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Alumna publishes new book
Rosalie Pedalino Porter '82 Ed. D. has published “American Immigrant: My Life in Three Languages”, iUniverse, 2009. Part personal memoir, part an account of education reform on a national scale, Porter’s book chronicles three decades of professional and political activities on behalf of immigrant children in the U.S. and other countries including Bulgaria, China, Israel, Italy, Japan and Turkey.
Alumni Profiles
Spiritual, captivating, and haunting are words that come to mind as you take in “Icons of the Civil Rights Movement,” a series of paintings by Pamela Chatterton-Purdy ’66 MFA. The twenty oil paintings are a tribute to the people whose tremendous sacrifice influenced the history of this country. “Every time I see someone tear-up as they look at the show I have a real sense of accomplishment,” she says, “because I’ve succeeded in honoring these people and all they accomplished through non-violence.”
No other intersection says New York—or USA—more than Times Square. How cool is it then to learn that major sections of this area—1 Times Square, 2 Times Square, and 1600 Broadway on the Square, as well as many of the signs, including the Coca Cola space—are owned or managed by real estate developer Jeffrey Katz ’69 (economics), CEO and principal owner of Sherwood Equities. "Looking back on my UMass experience, I realize how much it did for me," he says.
Class Notes
Joel Goodman'75, ED writes: My time in the UMass School of Education Ed.D. program from 1970-1975 was truly magical. What an exciting learning adventure! Since then, I have had a serendipitous, fun, and fulfilling (or fool-filling) career path as the "first full-time humor educator in the world." I founded The Humor Project, Inc. in Saratoga Springs, NY in 1977. We will be sponsoring our 53rd international conference on "The Positive Power of Humor and Creativity" on June 11-13, 2010.
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