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Quote:Joseph J. DioGuardi (b. September 20, 1940, The Bronx, New York) is an American accountant and politician of Arbëreshë descent from New York. He previously served in the House of Representatives representing the 20th congressional district of New York from 1985 to 1989.

He is a member of the Republican party, and has frequently launched unsuccessful attempts to regain a seat in Congress. As recently as June of 2007, his name was mentioned as a possible candidate for congress in the 19th district of New York seeking to face freshman incumbent John Hall in the 2008 general election.

Early background

Joseph J. DioGuardi moved to Westchester County with his immigrant parents, brother, and sister in 1957. He is a 1958 graduate of Fordham Preparatory School, and in 1962 he graduated with honors from Fordham University. His parents were of Albanian origin. DioGuardi served for twenty-two years, twelve of them as a tax partner, with the international accounting firm of Arthur Andersen & Co. He is the author of Unaccountable Congress: It Doesn't Add Up.

DioGuardi's wife, Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi, is the Balkan Affairs Advisor to (and co-founder of) the Albanian American Civic League. The DioGuardis reside in Ossining, New York. They have a daughter, Kara DioGuardi, a songwriter, record producer, and singer.

Quote:Born in the Bronx, New York, on September 20, 1940, Joseph J. DioGuardi moved to Westchester County with his immigrant parents, brother, and sister in 1957. He is a 1958 graduate of Fordham Preparatory School, and in 1962 he graduated with honors from Fordham University.

DioGuardi served for twenty-two years, twelve of them as a tax partner, with the international accounting firm of Arthur Andersen & Co., one of the first public advocates of governmental fiscal responsibility. In November 1984, he brought his extensive professional and volunteer experience to Congress, when he became the first practicing certified public accountant ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

In Congress, DioGuardi took the lead in sounding the call for truth in federal budgeting, accounting, and reporting and in bringing financial accountability to Capitol Hill. He was the original author of the Chief Financial Officer's Act, signed by President George Bush in 1990, which mandated the assignment of a CFO to each major department and agency of the U.S. government. Charles Bowsher, former Comptroller General of the General Accounting Office, said in testimony before the U.S. Senate that since the enactment of the bill, "we have seen important progress in directly confronting serious financial management weaknesses. "

DioGuardi has distinguished himself by finding bipartisan solutions to difficult problems. On issues of local concern, he founded and cochaired the Congressional Long Island Sound and Hudson River Caucuses, which secured vital increases in federal support for these embattled waterways. In 1986, with the late Democratic Congressman Mickey Leland, DioGuardi initiated legislation to confer Congressional Medals of Honor on Black World War I and World War II military heroes, thereby correcting an historic injustice. More recently, he cofounded with Congressman Jerrold Nadler the New York Task Force for Port, Rail, and Industrial Development in order to restore lost jobs to New York's manufacturing and transportation industries.

DioGuardi is an advocate for the human rights and self-determination of oppressed peoples in the Balkans. Since 1989, he has made fifteen trips to the region. As president of the Albanian American Civic League, he and Congressman Tom Lantos made the first official trip to Albania in fifty years, and he helped open the doors to democracy in this former Communist dictatorship. In August 1990, DioGuardi persuaded Bob Dole and six other U.S. senators to visit the two million Albanians in Kosovo under Serbian occupation. In September 1996, he returned to Albania with Congressman Benjamin Gilman, chairman of the Committee on International Relations, to meet with President Sali Berisha to discuss Albanian national security and minority rights for the ethnic Greeks in southern Albania. In June 1997, Dio Guardi led a delegation to monitor the national elections in Albania and in August, 1998 he traveled to northern Albania to assess the humanitarian crisis emanating from the war in Kosova, at the request of Congressman Dana Rohrabacher.

Since leaving Congress in 1989, DioGuardi has established a nonpartisan foundation, Truth In Government, through which he continues his crusade for federal fiscal reforms. The author of Unaccountable Congress: It Doesn't Add Up, DioGuardi is a frequent speaker on fiscal responsibility and public accountability. In August 1994, as a keynote speaker at the annual conference of the American Accounting Association, DioGuardi persuaded professors of accounting to play an active role in federal budgeting and financial management. In May 1996, he returned to Washington as a keynote speaker on federal financial management reforms before the Institute of Management Accountants (formerly the National Association of Accountants). In April 1997, the Texas Society of CPAs published an article by DioGuardi in Today's CPA on the real magnitude of the national debt.

DioGuardi is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including investiture as a Knight of Malta in 1979, the International Humanitarian Award The Boys Towns of Italy in 1986, the Outstanding CPA in Government Award from the New York State Society of CPAs in 1986, the Torch of Liberty Award from the New York State Conservative Party in 1987, the Outstanding Public Service Award from the Westchester County Republican Committee in 1987, the Westchester Irish Committee's Dedication to Peace and Justice Award in 1988, the Paul Harris Fellow Award of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International in 1988, and the Annual Achievement Award of the Association of Government Accountants, Boston Chapter, in 1992.

Quote:Richard John Santorum (born May 10, 1958) is a former United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Santorum is a member of the Republican Party and was the chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, the number-three job in the party leadership of the Senate.

Santorum is usually considered a strong social and fiscal conservative but paleoconservatives and paleolibertarians have accused him of being too reliant upon the federal government.[1] He also holds strong neoconservative stances in regard to foreign policy, which has further alienated many conservatives of a more traditional nature.[2] He is particularly known for his stances on the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Social Security, intelligent design, homosexuality, and the Terri Schiavo case.[3] Santorum was defeated 59% to 41% in the 2006 U.S. Senate election by Democratic candidate Bob Casey, Jr. This was the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent Senator since 1980.

In March 2007, Santorum joined Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC. He will primarily practice law in the firm’s Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. offices, where he will provide business and strategic counseling services to the firm clients. In addition to his work with the firm, Santorum also serves as a Senior Fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., and is a contributor to Fox News Channel.

Early life, education, and legal career

Santorum was born in Winchester, Virginia, and raised in Berkeley County West Virginia and Butler County, Pennsylvania, the son of Aldo Santorum (born 1923) and Catherine Dughi (born 1918). Both his father and maternal grandfather were of Italian descent.[4] In 1976, Santorum graduated from Carmel High School in Mundelein, Illinois.[5]. He lists his residency as Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, and maintains a home in Leesburg, Virginia, for his work in Washington, D.C. His father was an immigrant from Italy.[6]

Santorum earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Political Science, from Pennsylvania State University in 1980, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981.

In 1986, Santorum earned a law degree from the Dickinson School of Law, was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar, and began practicing law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While working at the law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, he represented the World Wrestling Federation, arguing that professional wrestling should be exempt from federal anabolic steroid regulations because it was not a sport.[7] Santorum left private practice after first being elected to the House in November 1990.

