The Rotary
Club of New York
Fellow Rotarians,
My newsletter is a few days late, because I had
problems sending it out due to of Internet problems. I posted the newsletter on
our website last Friday. I am working on having the Internet problem resolved. If
it happens again, you will be able to find the newsletter on our website at www.NewYorkCityRotary.org.
While working on the Internet problem, I
received the very sad news that Joe Sullivan
had passed away. I received the following e-mail from
Giorgio Balestrieri:
New York City - August 2, 2002.
Major Case Inspector Joseph A. Sullivan, a
former FBI Special Agent and a legend of the Bureau, left us today at noon.
"Joe Sullivan has been the defender of
our rights
He has held the most valuable of public trusts
He has been the guardian of our
constitution"
Tom Clancy
He was also our mentor, the founder of E-POL
and an active member of the Rotary Club of New York; Joe Sullivan was "old
enough to know how to do business, and young enough to want more business to
do. Joe was the youngest old fellow Rotarian in the Club."
Giorgio H. Balestrieri
As a Special Agent with the FBI, Joe helped
solve the highest profile civil rights crimes of the 1960s. His 30-year law
enforcement career reads like a social history of the latter part of this
century. It began with National Security work during World War II, reached its
peak during the civil unrest of the 1960s and culminated in solving a bombing
spree that plagued New York City in the early 1970s. You can read more about
Joe Sullivan on our website at www.newyorkcityrotary.org/Joe_Sullivan/Joe_Sullivan.html.
I have fond memories of Joe. He always attended our meetings and
was very active in our club. He always encourage me with our website, even though
Joe at 85 never had a computer and never logged onto the Internet. Back in
February, I wrote about the surprise birthday party that the Sisters of
Fraternite Notre Dame arranged for Joe. What I did not write about at the time
was Joe’s and my trip home after the party. We rode in the back of a New York
bus for 45 minutes and Joe told me about his adventures in the FBI. As other
passengers heard Joe talking, they gravitated towards the back of the buss to hear
his stories. He had quite an audience by the time he got off the bus.
Joe Sullivan’s funeral
will take place Wednesday August 7th at 10:00 AM in St Agnes Catholic Church,
43rd Street between Lexington & 3rd Avenue, New York.
The speaker at our next meeting on August 6th
will be Michael Cardozo, who is the Corporation Counsel
of the City of New York. He is the Chief Legal Officer of New York City and
oversees a Law Department with more than 650 attorneys. The New York City Law
Department is the second-largest public law office in the entire United States
and provides legal services to the Mayor, the City, the City's agencies, and
related entities. You can read more about Michael
Cardozo in the Bulletin at www.newyorkcityrotary.org/Bulletin/BULLETIN080602.pdf
Taylor Gray, who has been a member since 1999,
wrote Reporter of the Week. His classification is Investment Research. Taylor
is very active with our famous and awarded Rotaract Club. You can read Reporter
of the Week in the Bulletin. It gives a great summary of what happened at the
last meeting. Taylor wrote that Rotary’s
Alternative Representative to the UN Barney Barnett reported on the activities
in the Rotary Office at the United Nations. Barney also suggested that the
Rotary Club of New York explore an idea to grant honorary memberships to UN
Ambassadors. By the way, Rotary International’s Past President Frank Devlyn has
also made the same suggestion.
The board of
trustees, under Chairman Morton Eydenberg, approved
$100,000 for Project Hospitality,
an organization that provides housing and food for Staten Island emergency
workers during and after 9/11. They approved $35,000 to four individuals (three
approved for $10,000 and one for $5,000). One person lost her husband, in the
others lost their jobs and/or were injured during 9/11. The total disbursement
from of the World Trade Center Disaster Fund is now $1,13 Million with another
$340,000 left to be distributed. You can read more about it in the Bulletin and
on our website at www.newyorkcityrotary.org/Foundation/foundation.html.
The Bulletin also tells us that the Board of
Directors approved Marco Meacci as a new member. His classification is
Restaurateur / Tuscan. Welcome to our legendary club Marco. I wonder if
President Silvio had something to do with the enrollment of Marco.
You can read in the Bulletin about Face of America, which will
have a bike tour celebrating the lives of those who lost their lives on
September 11th. The bike tour will leave from Ground Zero and end at the
Pentagon. I would not be surprised if our retired Marine Lou Di Paulo will ride
this tour. He is a dedicated bicycle rider.
We have quite a
few membership birthdays coming up in August. Larry Parks, Sylvan Barnet, Saul
Anton, Sy Rosenberg, Arthur Draznin and Aldon James all have birthdays. Happy
Birthday to you all! You can read more about it in the Bulletin.
Don’t forget to reserve your table for our next meeting. You can
do so via e-mail to our office at ny.rotary@verizon.net, or call Andreas or Ana at
212-633-1311. You can also fax in
the RSVP form, which you can download at www.newyorkcityrotary.org/Bulletin/RSVP080602.pdf.
Our fax number is 212-633-1954. Princeton Club’s
culinary staff will serve us Baked Mahi-Mahi.
Don’t forget to pay the annual dues and luncheon
payments for the first half of our fiscal year 2002-2003.
I recommend that you visit our New York Rotary
website every week at www.NewYorkCityRotary.org.
Rotary is a fellowship that
keeps on giving!
Internet
Communication Officer
The
Rotary Club of New York
Vice
Chairman
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