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Milne
Alumni October Newsletter Dear Milne Alumni and Supporters, In this issue: * Digitization Project Update! * Ice-Bucket Challenge for ALS! * Updated Business Directory (Addition of Anita Harris: Kickstart Campaign for Ithaca Diaries) * Missing Graduation Programs * Sad News DIGITIZATION PROJECT UPDATE! As of today, our total is $14,537. We're getting there! Please keep our yearbook and newspaper digitization project in mind when you are considering donations, whether you're making the contribution "just because you care" or in honor of or in memory of a family member, friend, or classmate. If you would like me to send an acknowledgement to someone (in addition to the acknowledgement you receive from the University), I would be happy to do so. See https://www.albany.edu/~milne/Project.shtml for information. Thanks! If you click here and then click on the donations link, you will see that although many alumni have donated to this important project, we still need donations, large or small, from others. Please help us reach our goal so that we are able to digitize all available Crimson & White and Bricks & Ivy editions, which will enable us to enjoy full-text web access of our Milne yearbooks and/or newspapers via searchable files. If we, as Milne School Alumni, don't ensure that our memorabilia is preserved...who will? For further information, see https://www.albany.edu/~milne/Project.shtml. A list of donations is available at https://www.albany.edu/~milne/DigitizationDonations.pdf. If your donation does not yet appear on our list, please note that the University sends updates every two weeks...or so. ICE-BUCKET CHALLENGE FOR ALS! Susan Black "would like to challenge my fellow Milne alumni to the 'Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS' (with or without the ice!) in honor of Torre Kingston Rosenzweig daughter of Tom (class of '65) and Diane Jones ('67) Kingston. "Torre writes: "'My name is Torre Kingston Rosenzweig, the daughter of two of your fellow alumni: Thomas Kingston from the class of '65 and Diane Jones Kingston, class of '67. I have ALS commonly called Lou Gehrig disease. Eleven years ago I went to the doctor for what I thought was a pinched nerve; that was the first time I heard ALS. This is an autoimmune disease that has no cure. It weakens you physically until the respiratory functions fail. ALS consumes your body quickly with most succumbing within 2-5 years. Although ALS takes your body, it does not affect your mind. It's so important for an individual to maintain some sort of independence. Your donations to the local branch The St. Peter's ALS Regional Center will do just that. Please support patients like me, our caregivers and families. Thank you.' "Please make a donation in Torre's honor by mail to St. Peter's Hospital ALS Regional Center, 19 Warehouse Row, Albany 12205, or online at www.sphcs.org/alsregionalcenter. Thank you all. "Susan Barr Black Class of '67" UPDATED BUSINESS DIRECTORY (Addition of Anita Harris: Kickstart Campaign for Ithaca Diaries) ITHACA DIARIES Coming of Age in the 1960s, by Anita M. Harris, has been in the works for nearly a decade (well, four+ decades, if you take into account when the diaries were actually written). For a full description, click here. Anita's Kickstart Campaign is the newest addition to our Milne Business Directory, which is available here. MISSING GRADUATION PROGRAMS The following Milne School graduation programs are missing from the UAlbany archives. 1894, 1898-99, 1908, l913-14, 1917-21, 1923, 1926, 1929, 1931-32, 1934-37, 1939-1953, 1958-1965, 1967-1973, 1977. If you have a copy of any of the graduation programs listed above, please send it/them to: Brian Keough, Head M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives Science Library 352 University at Albany, SUNY 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12222 SAD NEWS Please note that I rely upon the Albany Times Union and input from other alumni for this information, so if you become aware of someone who has passed away, please let me know. If a name is underlined, it represents a link to the obituary. Many obituaries are available free for a limited time only. Barbara AIREY Johnston, a member of the Class of '61 for several years, passed away on September 27, 2014. Barbara was the sister of William Airey, '58. Charles T. Mirella, Sr., father of Judith Ann MIRELLA, '71, Charles MIRELLA, '73, and Shirley MIRELLA Farmer, '75, passed away on Saturday, September 27, 2014. Thanks to all of you for your interest in Milne Alumni activities. Judy (Koblintz) Madnick, '61 For contact information, see the Milne Alumni homepage: www.albany.edu/~milne/ |