Santorum and his wife, Karen Garver Santorum, have six children: Elizabeth Anne (born 1991); Richard John ("Johnny"), Jr. (born 1993); Daniel James (born 1995); Sarah Maria (born 1998); Peter Kenneth (born 1999); and Patrick Francis (born 2001). In 1996, their son Gabriel Michael was born prematurely and lived for only two hours (a sonogram taken before Gabriel was born revealed that his posterior urethral valve was closed and that the prognosis for his survival was therefore poor). Karen Santorum wrote a book about the experience: Letters to Gabriel: The True Story of Gabriel Michael Santorum.[8] In it, she writes that the couple brought the deceased infant home from the hospital and introduced the dead child to their living children as "your brother Gabriel" and slept with the body overnight before returning it to the hospital. The anecdote was also written about by Michael Sokolove in a 2005 'New York Times Magazine story on Santorum.[9] Karen is also the author of a book on etiquette for children.[10]

Santorum and his family attend Latin Mass at a Roman Catholic Church near Washington, D.C. On weekdays, he attends another church. On November 12, 2004, Santorum and his wife were invested as Knight and Dame of Magistral Grace of the Knights of Malta in a ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York.[11]
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Comments about the Boston Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal

In 2005, a controversy developed over comments about Boston, Massachusetts, that Santorum made in a 2002 article about the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. Santorum wrote:
“ It is startling that those in the media and academia appear most disturbed by this aberrant behavior, since they have zealously promoted moral relativism by sanctioning "private" moral matters such as alternative lifestyles. Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture. When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm.[62] ”

These comments came to wider attention through an opinion column in the Philadelphia Daily News on June 24, 2005. Columnist John Baer cited Santorum's article, stating, "I'd remind you this is the same Senate leader who recently likened Democrats fighting to save the filibuster to Nazis."[63]

Santorum's remarks were criticized, especially in Massachusetts. On July 12, 2005, Boston Globe columnist Brian McGrory called on Santorum to explain his statement, and reported that Robert Traynham, Santorum's Director of Communications, told him "It's an open secret that you have Harvard University and MIT that tend to tilt to the left in terms of academic biases. I think that's what the senator was speaking to." Julie Teer, a spokeswoman for Governor of Massachusetts, Republican Mitt Romney, said "What happened with the church sex abuse scandal was a tragedy, but it had nothing to do with geography or the culture of Boston."

Later that day, Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) delivered a personal rebuke to Santorum on the Senate floor, saying "The people of Boston are to blame for the clergy sexual abuse? That is an irresponsible, insensitive and inexcusable thing to say."[64] Santorum has stood by his 2002 article and has not apologized.

On July 21, 2005, Rush Limbaugh interviewed Santorum about Kennedy's speech. Santorum said that he was being targeted by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which, he said, coordinated with the media to publicize Kennedy's speech. He argued that his statement about Boston was taken out of context from an article he had written three years earlier. Santorum agreed with Limbaugh's summary that it was "no surprise that the center of the Catholic Church abuse took place in very liberal, or perhaps the nation's most liberal area, Boston." Santorum reiterated his broader theme of a cultural connection, saying that it is "no surprise that the culture affects people's behavior. [...] the liberal culture — the idea that [...] sexual inhibitions should be put aside and people should be able to do whatever they want to do, has an impact on people and how they behave." When asked why Boston specifically was mentioned, Santorum pointed out that, in July 2002, the outrage of American Catholics, as well as his own, was focused on the Archdiocese of Boston.[65]

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(AP) Democrat Bob Casey highlights his religious work while Republican Sen. Rick Santorum seeks out evangelical Christians, a reflection of the fierce fight for voters of faith.

Casey, who is a Catholic, has been talking openly about his religious upbringing and his work with the Jesuit Corps. He unveiled a 60-second television ad in the Philadelphia market Tuesday featuring a former student talking about Casey's mentoring from days in the corps' inner-city program.

Similar to a missionary assignment, Casey spent one year with the organization, which he described in a speech last week at Catholic University in Washington....

Quote:Rick Santorum
Full Name: Rick Santorum

Current Office: Senator, PA

Born: Winchester, Virginia

Education: B.A., Penn State University; M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh; J.D., Dickinson School of Law

Religion: Roman Catholic, Conservative Latin Rite Mass, Knight of Malta

Family: Wife, Karen Garver Santorum; six children

Significant Career Experience: Director, Pennsylvania Senate Local Government Committee, 1981-9184; Director, Pennsylvania Senate's Transportation Committee, 1984-1986; U.S. House of Representatives, 1991-95; U.S. Senate, 1995 - present

Publications:

It Takes a Family : Conservatism and the Common Good
Rick Santorum

Description: Rick Santorum is a solid conservative with excellent views on immigration, national defence and homeland security.

Views on Immigration: http://lrp57.redstate.com/story/2006/5/21/144619/676

Quote:Gene F. Jankowski

Gene F. Jankowski is a member of the Board of Advisors of Veronis Suhler Stevenson. From 1995 through 2004 he was an Advisor Managing Director of VSS. Mr. Jankowski focuses his activities on television broadcasting, filmed entertainment, radio broadcasting, and subscription video services. In 1994, Mr. Jankowski joined VSS after a 28-year career at CBS. In 1970 he was appointed General Sales Manager of WCBSTV, the CBS flagship station in New York. He then became Vice President of Sales for the nationwide CBS Television stations division and was later named Vice President and Controller for CBS Inc. In 1977, Mr. Jankowski became President and Chairman of the CBS Broadcasting Group, a position he held for 12 years until 1989, when he left CBS to form his own company. Mr. Jankowski graduated from Canisius College and Michigan State University with a master's degree in radio, television and film. He holds honorary doctorate degrees from Canisius College and Michigan State. Mr. Jankowski is Chairman of the Board at the Trans-Lux Corporation. He is the co-author of Reflections on Television: It Won't Be What You Think.

Quote:The Class of 1955 is loaded with alumni who have gone on to become leaders in their professions and communities, and have also stayed connected with Canisius College. Joseph J. Castiglia ’55, Anthony J. Colucci ’55, Richard A. DiVita '55 and Gene F. Jankowski ’55 are all recipients of the alumni association’s Distinguished Alumni Award. The same group, along with Harrison R. Naylor ‘55, also served on the college’s Board of Trustees. Robert B. Adams ’55, Joseph F. Crangle ’55, Thomas J. Dougherty ’55, J. Francis Drea ’55 and Larry Felser ’55 are also past recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award. Robert B. Adams ’55 and Robert D. Morgan ’55 went on to become major generals in the U.S. Army. Several classmates have also established endowed scholarships at Canisius: Charles Borzilleri, Joseph J. Castiglia, Anthony J. Colucci, Richard A. DiVita, Thomas J. Dougherty, Gene F. Jankowski, John D. Naples, Harrison R. Naylor and Hugh M. Neeson.

