Comments for Franklin & Marshall Magazine http://magazine.fandm.edu Wed, 15 May 2013 20:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Comment on In Dog He Trusts by Mari http://magazine.fandm.edu/2012/11/07/in-dog-he-trusts/#comment-28036 Mari Wed, 15 May 2013 20:51:06 +0000 http://blogs.fandm.edu/magazine/?p=4543#comment-28036 This guy is so amazing. Glad that he has time to train his dog in order to help other people. I know he's busy with his professional job but I hope he'll continue this dog training program. This guy is so amazing. Glad that he has time to train his dog in order to help other people. I know he's busy with his professional job but I hope he'll continue this dog training program.

]]> Comment on African-American Alumni Celebrate 25 Years of Affinity by H. Art Taylor http://magazine.fandm.edu/2013/05/07/african-american-alumni-celebrate-25-years-of-affinity/#comment-27208 H. Art Taylor Tue, 07 May 2013 00:38:25 +0000 http://blogs.fandm.edu/magazine/?p=4938#comment-27208 Thanks to F&M for recording the AAAC history. Tony Ross has been an outstanding leader and has made great sacrifices to assure the success of the AAAC. We owe him a big time. In addition to the people noted, there are many more that could have been mentioned in this piece who played an instrumental role in the founding of the AAAC, such as my classmates Christine Harper, Hon. Sylvester Cox, my brother and sister in law Al and Lisa Taylor, Skip King, Pa Senator Anthony Williams, Carole Roberts, Lew Stevenson, Elliott Williams, Derrick Stephenson, Yancy Edwards, Michael Hyman, Barbara Curry, Carolyn Buxton, Larry Coles, Kimberly and Tracy Fletcher and many others. I am inspired that so many students and alumni find value being a part of the community. It is also great to know that the AAAC is a model for other affinity groups on and off campus. We are planning a 25 year reunion and I hope to see all of you and your families at the event. Stay posted and you will be notified once the date and schedule is set. We expect a very large turnout. Art Thanks to F&M for recording the AAAC history. Tony Ross has been an outstanding leader and has made great sacrifices to assure the success of the AAAC. We owe him a big time. In addition to the people noted, there are many more that could have been mentioned in this piece who played an instrumental role in the founding of the AAAC, such as my classmates Christine Harper, Hon. Sylvester Cox, my brother and sister in law Al and Lisa Taylor, Skip King, Pa Senator Anthony Williams, Carole Roberts, Lew Stevenson, Elliott Williams, Derrick Stephenson, Yancy Edwards, Michael Hyman, Barbara Curry, Carolyn Buxton, Larry Coles, Kimberly and Tracy Fletcher and many others. I am inspired that so many students and alumni find value being a part of the community. It is also great to know that the AAAC is a model for other affinity groups on and off campus. We are planning a 25 year reunion and I hope to see all of you and your families at the event. Stay posted and you will be notified once the date and schedule is set. We expect a very large turnout.

Art

]]> Comment on Kerstin Lindquist ’99 by Scott Rayer http://magazine.fandm.edu/2012/06/05/kerstin-lindquist-99/#comment-23976 Scott Rayer Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:51:40 +0000 http://blogs.fandm.edu/magazine/?p=4064#comment-23976 I vividly recall watching Kirsten as a TV reporter and weekend anchor/weathercaster at Channel 3 in Las Vegas. She was very good at her positions. What I also recall very vividly was how shabbily she was treated while at the station. For many weeks, because of a shuffling of anchor duties because of a colleague's maternity leave, the station had her doing the 11:00 PM Saturday newscast, then have to turn around and do the 6:00 AM Sunday newscast and weather. That schedule she did every-other weekend. Then, there was one weekend where she did not do the 11:00 PM Saturday newscast. BUT, she was subjected to working the Sunday newscasts of: 6:00 AM with weather, 5:00 PM solo newscast with weather, and co-anchored the 11:00 PM newscast with weather. Considering the prep time for the newscasts, that was probably a 20 hour day for her. It was nothing short of appalling and a disgrace what KVBC subjected Kirsten to at that time. I lost respect for that station from that. The station had months to plan for a colleague's maternity leave, the station had capable on-air staff to step up to that absence, WITHOUT having to subject Kirsten to a harsh schedule. I really admired Kirsten's moxie during her tenure at Channel 3 in Las Vegas. But after treatment like that, a person may consider other avenues for media employment. I vividly recall watching Kirsten as a TV reporter and weekend anchor/weathercaster at Channel 3 in Las Vegas. She was very good at her positions.
What I also recall very vividly was how shabbily she was treated while at the station. For many weeks, because of a shuffling of anchor duties because of a colleague's maternity leave, the station had her doing the 11:00 PM Saturday newscast, then have to turn around and do the 6:00 AM Sunday newscast and weather. That schedule she did every-other weekend.

