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Entries from April 2008

JHQ: Educational Broadcasting Ceo To Deliver Keynote Address at Undergraduate Commencement

April 30, 2008 · No Comments

April 25, 2008

Contact: Scott Silversten
Phone: (718) 862-7232
E-mail: Public Relations

Educational Broadcasting Ceo To Deliver Keynote Address At Manhattan College’s 166th Undergraduate Commencement

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College will award close to 700 degrees in some 40 major fields of study from its five schools in arts, business, education, engineering and science at its 166th Undergraduate Commencement on Sunday, May 18. Students who completed their studies in September 2007, February 2008 and May 2008 will participate in the ceremony to be held in the College’s Draddy Gymnasium at 1:00 p.m.

During the ceremony, an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters will be presented to William F. Baker, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Educational Broadcasting Corporation (EBC).

Baker has been at the head of EBC since 1987. During his tenure, the station has grown and created new programs, such as Charlie Rose, City Arts and Religion and Ethics Newsweekly. He established the Educational Resources Center, which has become America’s most prolific teacher trainer in multimedia technologies.

Baker’s career spans four decades. Prior to assuming his current position, he was president of Westinghouse Television and chairman of the cable programming companies. During his 10 years at Westinghouse, five cable networks were launched, including Discover Channel and the Disney Channel. He established the successful national program PM Magazine and introduced Oprah Winfrey as a talk show host.

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JHQ: George Magovern ’45 To Deliver Keynote Address At Manhattan College’s Spring (Graduate) Commencement

April 30, 2008 · No Comments

April 25, 2008

Contact: Scott Silversten
Phone: (718) 862-7232
E-mail: Public Relations

George Magovern ’45, Retired Chairman Of The Department Of Surgery At Allegheny General Hospital, To Deliver Keynote Address At Manhattan College’s Spring (Graduate) Commencement

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College will award master’s degrees to students in the graduate programs of education and engineering, as well as bachelor’s degrees in organization management to students in the adult degree completion program, at its Spring (Graduate) Commencement on Wednesday, May 21. The ceremony will be held in the College’s Chapel of De La Salle and His Brothers at 4:30 p.m.

During the ceremony, an honorary Doctor of Science will be presented to George Magovern ’45, M.D., retired chairman of the department of surgery at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa.

After graduating from Manhattan College and Union University, Magovern completed his medical education at Marquette University. He did his surgical residency at St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York and at New York Medical Center (Downstate), followed by his residency in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at George Washington University. He joined Allegheny General Hospital’s medical staff in 1959 and quickly earned a reputation as an innovator in medicine.

In 1961, Magovern made medical history by performing the first heart valve replacement in Pittsburgh. The recipient of many awards, he was recently named by Pittsburgh Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Pittsburghers of the Century.

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Categories: JHQ - From Headquarters

JNEWS: Kelly, Martin K. (MC????) U.S. RE Senior Actuary

April 30, 2008 · No Comments

Market Wire
April 28, 2008 Monday 6:00 AM GMT
U.S. RE Names Kelly Senior Actuary
DATELINE: PEARL RIVER, NY; Apr 28, 2008

Martin K. Kelly, an insurance and reinsurance actuary with more than 30 years of experience, has been named Senior Actuary at U.S. RE Corporation, the reinsurance and consulting arm of U.S. RE Companies, Inc., Tal P. Pic-cione, Chairman and CEO, announced.

“Martin Kelly brings a wealth of actuarial experience to U.S. RE,” Piccione said. “He has served at a senior level in leading primary insurance companies and international reinsurance intermediaries. His association with U.S. RE reaf-firms our commitment to assure that our resources in areas such as dynamic financial analysis, reinsurance pricing sup-port, and a wide range of analytical measures to structure cost effective reinsurance programs, are second to none.”

U.S. RE Companies, Inc., the parent of U.S. RE Corporation, is a financial services group with subsidiaries in in-vestment banking, alternative risk transfer, excess and surplus lines, claims/risk management services, and gen-eral/professional liability insurance for the healthcare industry. The Company is based in Pearl River, NY, with offices in Atlanta; Basel, Switzerland; Copenhagen, Denmark; Istanbul, Turkey; and Bermuda.