Quote:Gene F. Jankowski (Fellow) formed his own company, Jankowski Communications Systems in August 1989. Prior to this he was chair of the CBS Broadcast Group. Formerly he served as president since 1977 and before that was executive vice president of the Group and vice president of administration of CBS, Inc. respectively. Jankowski began his career with CBS in 1961 as an account executive with its Radio Network Sales Division, becoming an eastern sales manager in five years later. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Jankowski received a B.S. from Canisius College and an M.A. in radio/television and film from Michigan State University. In March 1979, he received an honorary Doctorate of Humanities degree, also from Michigan State. In February 1983, Jankowski received the Distinguished Communications Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the Southern Baptist Radio and TV Commission. Jankowski is past chairman of the American Film Institute. a trustee of the Advertising Educational Foundation and a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

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Television Today and Tomorrow
It Won't Be What You Think
Gene F. Jankowski and David C. Fuchs

Description
Today the media is awash in exuberant tales of the arrival of the information superhighway, when television will explode with exciting possibilities, offering some five hundred channels as well as a marriage of television and computer that will provide, on command, access to unlimited bits of information. In Television Today and Tomorrow , Gene Jankowski-- former President and Chairman of the CBS Broadcast Group--and David Fuchs--also a former top executive at CBS--predict a bumpy road ahead for the information superhighway, and the major TV networks, they say, are abundantly healthy and will remain so well into the next century.

The information superhighway, the authors admit, will dramatically increase the distribution channels, but it will have little impact on the amount of programming created--and this may spell disaster. Jankowski and Fuchs point out that the media blitz has hardly focused on programming, or funding, or on what needs these five hundred channels will fill. The major networks will remain the only means of reaching the whole country, and the only channels that offer a full schedule of current, live, and original programs, free of charge.

This is a brass tacks look at television with an eye on the bottom line by two men who boast over sixty years of experience in the medium. If you want to understand television in America, where it came from and where it is going, you will need to read this book.

Quote: BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI (EGYPT)
SIXTH UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Mr. Boutros Boutros-Ghali became the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations on 1 January 1992, when he began a five-year term.At the time of his appointment by the General Assembly on 3 December 1991, Mr. Boutros-Ghali had been Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt since May 1991 and had served as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from October 1977 until 1991.

Mr. Boutros-Ghali has had a long association with international affairs as a diplomat, jurist, scholar and widely published author.

He became a member of the Egyptian Parliament in 1987 and was part of the secretariat of the National Democratic Party from 1980. Until assuming the office of Secretary-General of the United Nations, he was also Vice- President of the Socialist International.

He was a member of the International Law Commission from 1979 until 1991, and is a former member of the International Commission of Jurists. He has many professional and academic associations related to his background in law, international affairs and political science, among them, his membership in the Institute of International Law, the International Institute of Human Rights, the African Society of Political Studies and the Académie des sciences morales et politique (Académie française, Paris).

Over four decades, Mr. Boutros-Ghali participated in numerous meetings dealing with international law, human rights, economic and social development, decolonization, the Middle East question, international humanitarian law, the rights of ethnic and other minorities, non-alignment, development in the Mediterranean region and Afro-Arab cooperation.

In September 1978, Mr. Boutros-Ghali attended the Camp David Summit Conference and had a role in negotiating the Camp David accords between Egypt and Israel, which were signed in 1979. He led many delegations of his country to meetings of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, as well as to the Summit Conference of the French and African Heads of State. He also headed Egypt's delegation to the General Assembly sessions in 1979, 1982 and 1990.

Mr. Boutros-Ghali received a Ph.D. in international law from Paris University in 1949. His thesis was on the study of regional organizations. Mr. Boutros-Ghali also holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, received from Cairo University in 1946, as well as separate diplomas in political science, economics and public law from Paris University.

Between 1949 and 1977, Mr. Boutros-Ghali was Professor of International Law and International Relations at Cairo University. From 1974 to 1977, he was a member of the Central Committee and Political Bureau of the Arab Socialist Union.

Among his other professional and academic activities, Mr. Boutros-Ghali was a Fulbright Research Scholar at Columbia University (1954-1955); Director of the Centre of Research of The Hague Academy of International Law (1963-1964); and Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law, Paris University (1967-1968). He has lectured on international law and international relations at universities in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America.

Mr. Boutros-Ghali was President of the Egyptian Society of International Law from 1965; President of the Centre of Political and Strategic Studies (Al-Ahram) from 1975; member of the Curatorium Administrative Council of The Hague Academy of International Law from 1978; member of the Scientific Committee of the Académie mondiale pour la paix (Menton, France) from 1978; and associate member of the Institute affari internazionali (Rome) from 1979. He served as a member of the Committee on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations of the International Labour Organisation from 1971 until 1979. Mr. Boutros-Ghali also founded the publication Alahram Iqtisadi, which he edited from 1960 to 1975, and the quarterly Al-Seyassa Al-Dawlia, which he edited until December 1991.

The more than 100 publications and numerous articles that Mr. Boutros-Ghali has written deal with regional and international affairs, law and diplomacy, and political science.

During the course of his career, Mr. Boutros-Ghali has received awards and honours from 24 countries, which, besides Egypt, include Belgium, Italy, Colombia, Guatemala, France, Ecuador, Argentina, Nepal, Luxembourg, Portugal, Niger, Mali, Mexico, Greece, Chile, Brunei Darussalam, Germany, Peru, C&ocircte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Central African Republic, Sweden and the Republic of Korea. He has also been decorated with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

He was awarded a doctorate of law honoris causa from the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (September 1992); a doctorate honoris causa from l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris (January 1993); the Christian A. Herter Memorial Award from the World Affairs Council, Boston (March 1993); a doctorate honoris causa from The Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium (April 1993); the "Man of Peace" award, sponsored by the Italian-based Together for Peace Foundation (July 1993); an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Laval, Quebec (August 1993); and the Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Star Crystal Award for Excellence from the African-American Institute, New York (November 1993).

In addition, he was given an honorary membership of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Moscow (April 1994); an honorary foreign membership of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (April 1994); an honourary foreign membership of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, (April 1994); an honorary doctorate from the University Carlos III of Madrid (April 1994); an honorary degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (May 1994); a doctorate in international law honoris causa from the University of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (August 1994); honorary doctorates from the University of Bucharest (October 1994), University of Baku (October 1994), University of Yerevan (November 1994), University of Haifa (February 1995), University of Vienna (February 1995), and University of Melbourne (April 1995); and a doctorate of law honoris causa from Carleton University, Canada (November 1995). He was made a Fellow of Berkeley College, Yale University (March 1995) and is the recipient of the Onassis Award for International Understanding and Social Achievement (July 1995). He was awarded an honorary doctorate of law by the University Montesquien of Bordeau, France (March 1996), and he received an honorary doctorate from Koryo University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (April 1996).