Then, there was one weekend where she did not do the 11:00 PM Saturday newscast. BUT, she was subjected to working the Sunday newscasts of: 6:00 AM with weather, 5:00 PM solo newscast with weather, and co-anchored the 11:00 PM newscast with weather. Considering the prep time for the newscasts, that was probably a 20 hour day for her.

It was nothing short of appalling and a disgrace what KVBC subjected Kirsten to at that time. I lost respect for that station from that. The station had months to plan for a colleague's maternity leave, the station had capable on-air staff to step up to that absence, WITHOUT having to subject Kirsten to a harsh schedule.

I really admired Kirsten's moxie during her tenure at Channel 3 in Las Vegas. But after treatment like that, a person may consider other avenues for media employment.

]]> Comment on Birth of a Humanitarian by Mary Kay Fawzi http://magazine.fandm.edu/2013/02/17/birth-of-a-humanitarian/#comment-23882 Mary Kay Fawzi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:19:23 +0000 http://blogs.fandm.edu/magazine/?p=4709#comment-23882 Dear F&M magazine, I read with great interest your article about Bola Han's work in Myanmar and with the UNHCR more broadly. I've also been involved in related global health work in Haiti and Tanzania through Partners In Health (NGO based in Boston) and the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where I am a member of the faculty. If Bola were willing, I would like to get in touch with her about a fellow Brandeis University graduate. Thank you very much, Mary Kay Smith Fawzi (F&M class of '87) Dear F&M magazine,

I read with great interest your article about Bola Han's work in Myanmar and with the UNHCR more broadly. I've also been involved in related global health work in Haiti and Tanzania through Partners In Health (NGO based in Boston) and the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where I am a member of the faculty. If Bola were willing, I would like to get in touch with her about a fellow Brandeis University graduate.

Thank you very much,
Mary Kay Smith Fawzi (F&M class of '87)

]]> Comment on A Chance for Life by Louis Sidoni http://magazine.fandm.edu/2013/02/17/a-chance-for-life/#comment-22978 Louis Sidoni Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:56:15 +0000 http://blogs.fandm.edu/magazine/?p=4712#comment-22978 I had the privilage of working for George as he organized the NY State Banking Department office in London. He operated that office in a most professional manner and gained the respect of banking officials throughout the City including the Bank of England. George and his family became close personal friends to me and my family and we relish the memories of our times spent with them in London. I had the privilage of working for George as he organized the NY State Banking Department office in London. He operated that office in a most professional manner and gained the respect of banking officials throughout the City including the Bank of England. George and his family became close personal friends to me and my family and we relish the memories of our times spent with them in London.

]]> Comment on A Chance for Life by Barbara Ann Klein http://magazine.fandm.edu/2013/02/17/a-chance-for-life/#comment-22829 Barbara Ann Klein Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:50:50 +0000 http://blogs.fandm.edu/magazine/?p=4712#comment-22829 I, too, worked with George at the NYS Banking Department. He was always very sharing of his vast knowledge of examination techniques and regulatory information, but I'll remember him always for his encouraging me to sing Polish Christmas songs with him at seasonal events. George, if you're reading this, dziekuje from a very grateful member of your examining "fan" club. Sto lat! I, too, worked with George at the NYS Banking Department. He was always very sharing of his vast knowledge of examination techniques and regulatory information, but I'll remember him always for his encouraging me to sing Polish Christmas songs with him at seasonal events.

George, if you're reading this, dziekuje from a very grateful member of your examining "fan" club. Sto lat!

]]> Comment on A Chance for Life by Frank Ziella http://magazine.fandm.edu/2013/02/17/a-chance-for-life/#comment-22757 Frank Ziella Sat, 23 Feb 2013 05:24:05 +0000 http://blogs.fandm.edu/magazine/?p=4712#comment-22757 God bless you George Benczak! I had the honor and privilege of working with George for 14 years and he taught me well! God bless you George Benczak! I had the honor and privilege of working with George for 14 years and he taught me well!