Kelly came to U.S. RE from Benfield, Inc., where he served as Senior Vice President for eight years, with respon-sibility for a wide spectrum of actuarial services. Earlier, he held senior actuarial posts at reinsurance brokers Guy Car-penter & Co., Willcox, Inc., and Balis & Company, Inc.

Before entering the reinsurance business, Kelly held supervisory actuarial positions in the primary insurance sector with Great American Insurance Company for 11 years, and earlier with The Home Insurance Company.

Kelly is a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and the Casualty Actuarial Society. He has served as Chairman of the Personal Property Actuarial Committee, Insurance Services Office. Kelly holds a Bachelor of Science Degree-Magna Cum Laude, in mathematics from Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY.

For more information, contact Mechlin Moore, MDM Communications (239-777-1595

SOURCE: U.S. RE Corporation

LOAD-DATE: April 29, 2008

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JNEWS: Zambito, Joseph (MC????) to help Ugandan town get clean water

April 30, 2008 · No Comments

The Journal News (Westchester County, New York)
April 28, 2008 Monday
Rockland engineer to help Ugandan town get clean water
BYLINE: Hema Easley
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3A

Not many researchers get to see the product of their labor helping real people in real life. Joseph Zambito, a me-chanical engineer from West Nyack, is one of them.

Next month, Zambito, 24, will travel with a team of engineers to a farming community in Uganda to install an engine that uses biofuels and is able to produce electricity, pump water and press the oil that it needs to run. The trip is sponsored by Engineers Without Borders, a nonprofit humanitarian organization that works in developing communities worldwide to improve their quality of life.

“I’m really excited,” said Zambito. “When you think about helping others, people usually donate money. When you actually go to those you are helping … it feels incredible.”

Zambito was studying for a Masters degree at Manhattan College in the Bronx last year when he overheard a teacher discuss a project involving biofuels with another student. Zambito was intrigued.

He signed up for the project called Bio Engine Longevity Tests, or BELT, and over the last year has been working to extend the life of the engine that uses oil from jatropa, a locally grown vegetable, instead of the more polluting diesel. In addition to the longevity tests, Zambito has been one of the main designers of a system that makes the viscous jatropa oil thin enough to run the engine.

Called a multifunction platform, or MFP, the engine is being used in several countries in western Africa to help communities reduce time spent in repetitive tasks. The 800-pound single-cylinder engine allows for different attach-ments that can be use to mill, grind, expel oil, pump water and generate electricity.

With more free time, adults can do other work to generate income, and children can go to school.

The team - Zambito and three students from Columbia University - will leave May 17 for Soroti, a district located in the northeastern part of Uganda. The community has 840 families, with 40 farming cooperatives, and for the last 2 1/2 years has been struggling with rebel insurgencies, regional conflicts and cattle raids.

An MFP is already in place in Soroti but needs to be replaced by one that can run nonstop for a longer period. In Soroti, where residents grow jatropa, the engine will be used expel oil from jatropa seeds, and as a backup power gen-erator in the town school.

It will also help reduce the workload for young girls who walk several miles to get clean drinking water and then walk back with water-filled containers on their heads.

While the team is in Soroti, they will try to bring drinking water into town by using a pump that gets power from the MFP engine.

“Whatever time we can give them so that they don’t have to bring water to their home, means that more children can go to school,” said Zambito.

While there is currently only one MFP in Soroti, Zambito and his team are hoping to bring more to the town. Zambito estimates that 20 engines will be able to light up the whole town.

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JObit: McCaffrey, Herbert F. (MC1953)

April 29, 2008 · No Comments

ACTIONABLE OBIT: McCaffrey, Herbert F. (MC1953) Madison, NJ EXPIRES 02MAY2008

http://www.legacy.com/StarLedger/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=108612146

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Herbert F. McCaffrey

MC CAFFREY Herbert F. McCaffrey AT&T retiree, formerly of New Jersey, 79

Herbert F. McCaffrey, 79, of Spring Hill, Fla., passed away peacefully at Hernando/Pasco Hospice in Pasco, Fla. Friends will be received on Thursday, May 1, from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Madison Memorial Home, 159 Main St., Madison. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, May 2, at 9:30 a.m. at St. Vincent Martyr Church, 26 Green Village Rd. in Madison. Herbert will then be laid to rest at St. Vincent Martyr Cemetery following the service.