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New York. Ambassador Count Don Carlo Marullo di Condojanni, Permanent Observer of the Order to the United Nations and Receiver of the Common Treasure, during the audience at the UN headquarters with the Secretary General of the Assembly, Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Ambassador Marullo presented his credentials of the Order on 23 October 1996

Quote:Miles Davis was one of the greatest visionaries and most important figures in jazz history. He was born in a well-to-do family in East St. Louis. He became a local phenom and toured locally with Billy Eckstine's band while he was in high school. He moved to New York under the guise of attending the Julliard School of Music. However, his real intentions were to hook up with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He quickly climbed up the ranks while learning from Bird and Diz and became the trumpet player for Charlie Parker's group for nearly 3 years. His first attempt at leading a group came in 1949 and was the first of many occurrences in which he would take jazz in a new direction. Along with arranger Gil Evans, he created a nonet (9 members) that used non-traditional instruments in a jazz setting, such as French horn and Tuba. He invented a more subtle, yet still challenging style that became known as "cool jazz." This style influenced a large group of musicians who played primarily on the west coast and further explored this style. The recordings of the nonet were packaged by Capitol records and released under the name The Birth of the Cool. The group featured Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, and Max Roach, among others. This was one of the first instances in which Miles demonstrated a recurring move that angered some: he brought in musicians regardless of race. He once said he'd give a guy with green skin and "polka-dotted breath" a job, as long as they could play sax as well as Lee Konitz. After spending 4 years fighting a heroin addiction, he conquered it, inspired by the discipline of the boxer Sugar Ray Robinson.

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El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, known popularly as Malcolm X (his Nation of Islam-issued name), and Sir Miles Dewey Davis III (whose honorific derives from his induction in 1988 into The Knights of Malta[1]) share intriguingly similar biographical details. Born in the mid-western United States, in 1925 and 1926 respectively, these iconic incarnations of African-American masculinity came to maturity during the era of Euro-American-authored apartheid in the United States, yet attained cross-over and international prominence in their proper fields of theological-cum-political theorizing and jazz trumpet virtuosity and music theory innovation. They also authored celebrated, as-told-to autobiographies. In collaboration with Alex Haley, X narrated The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965). Davis drafted, with the assistance of Quincy Troupe, Miles: The Autobiography (1989). Though X was assassinated in 1965 and Davis died of a pneumonia-triggered stroke in 1991, they persist as phantasmal cultural presences through their books (including Davis's The Art of Miles Davis,[2] a portfolio of his paintings) and their recordings (X's speeches and Davis's music). The Ballantine Books paperback edition of X's Autobiography achieved, in November 1992, its 33rd printing since 1973, while Davis's post-mortem popularity as a jazz artist seems poised to eclipse that of John Coltrane (1926-1967), the race pride emblem par excellence of the 1960s. [3] X and Davis dominate the popular cultures of their separate demesnes. Transfigured into demi-deities, they are omnipresent in mass media, in film (Spike Lee's X [1992]), opera (Anthony and Thulani Davis's X, The Life and Times of Malcolm X [1986]), documentaries, books, recordings, and clothing and associated tchotchkes. Even as X and Davis are reified into protean, Warhol-like pop idols, their representations also dramatize and reproduce a patriarchal black masculinity, an anarchic machismo. Worse, this rugged phallocentrism, which bell hooks blames for "much black-on-black violence," among other ills (Black 111), is furthered, perhaps, by the seductiveness of these figures for urban, African-American, male youth, from whose ranks they came and to whose concerns and styles they paid scrupulous fealty. [4] In fact, the steady appeal of these figures likely owes something to their efforts, during their careers, to address this alienated constituency. [5] Positioning themselves as archetypal black men, they became exemplary champions of the black male-delineated worlds of black religion and black music, spheres in which the masterful and the triumphant exude confidence, poise, purpose, style--in short, 'cool.' Their investments in codes of honour, in 'coolness,' offer a context for their cultural success, but also, arguably, useable notions for the construction of a re-energized and progressive African-American socio-political movement. [6] Paradoxically, too, their styles of honour yield means for subverting their sexism, while yet permitting their inscription into avant-garde politics and aesthetics. [7]
[1]The full title of the order is The Knights of the Grand Cross in and for the Sovereign Military Hospitaler Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta. See Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe, Miles: The Autobiography (388).

Quote:A look at many of the major personal and musical events from Miles’s final years

Choose a timeline date:
1979 :: 1980 :: 1981 :: 1982 :: 1983 :: 1984 :: 1985:: 1986 :: 1987 :: 1988 :: 1989 :: 1990 :: 1991
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November 13: Miles is made a Knight of Malta by the Order of St. John.

Quote:About the Author
Miles Davis is forever the innovator, not only as a musician, but in other realms. His artistic impressions in oil paintings and sketches have drawn critical acclaim and have been shown in galleries around the world. "Sir" Miles Davis was inducted into the Knights of Malta in November 1988. In November 1984, he received the Sonning Music Award for lifetime achievement in music, and in March 1990, his twenty-fourth Grammy Award, this time for lifetime achievement in music.

Quote:Sir Miles Davis was inducted into the Knights of Malta in November 1988 and won 24 Grammys, including one for lifetime achievement in March1990. He was a Renaissance man for the ages who passed away on September 28, 1991.

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A VICE-PRESIDENT FOR WHAT?
Terence Gallagher helped Pfizer build a reputation as a governance stalwart

Terence J. Gallagher often gets stares when he tells people his title at Pfizer Inc. ''People are almost always surprised,'' he says. ''They've never heard anything like it.''

Gallagher may be the world's only vice-president for corporate governance. Most companies hand over such duties to their general counsels, who serve as the liaison between the board and senior management. But when William C. Steere Jr. became chairman five years ago, he wanted Pfizer to help shape the then-emerging debate over governance.

Enter Gallagher, a 32-year Pfizer veteran who had been assistant vice-president for administration. Since 1992, the soft-spoken lawyer has helped the company build a reputation as a governance stalwart. Ironically, he has done so even as the company toes a moderate line on board issues. ''At Pfizer, governance has not been a revolution. It has been an evolution,'' says Robert W. Lear, a consultant and executive-in-residence at Columbia University's business school.

