC????] is the father of star runner
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking/sports_breaking/
20100604_Sargent__Southeastern_Pa__girls_track_athlete_of_year.
html#axzz0pypIKjnb
Posted on Fri, Jun. 4, 2010
Sargent: Southeastern Pa. girls’ track athlete of year
By Keith Pompey INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
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It was a simple question. One that Sara Sargent immediately answered.
Moments after completing her final race at the PIAA state track and
field championships, the Pennsbury freshman was asked the one person
she would like to meet.
“Kim Gallagher!” Sargent answered on the Seth Grove Stadium
infield at Shippensburg University. “If I could meet one person,
it definitely would be her.”
The 15-year-old was well aware that Gallagher, a two-time Olympian and
former Upper Dublin standout, died of a stroke in 2002. But if
Gallagher were still alive, Sargent would try to soak up as much
knowledge as possible.
The Pennsbury standout is infatuated with the runner who dominated area
tracks decades ago. She has been that way for as long as she can
remember.
Her father, Greg, who ran at North Penn and Manhattan College, knew
Gallagher from their days as members of the Ambler Track Club.
Once his daughter showed interest in track, he frequently told her about Gallagher’s accomplishments.
“I said I wanted to be as good as her,” said Sara Sargent,
The Inquirer’s Southeastern Pennsylvania girls’ track and
field athlete of the year. “Like when she was in high school at
each grade level, I wanted to be as good as Kim Gallagher or even
better.”
So far, so good.
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Sargent, Greg [MC????]
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* Posted on: Sat, Jun 5 2010 8:17 AM
Comment on JLINKEDIN: Gancsos, Ben (MC1999) Owner Ben Gancsos Photography
By Ben Gancsos
hi there,
feel free to add my official website to the mix:
http://www.bengancsos.com
it’s been a while since my jasper days but nice to see this blog and see some familiar names.
– ben
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* Posted on: Sat, Jun 5 2010 4:07 PM
ENDNOTE: “Buck a Day Biden”, a “charitable” pro-abortion “Catholic” politician?
http://libertyslifeline.com/2010/04/22/hard-luck-stories-reading-between-the-lines/
Hard Luck Stories – Reading Between the Lines
Apr 22, 2010
Bill O’Connell, Bill (MC1976)
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Unlike the people in the articles, I believe I have responsiblity first
and foremost for my actions. If I need help beyond myself I turn to my
family and then the charity of my church. I believe many conservatives
share my views, which is why on average conservatives give 30% more to
charities than liberals. It is why I gave the moniker “Buck a Day
Biden” to Vice President Joe Biden because in his financial
disclosure forms he reported give only about $300 a year to charity.
Here is a man who has been drawing six figure salaries from the
taxpayers for years, is a millionaire, but will not reach very deep
into his own pocket to help his fellow man, but has no problem reaching
into your pocket and mine to create some government program to give
your tax dollars to someone else.
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“Judge not; lest ye be judged”
“Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or
favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.”
Leviticus 19:15
“Everyone in life has a purpose, even if its to serve as a bad example” Unknown
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"Bon courage a vous tous"
"Dona Nobis Pacem"
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