Mr. McCaffrey was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and came to Spring Hill, Fla., six years ago from Forked River. He graduated from Manhattan College with a bachelors degree in electrical engineering in 1953. He retired from AT&T Long Lines in 1982 after 35 years. He was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America. He was a past commander of the Lackawanna Sail and Power Squadron and was a coxswain with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 15-08 of Hampton Beach, Fla., where he was a past communications staff officer and instructor. He also received a U.S.C.G.A. sustained Service Award during hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Audrey T. West of Spring Hill, Fla.; two sons, Keith McCaffrey of Yorktown, Va., and Kenneth McCaffrey of Chatham; three daughters, Carol Ann Martyniuk of Vernon, Eileen Corritori of Long Valley and Kerri McCaffrey of Ironia; three brothers, Charles McCaffrey of Brooksville, Fla., Leonard McCaffrey of Syosset, N.Y., and 13 grandchildren, Matt, Christie and Michael Martyniuk, Kathleen, Erin, Kevin Corritori, Connor and Colin Manning, Kyle and Ryan McCaffrey, Kara, Neil and Leigh McCaffrey.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Fresh Air Fund (online) or Hernando/Pasco Hospice, 12107 Majestic Blvd., Hudson, Fla. 34667.

Published in the Star-Ledger on 4/29/2008.

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Guestbook for your comments is at:

http://www.legacy.com/StarLedger/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=108612146

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Categories: JObit

JEMAIL: Tortorelli, Al (MC1959) ids Thomas Vincent Sheehan as Class of 1959

April 27, 2008 · No Comments

Thomas Vincent Sheehan was in the class of 1959 (BS).

Sincerely,
Al Tortorelli ‘59S

[JR: Thanks, Al. Much appreciated. ]

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Tortorelli, Al (MC1959) ids Thomas Vincent Sheehan as Class of 1959

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ADMINISTRIVIA: JASPER JOTTINGS Week 17 - 2008 APR 27

April 27, 2008 · No Comments

http://www.jasperjottings.com/2008/jasperjottings2008WEEK17.htm

Index

JObit: Frost, William James (MC1960) Williamsburg, VA
JObit: Bechet, Thomas Paul (MC1974) Wayne, IL
JObit: Boccher, Edward A.(MC1959)
MFound: Brodbeck, Colleen (MC2013?)
JNEWS: Howard, Dan (MC????) speaks at Earth Day
JFound: Woltornist, Steven (MC????) fulfilling a tradition of MC as priest maker?
JNEWS: Schatzle, Joe (MC1952) to be honored; another story about a nice gruff guy
JEMAIL: McCarra-Fitzpatrick, MaryAnn (1989) has been published on Associated Content
JNEWS: Bartus, Laura [MC2000] is recognized for achievement
JHQ: Watch Manhattan Softball Live Webcast at GoJaspers.com
JQUOTE: Fay, John [MC1986] has a post I think is great.
JHQ: Looking for a President
JFound: Chang, John (MC????) back in 1960?
JObit: Fluhr, Edward T. (MC1955)
JEMAIL: McEneney, Mike (MC1953) reports Time obit for Jasper Fluhr
JEMAIL: Parriott, Don (MC1983) really wants to reduce your dependence on fossil fuels
JObit: Connors, Harold J. (MCatnd1941) Erie, PA
JObit: Sheehan, Thomas Vincent (MC????) Rixeyville, Va.
Comment on JObit: Moran, James A. Jr. (MC1947) by James A. Moran III
Comment on JObit: Moran, James A. Jr. (MC1947) by Claudia Moran Atkinson

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JObit: Connors, Harold J. (MCatnd1941) Erie, PA

April 27, 2008 · 1 Comment

ACTIONABLE OBIT: Connors, Harold J. (MCatnd1941) Erie, PA EXPIRES 02MAY2008

http://www.legacy.com/ErieTimesNews/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=108421985

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Harold J. Connors

Harold J. Connors, age 87 of Regency at South Shore, formerly of Drexel Hill, Pa. and Scottsdale, Ariz., died on Friday April 25, 2008 at Saint Vincent Health.