Pfizer's carefully cultivated reputation enabled Gallagher to pull off the near-impossible earlier this year: He persuaded the country's most activist investors--from the New York City Teachers' Retirement Fund to TIAA-CREF--to swallow its renewal of a poison pill. To most stockholders, such devices are anathema, since they protect management. Poison pills usually bring a call for a shareholder vote.

Pfizer, however, avoided a fuss over its poison pill, largely through goodwill Gallagher created. He talked investors into accepting the pill by ensuring it would be reviewed every three years by the independent directors. ''Maybe I sell out too easily, but I judge their outreach effort to be serious,'' says Jon Lukomnik, deputy controller for New York City pensions. ''We haven't always agreed on things, but they have been out front in examining governance.''

So what does a corporate-governance VP do? Gallagher started by helping revamp executive compensation, linking pay to performance. Next, he assisted the board in creating a governance committee and designing a charter that empowered the panel--instead of the CEO--to recommend new board members. He also helped to draft a set of governance principles and regularly meets with shareholders.

In his first year, Gallagher visited with 20 top Pfizer institutional investors. ''I learned that some of them weren't much interested in corporate governance,'' he says. ''They didn't care about it unless we failed to make the bottom line next quarter.''

COURTED. More important, however, many investors--who had scant contact with the management of the companies in their portfolios--were suddenly being courted by Gallagher. ''This is a company that has been very attentive to shareholders,'' says B. Kenneth West, the head of governance at TIAA-CREF.

As boards go, Pfizer's is good. CEO Steere and two other insiders do not sit on the audit, compensation, or governance committees. And once a year, the outsiders meet without Steele to discuss his performance and other matters. Pfizer also ditched director pensions in 1995.

But if those moves put it ahead of many, Pfizer is hardly pushing the envelope. Among other things, Pfizer doesn't let shareholders vote each year for all directors. It does not do performance evaluations of either the board or individual directors, and it has no mandatory share ownership rules. Moreover, among his four directorships, Steere serves on the board of Minerals Technologies Inc., whose CEO also sits on Pfizer's board.

Such relationships would be prohibited at governance leaders like Campbell Soup, Compaq, and Chrysler. Gallagher's answer to this charge: ''You can have a good corporate-governance program without going as far as Campbell or Compaq.'' Gallagher's unique title notwithstanding, Pfizer remains firmly in the middle of the pack.

By John A. Byrne in New York

Quote:It is a truth that has comforted Terence J. Gallagher, vice president for corporate governance at Pfizer, Inc., a giant pharmaceutical firm with 40,000 employees, operations in 40 countries, and $10 billion in annual revenues. Gallagher's prime responsibilities include maintaining the company's code of conduct and dealing with large institutional stockholders on social-responsibility issues.

In the course of a candid conversation on human rights, corporate responsibility and personal faith, Gallagher mentions several examples where the economic was as vital a need as any other.

"We have operations in South Africa, and have for a long time. When apartheid was in place, religious groups wanted us to withdraw. I pointed out we were operating in accordance with our code of conduct, which requires equal opportunity in hiring and promotions.

"We had been in South Africa since the 1950s, so we had employees who had been with us for 30 years. We did not want to abandon these employees, and, as a pharmaceutical company, we felt that we were providing a vital service to people, black or white, by providing basic pharmaceuticals."

After apartheid, Pfizer was asked by a delegation of investors from the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility to adopt the "Code of Conduct for Businesses Operating in South Africa," written by Catholic bishops and other church leaders from the South African Council of Churches. Gallagher told the group, which included Maryknoll Father Joseph La Mar and Ursuline Sister Barbara Glendon, that Pfizer's code was similar and "generally consistent."

After much back and forth, the company issued a statement to that effect, one that Gallagher shepherded through all necessary channels.

"We were not only pleased with the compromise that resulted from open and frank dialogue," he says, "but gratified when six other companies, following our lead, accepted the South African [Council of Churches] code's standards for their businesses in that country."

In another instance, Gallagher recalls the scene in Haiti, where he traveled to donate Pfizer goods. "I was discouraged by what I saw both in terms of human rights and from a business perspective. In that brief visit, it looked like a country that was virtually bankrupt. You've got to provide some sort of livelihood for the people to get human rights to mean anything."

Though doing good helps Pfizer do well, Gallagher's faith also directs his work.

"As a Catholic, I am involved in humanity generally and have a responsibility for my fellow man. Whatever I can do to assist my fellow man, I should do."

He was raised in New York City in a family "that was always reaching out to other people." This included housing orphaned cousins and others in need. He attended Manhattan College and Harvard Law School. Today, Gallagher is active in his parish—St. Joseph's in Bronxville, New York—and as a Knight of Malta.

Quote:Pfizer, Inc. engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of prescription medicines for humans and animals in the United States, Europe, Canada, Asia, and Latin America. Its Pharmaceutical segment offers products for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, such as Lipitor for elevated cholesterol levels in the blood; Norvasc for hypertension; Caduet for cardiovascular events; Chantix/Champix for smoking cessation; and Exubera, the inhaled human insulin therapy for glycemic control. Its products for central nervous system disorders include Zoloft for various disorders; Geodon/Zeldox, a psychotropic agent; Aricept for Alzheimer's disease; and Lyrica for adjuctive therapy for adults with partial onsent epileptic seizures. This segment also offers Celebrex for osteoarthritis, adult rheumatoid arthritis, acute pain, menstrual pain, and familial adenomatous polyposis; Zithromax for bacterial infections; Vfend for serious and potentially fatal fungal infections, esophageal candidiasis, and blood stream infections in non-neutropenic patients; Zyvox for bacterial infections; and Viagra for erectile dysfunction; and Detrol for overactive bladder. In addition, it offers Camptosar, a therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer; Sutent, an oral multi-kinase inhibitor; Xalatan/Xalacom for open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension; Genotropin for various growth disorders; and Zyrtec for allergies and hives. The company's Animal Health segment offers parasiticides, anti-inflammatories, vaccines, and antibiotics. Pfizer also offers Celsentri (maraviroc), an oral CCR5, for HIV treatment. It serves retailers, clinics, pharmacies, doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, hospitals, pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations, and government agencies. Pfizer has collaboration with Icagen, Inc.; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; and Graffinity Pharmaceuticals AG. The company was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Quote:7.30.2007
Nigeria sues drug giant

The government of Nigeria is suing Pfizer, charging that the world's largest pharmaceutical company conducted improper trials of the anti-meningitis drug Trovan in children.

The Nigerian government wants $7 billion in damages for the families of children who allegedly died or suffered serious side effects after being given the experimental antibiotic, BBC News reported. A few years ago, the Nigerian state of Kano filed a separate lawsuit against Pfizer seeking $2.7 billion in damages. That suit is still working its way through the legal system.