]]> Comment on A Chance for Life by Larry Schwartz http://magazine.fandm.edu/2013/02/17/a-chance-for-life/#comment-22756 Larry Schwartz Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:37:53 +0000 http://blogs.fandm.edu/magazine/?p=4712#comment-22756 George Benczak - A Great Bank Examiner & A Great Human Being. When my wife had an operation, and to enable me to spend more time with her, (George lived near our apartment, in Queens, NY) he would bring work assignments home for me and I would deliver the finished work product back to his home.He would then bring these completed assignments back to the NYS Banking Department, Headquarters, in Manhattan. He did this unselfish task until my wife recovered. George was always very caring and, it is something we will always remember. George was someone to go to at the NYS Banking Department for information and he alwasys had all the documentation at the tips of his fingers. George Benczak - A Great Bank Examiner & A Great Human Being. When my wife had an operation, and to enable me to spend more time with her, (George lived near our apartment, in Queens, NY) he would bring work assignments home for me and I would deliver the finished work product back to his home.He would then bring these completed assignments back to the NYS Banking Department, Headquarters, in Manhattan. He did this unselfish task until my wife recovered. George was always very caring and, it is something we will always remember.

George was someone to go to at the NYS Banking Department for information and he alwasys had all the documentation at the tips of his fingers.

]]> Comment on Professor, Teach Thyself by Harry Mansell http://magazine.fandm.edu/2010/11/19/professor-teach-thyself/#comment-8618 Harry Mansell Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:45:10 +0000 http://magazine.fandm.edu/?p=1963#comment-8618 It is with great joy and deep sorrow that I remember Bradley Dewey, whose personality and insight was too soon taken from our midst. One of two majors in religion, I recall when Dr. Dewey came to the campus and began teaching. I took his premier course about Soren Kierkegaard, and his skill as a teacher and a spiritual guide I will never forget. It was from him that I learned the beauty of relationships and the influence that service in the name of a Divine power can bring to life. The memory that I have of the quality of the faculty during 1961-65 is not a shining memory. Only a few glimmers of 'starlight' came from that realm. Perhaps it is because of the dominance of all male fraternities and their lack of culture and positive socially sustaining morality. But more so, I think it was the lack of the female gender in the mixture of learning and living together. When Brad came to an all male campus he brough with him both the male and female values and sensitivity in a well blended behavior. I am intrigued by the depth of influence that Dr. Brad Dewey must have brought to the newly co-ed student and faculty body. I hope you all will continue to build upon his legacy. It is with great joy and deep sorrow that I remember Bradley Dewey, whose personality and insight was too soon taken from our midst. One of two majors in religion, I recall when Dr. Dewey came to the campus and began teaching. I took his premier course about Soren Kierkegaard, and his skill as a teacher and a spiritual guide I will never forget. It was from him that I learned the beauty of relationships and the influence that service in the name of a Divine power can bring to life.

The memory that I have of the quality of the faculty during 1961-65 is not a shining memory. Only a few glimmers of 'starlight' came from that realm. Perhaps it is because of the dominance of all male fraternities and their lack of culture and positive socially sustaining morality. But more so, I think it was the lack of the female gender in the mixture of learning and living together. When Brad came to an all male campus he brough with him both the male and female values and sensitivity in a well blended behavior. I am intrigued by the depth of influence that Dr. Brad Dewey must have brought to the newly co-ed student and faculty body. I hope you all will continue to build upon his legacy.

]]> Comment on The Reverend Hubert Kealy—A Remembrance by Sarah Perry-Correia http://magazine.fandm.edu/2012/05/29/the-reverend-hubert-kealy-a-remembrance/#comment-8451 Sarah Perry-Correia Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:01:13 +0000 http://blogs.fandm.edu/magazine/?p=4111#comment-8451 I have wonderful memories of Father Kealy as well. I used to spend hours talking with him with my good friend Lori Nelson. Very welcoming and helpful. Funny thing about it is that neither Lori nor I is Roman Catholic, but there was a lot of spirituality there that transcended this. Sarah Perry-Correia '76 I have wonderful memories of Father Kealy as well. I used to spend hours talking with him with my good friend Lori Nelson. Very welcoming and helpful. Funny thing about it is that neither Lori nor I is Roman Catholic, but there was a lot of spirituality there that transcended this.

Sarah Perry-Correia '76

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