He was born in New York City on June 11, 1920 the son of the late John and Josephine Connors. He attended Manhattan College, NYC from 1937 to 1940 and the Pratt Institute, in aeronautical engineering in 1941. He enlisted in the United States Naval Air Corps at the outset of WWII and served on aircraft carriers in the Pacific as a naval aviator, with numerous awards, citations, and medals. He married his wife Claire in 1944, between combat tours in the Pacific. He had the distinction of piloting the first U.S. Naval aircraft to land at the Yokosuka Naval Base on Tokyo Bay, shortly after the surrender of Japan on August 13, 1945. Upon completion of his U.S. Naval career in 1957, he was employed as a stock broker in Philadelphia until his retirement in 1980. He moved to Erie with his wife in 1997.

In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife Claire in 2004; two brothers: John and Kenneth Connors; and a sister Dorothy VandeStowe. He is survived by two daughters: Michelle Brennan and her husband David of Phoenix, Ariz.; Jean Downey and her husband John of Erie; a son Greg Connors and his wife Sherry of Fayetteville, N.Y.; two sisters: Peggy Sheehan and Joanne Rasmussen both of New York City; eight grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Friends may attend a funeral mass at St. Jude The Apostle Church 2801 West 6th St. Erie on Friday May 2nd at 11am. with Monsignor Robert Brugger celebrant. Arrangements entrusted to the Burton Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. 602 West 10th St. Send condolences at www.Burtonfuneralhome.com Sign the guestbook at www.GoErie.com/obits

Published in the Erie Times-News on 4/27/2008.

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Guestbook for your comments is at:

http://www.legacy.com/ErieTimesNews/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=108421985

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[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 Manhattan College, then it must have been important to him. That makes him a Jasper to me. It's not a piece of paper, but that you've taken the lessons into your heart. Besides isn't one of the corporal works of mercy to bury the dead? I'll commend him to our fellow alums for their prayers.]

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Categories: JObit

JObit: Sheehan, Thomas Vincent (MC1959) Rixeyville, Va.

April 27, 2008 · No Comments

Dear Ms. Anderson,

I came to your site to read the obit of a fellow alumni of Manhattan College.

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Sheehan, Thomas Vincent - Thomas Vincent Sheehan Thomas Vincent Sheehan, age 70, of Rixeyville, Va., passed away at his residence on Wednesday, April 23, 2008, surrounded by his …. More 99% Guest Book Published in The Culpeper StarExponent on 4/27/2008.
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I found it via the Legacy site. Unfortunately, your web site, won’t display it from the Legacy url. http://www.legacy.com/StarExponent/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonId=108417470

I tried to search the site for the name via your web site’s search bar. Also NG. No results returned.

I used the Legacy site obit guest book link. It worked to the Guest Book. But the back link their to the obit is the same as the original one. NG.

http://www.legacy.com/StarExponent/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=108417470

http://www.legacy.com/StarExponent/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=108417470

So it’s probably time to kick the squirrel cage, reboot the server, or yell at the database programmer.

There might be ‘real Customers’ trying to use the site.

I’ll try again on Monday,
fjohn

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Thomas Vincent Sheehan was in the class of 1959 (BS).
Sincerely,
Al Tortorelli ‘59S

[JR: Thanks, Al. Much appreciated. ]

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JEMAIL: Parriott, Don (MC1983) really wants to reduce your dependence on fossil fuels

April 25, 2008 · No Comments

Don Parriott shared a message

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If you really want to reduce your dependence on fossil fuels and your generation of green house gas, then PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS!

I just switched to a provider that will get 100% of my electricity usage from wind and small local hydroelectric sources for $15 per month. HOWEVER, switching your light bulbs to the compact fluorescent models which use ~ 1/4 of the electricity and last up to 5 years will more than pay for the fee.

Visit http://www.njcleanenergy.com/renewable-energy/programs/cleanpower-choice-program/start-today/start-today to find out how you can switch some or all or your electricity to renewable sources for $5-$15 per month.

Although this site is for NJ residents,many of the linked energy producers service other areas too.

NOTE- the compact fluorescent bulbs contain a small amount of mercury and need to be recycled, not thrown away. Our county waste facility takes them during household hazardous waste day.

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