Pfizer tested Trovan in children during a meningitis outbreak in Kano in 1996. About 200 children died and others suffered mental and physical problems. In its lawsuit, the Nigerian government says Trovan caused the deaths and injuries and that the children were injected with the drug without approval from the country's regulatory agencies, BBC News reported.

Pfizer has steadfastly denied any wrongdoing and says the trials were conducted with the full knowledge of the Nigerian government, according to Nigerian and international law.

In the United States, Trovan is approved to treat adults, but not children. – (HealthDayNews)

Quote:1929
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-- The Vatican awards Knighthood in the Order of Malta to two San Franciscans, Transamerica Corporation President Amadeo Peter Giannini and American Trust Company President John S. Drum. The knighthood is the oldest and most distinguished decoration of laymen conferred by the Catholic Church.

Quote:The collection was purchased from John Sylvester Drum (1872-1957), a prominent attorney, who served as president of the American Trust Corporation as well as president of the American Bankers Association and sat on the boards of Pacific Gas & Electric and the Yosemite Valley Railroad Company. Along with C. Templeton Crocker he was in part responsible for reviving the moribund California Historical Society in 1922 and was made a Knight of Malta by the pope in 1929 for his church philanthropy. Today the etchings in the Drum collection form an invaluable historical record of Californias cities in the transitory phase from village to metropolis.

The Society of California Pioneers, founded in 1850 by pre-Gold Rush pioneers, is the state's oldest historical organization. Dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and enjoyment of California heritage, the Societys archives include an outstanding collection of 19th and early 20th century artwork, artifacts, photographs and manuscripts.

The Society of California Pioneers
300 Fourth Street at Folsom
San Francisco, CA 94107

Quote:Lanfranco Amato has passed away
He was very well known in Toronto, especially for his work at the helm of Olivetti Canada

Lanfranco Amato of Campolevrini, born in 1922, passed away serenely at his home in Toronto on February 14th. He completed his autobiography just over a year ago as a legacy for his son and grandchildren.
The book, published in November 2003, bears the title Experiences, Memories and Reflections on My Life. Amato was very well known in Toronto, especially for his work at the helm of Olivetti Canada.
Amato's wife, Liliana, wrote to us. Her words profoundly echo the extent of the family's sense of loss: "Lanfranco leaves his wife Liliana, who shared over 50 years of his life; his beloved son Sergio, who weeps for his father along with his wife Lucy (Lake Forest, Illinois) and their three children - Lilly, James and Finley - who adored him and cannot resign themselves to the idea that they won't get any more hugs, kisses and caresses from their wonderful grandfather, who was so affectionate and so proud of them.
"Lanfranco also leaves his sisters, Laura and Maria Teresa, along with their respective families; his sister-in-law Maria Cristina, brother-in-law Renato and sister-in-law Donatella and their families.
"Lanfranco was generous, optimistic, noble and sensitive. He deeply loved his family and was moved by the numerous friends who appreciated and admired him and showed him affection and esteem at every opportunity. As a father he taught Sergio everything that was important in life. He was a constant example of righteousness-a quality very hard, if not outright impossible-to find today, let alone emulate. Lanfranco leaves a gap in our hearts that will never be filled, and his memory will be with us forever."
"The last farewell to Lanfranco Amato took place on February 17th at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Rosary Church, 354 St. Clair Ave. West, Toronto. Amato was entombed in Lake Forest, Illinois.
"The family would appreciate donations to the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, 600 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5."
In his autobiography, Amato wrote, "Because of my work as an industrial manager, my involvement in a national and international social life, as well as my participation in artistic, cultural and community activities, I was invested with several chivalric ranks, decorations, diplomas and declarations of merit. I am, of course ,immensely grateful to the different promoters and organizers for all of this, not so much for the 'cuteness' of the titles, but for the high honour that they bestowed upon me.
In chronological order, I count: Sovereign Military Hospitaller, Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta-the most ancient among knightly orders. The order was established in the 11th century on the occasion of the first crusade to the Holy Land. Admitted as a Knight of Magistral Grace, within a decade I progressed very rapidly through the ranks due to my active work in several projects of the Canadian Association, first of all, at the Good Shepherd Manor, which helps mentally handicapped kids, and due to my sitting on Canada's steering council as vice-president in charge of the activities of knights and dames of the Order in the Province of Ontario. I rose to Grand Cross of Magistral Grace, then Knight of Grace and Devotion, Grand Cross of Grace and Devotion and, finally, to Knight of Obedience. When I reached this final rank, if I had made myself available to the Order of Malta's central government, located in Rome on via Condotti, I could have obtained a ministerial post.
"Last but not least, thanks to direct intervention by Grand Master Fra' Angelo di Majana, I obtained the Barony of Campolevrini and the title of Grand Officer of the Order of Saint Agatha from the Republic of Saint Marino.
Another knighthood I received in Toronto was that of the Military Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, where I was admitted as Knight Commander. After a while I was also admitted as Knight of Grand Cross in the Sovereign Military Teutonic Order of the Levant. Another honour that made me proud with its intrinsic prestige was admission to the Order of Canada. My admission to the Order took place in Ottawa, in the presence of the Governor General of Canada, officiating on behalf of Queen Elizabeth. King Umberto II, from Cascais, appointed me Knight of the Crown of Italy. Mr. Ernst August Fürstzuer Lippe appointed me Holder of the Princely Family Order of Lippe. I was admitted to the Ancient Scientific and Literary Academy of the Incamminati as meritorious member, and the same went for my admission to the Tiberine Academy (an institution of higher education for the advancement of arts, letters, and sciences). I also became a Fellow of London's Royal Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Due to the intervention of two Italian ambassadors to Canada, I first received the rank of Commander and then, a few years later, the rank of Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy. At the Capitol, in Rome, I was presented with the Golden Mercury National Award, a prize given to those involved with economic development and co-operation in recognition of the merits I acquired in my capacity as president of the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Toronto. I was also admitted to the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, with a ceremony that took place at their headquarters at the Clos de Voujeot castle in Burgundy. At the same chapter meeting, other people were also admitted, including Germany's Foreign Minister Willy Brandt, France's Foreign Minister Couve de Merville and the U.S. Ambassador to France, James Roosevelt. The evening ceremony and dinner were incredibly well organized, full of warmth and significance, music and song, royal food with wines worthy of the Arabian Nights and a large collection of distinguished guests (400 people from all over the world).
"I was also admitted to the Order of the Noble Companions of the Swan with the rank of commander, to the Knightly Association of St. George the Martyr as a member, and to the ancient Irish order Niadh Nask as a member.
"As a member of the Order of Canada I was appointed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to chair ceremonies for the granting of Canadian citizenship to new immigrants. My name appears in The International Who's Who of Intellectuals, published by the International Biographic Centre of Cambridge, England.
"My name also appears in the Hall of Fame of the American Biographical Institute International Directory of Distinguished Leadership."
Amato belonged to numerous corporate boards. In his autobiography he listed twelve, including Olivetti, Riello and Banca Commerciale Italiana.
The loss of Lanfranco Amato will be keenly felt not only by his family, but by everyone who knew him, not only in Canada and in Italy, but by friends, colleagues and associates all over the world..

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Italian Information Technology around the world
Olivetti today is one of the top Italian players on the Information Technology marketplace. It boasts almost one hundred years in research and innovation and has been a company of the Telecom Italia group since August 2003.

Olivetti has 5 research centres in Italy and Switzerland, 4 production facilities and an international sales network covering 83 countries, for a total of 1,755 employees.

A major R&D commitment
Olivetti devotes significant resources to technological R&D

* 19% of its employees – a total of 330 people – work in R&D at the 5 research centres:: Agliè (Turin), Arnad (Aosta), Carsoli (L’Aquila) and Scarmagno (Turin) in Italy and Yverdon in Switzerland. In the three-year period 2005-2007, Olivetti will spend approximately 100 million euro – half of its investment budget – on R&D; of this amount, 75% will focus on ink-jet R&D.

Proprietary ink-jet technology Olivetti is the only European company and one of six worldwide with a proprietary ink-jet technology On-going ink-jet development work is conducted at the technology centre in Arnad (Aosta)

* 200 employees work on a complete ink-jet production cycle: from silicon machining to cartridge assembly
* 5,000 sq.m of clean rooms

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Lanfranco Amato

Knight of Obedience

Officer of the Order of Canada

Officer of the Most Venerable Order of St. John

Quote:William F. Gorog

1925 Born, Warren, OH

1949 B.S., United States Military Academy

1949‑54 Reconnaissance Officer, United States Air Force

1954‑55 Marketing Manager, Bulova Watch Company

1956‑63 Executive Vice President, Data Corporation, Dayton, OH

1963‑68 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Data Corporation, Dayton, OH

1968‑75 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Mead Technology Laboratories, Dayton, OH

May 1975‑March 1976 Deputy Director for Domestic Economic Policy, Economic Policy Board

March‑Nov. 1976 Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs

Nov. 1976‑Jan. 1977 Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy

1977‑Present Managing Director, The Arbor Group, Washington, DC

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WILLIAM F. GOROG
Chairman
InteliData Technologies Corporation

William F. Gorog was one of the founders, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Data Corporation, a high technology research and development company involved in optics, photographic systems and the design of special purpose computers and software. He was the originator of the computerized law and news information systems known as LEXIS-NEXIS now in use by thousands of law firms, courts, federal agencies, and corporations throughout the United States.

In 1969 Data Corporation was merged with the Mead Corporation. Mr. Gorog remained as Chairman and CEO of the subsidiary company, and was also designated a senior officer of the parent and became a member of the Senior Operations Management Group with responsibility for high technology ventures.

In March of 1975, he joined the Ford Administration as Deputy Director of the President’s Economic Policy Board. He was later named Deputy Assistant to the President of Economic Affairs and in 1976 was made Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy. In this capacity he was a member of the White House Senior Staff reporting directly to the President.

Mr. Gorog left the White House after the election and change in administration in 1977 and established a trading company primarily involved in the export of U.S. computer products to the Far East. During this period he also acted as managing partner of an investment group and as an advisor to foreign investors in Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.

From 1983 to 1987 he was President of the Magazine Publishers of America, an association composed of the principal consumer magazine publishers such as Time Warner, Conde Nast, and Hearst. In 1987, Mr. Gorog became Chairman and CEO of Arbor International, an investment management company principally involved in merger and acquisition activity and in financing energy, high technology, and real estate ventures. The InteliData project was started at Arbor. After prototype hardware and software was field tested, the corporation was formed in 1990 with second stage financing provided by WorldCorp.

During these periods he served as a director of VeriFone, the California-based transaction automation company and of Fiskars, the Helsinki-based worldwide manufacturer of scissors and garden tools. He also served in the banking industry as a director of Commerce Union Bank of Nashville, Tennessee; Sovran Bank of Norfolk, Virginia; C&S Sovran of Atlanta; and NationsBank, N.A.

In community affairs, he has served as chairman of The Board of Visitors of the Georgetown University School of Business; and as chairman of The Washington Campus, a consortium of sixteen university business schools which provides student exposure to the workings of the Federal Government. From 1984 to 1985 he was chairman of the chief Executives Organization, a 1,000 member graduate group of previous members of the Young President’s Organization.

He attended Carnegie Mellon, is a graduate of West Point and holds a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Ohio State University Graduate School.

Quote:GOROG-William F. William F. Gorog, one of America's most successful entrepreneurs who often noted that an almost warped sense of optimism, ''a refusal to accept reality'' was required to succeed in bringing pioneering technologies into mainstream use, died of complications from lung cancer on July 14, 2002 surrounded by his family in McLean, Virginia. Mr. Gorog was 76, and is survived by his wife of 53 years, Gretchen Meister Gorog, six children, and 21 grandchildren. Mr. Gorog's forty plus years in business included Co-Founding both Data Corporation and InteliData and serving as Chairman and CEO. During his career he also served as President of the Magazine Publishers Association, Chairman of the Chief Executives Organization, participated in the creation of VeriFone and served in President Ford's White House as head of the Council on International Economic Policy. In community affairs, Mr. Gorog served as chairman of The Board of Visitors of the Georgetown University School of Business; and as Chairman of The Washington Campus, a consortium of sixteen university business schools that provides student exposure to the workings of the Federal Government. Mr. Gorog most recently CoFounder and Chairman of InteliData (NASDAQ: ''INTD'') where he helped pioneer the Electronic Banking and Bill Payment (EBPP) technology. Mr. Gorog was born in Warren, Ohio on September 2, 1925. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1949, attended Carnegie Mellon and achieved his Master of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Ohio State University Graduate School. Mr. Gorog served both in World War II and the Korean War. Shortly after the Korean War, he Co-Founded and served as Chairman and CEO of Data Corporation, a high technology research and development company where he conceived of and developed the computerized law and news information systems known as LEXIS/ NEXIS now in use by thousands of law firms, courts, federal agencies, and corporations throughout the United States. Mr. Gorog's company also worked extensively with NASA and developed the photo-optics and systems for the Apollo Mission to the Moon. In 1969 Data Corporation was merged with the Mead Corporation and he became a director of Mead and remained Data's Chairman and CEO. In 1975 Mr. Gorog joined the Ford Administration as the Deputy Director of President's Economic Policy Board and in 1976 was made Executive Director of the Council on International Economic Policy. In this capacity, he was a member of the White House Senior Staff and reported directly to the President. Mr. Gorog left the White House after the change in administration in 1977 and established a trading company primarily involved in the export of U.S. computer products to the Far East. During this period, he also acted as managing partner of an investment group and advisor to foreign investors in Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. From 1983 to 1987, he was President of the Magazine Publishers of America, an association composed of the principal consumer magazine publishers such as Time Warner, Conde Nast, and Hearst. In 1987, Mr. Gorog became Chairman and CEO of Arbor International, an investment management company involved in financing energy, high technology, and real estate ventures. The InteliData project was started at Arbor and the corporation was formed in 1990. During these periods, Mr. Gorog served as a director of VeriFone, the California-based transaction automation company and of Fiskars, a Helsinki-based worldwide manufacturer. He served in the banking industry as a Director of Commerce Union Bank of Nashville, Sovran Bank of Norfolk, C&S Sovran of Atlanta, and NationsBank, VA. In 1949, Mr. Gorog, an only child, married Gretchen Meister, also an only child and together they had six children: Robin Gorog, Jonathan Gorog, Christopher Gorog, Lesley Gorog Harris, Jennifer Gorog Nichols, Peter Gorog, and twenty-one grandchildren. Gretchen and all his children and grandchildren survive him. Many of Mr. Gorog's six children and twenty-one grandchildren share his pioneering, entrepreneurial spirit, and are successful business executives, entrepreneurs and Olympians in their own rights. Mr. Gorog was a member of the Knights of Malta since 1976, a lay order of the Roman Catholic Church, and is a member of St. Luke Catholic Church in McLean, Virginia. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society specified for lung cancer research.

Quote:Mr. Gorog's community activities include serving as chairman of the board of visitors of the Georgetown University School of Business. He was also a member of the Knights of Malta, a lay order of the Roman Catholic Church.

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"It's the right thing to do, and now's the time to do it. It's doable, achievable, and we can afford it." Joseph E. Spinnato

Quote:IH&RA – the International Hotel & Restaurant Association – is the only global business organization representing the hospitality industry worldwide. Officially recognized by the United Nations, IH&RA monitors and lobbies all international agencies on behalf of this industry, estimated to comprise 300,000 hotels and 8 million restaurants, employ 60 million people and contribute 950 billion USD annually to the global economy.

The IH&RA is run on a not-for-profit basis with a team led by a Director General. It is governed by a General Assembly and a Board of Directors.
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Treasurer
Joseph E. Spinnato
President
Hotel Association of New York City, INC

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JOSEPH E. SPINNATO

Joseph E. Spinnato is President and CEO of the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc., which represents over 200 hotels, employs over 30,000 people, and generates billions of dollars in revenues for the City. He served as Fire Commissioner of New York City during the Koch administration, as First Assistant to the Special Prosecutor for Nursing Homes, and First Assistant to the District Attorney at the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of City Harvest, the Cardinal’s Committee for Charity, Board of Directors of Just One Break, Inc., Board of Directors of the Big Apple Greeters, Inc., and the Board of Trustees of St. Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Center in Manhattan. He also serves on the Board of Governors of the New York Convention Center Operating Corporation (Jacob K. Javits Convention Center). A quintessential New Yorker, Spinnato was born in Queens and attended public schools there until he entered LaSalle Military Academy in Oakdale, New York. He graduated St. John’s University in Hillcrest and received his law degree from the University of Miami Law School in Coral Gables, Florida

Quote:JOSEPH E. SPINNATO

For the past twenty-five years, Joseph E. Spinnato has been directly involved in the betterment of life in and for New York. In his current capacity as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc., he brings to this venerable association a new image and direction. He has moved the one hundred twenty-five year old organization into a more active and visible role in the city. The Association represents more than 200 hotels, employs more than 30,000 people and generates billions of dollars in revenues for the city.

In 1982, then Mayor Edward I. Koch appointed Mr. Spinnato as the Fire Commissioner of New York City. As Fire Commissioner, a position he held for 5 years prior to his appointment to the Hotel Association, Spinnato was responsible for the fire protection of the city and its 7 1/2 million residents. Before joining the Fire Department, Mr. Spinnato served as First Assistant to the Special Prosecutor for Nursing Homes for 5 years. Previously, he was at the Nassau County District Attorney's Office for 10 years serving as First Assistant to the District Attorney and also Chief of the Rackets Bureau.

Mr. Spinnato's humanitarian interests are extensive and varied. He is a Knight of Malta and is now the Lieutenant of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of the Eastern Lieutenancy. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors of City Harvest, the Cardinal's Committee for Charity, Board of Directors of Just One Break, Inc., Board of Directors of the Big Apple Greeters, Inc., and the Board of Trustees of St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center in Manhattan. He received the 1989 Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee, in 1990 he received the Cardinal's Award from His Eminence John Cardinal O'Connor, in 1992 he received the Jerusalem Founders Man of the Year Award from the American Committee for Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, and in 2001 he received the International Brotherhood Award from Bikor Cholim Hospital, also in Jerusalem.

In 1987 Mr. Spinnato received an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law Degree from St. John's University, and in 1991 Governor Mario Cuomo appointed Mr. Spinnato to the Board of Governors of the New York Convention Center Operating Corporation (Jacob K. Javits Convention Center), a position he still holds.

A quintessential New Yorker, Spinnato was born in Queens and attended public schools there until he entered LaSalle Military Academy in Oakdale, New York. He graduated St. John's University in Hillcrest and received his law degree from the University of Miami Law School in Coral Gables, Florida. Mr. Spinnato is married to the former Madeline Romano, a graduate of St. John's University at Hillcrest. They have one daughter, Janine, who graduated from Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and from St. John's University School of Law. Her husband, Sean P. Leyden, is also an attorney and is with the law firm of Garfunkel, Wild & Travis. They have two children, Sean Joseph and Jason Michael.

Quote:V. The Order of the Holy Sepulchre today
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3. Organisation

Responsibility for the Order is entrusted by the Pope to a Cardinal who bears the title of Grand Master. He holds all necessary powers except the power to amend the constitution, which is the prerogative of the Pontiff.

H. M. R. Cardinal John Patrick FOLEY
Grand Master of the Order

The Grand Magisterium currently consists of the following:

Grand Master of the Grand Magisterium

S. Em. Rme / Z.H. Em. le Cardinal / Kardinaal John Patrick FOLEY

Grand Master Emeritus of the Grand Magisterium

S. Em. Rme / Z.H. Em. le Cardinal / Kardinaal Carlo FURNO

The members of the Grand magisterium
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Chev.Gr.Cr. Joseph E. SPINNATO