WSHU celebrates itself in the Bronx
Fairfield-based WSHU Public Radio Group recently celebrated its 30th anniversary at The Garden Terrace Room of the New York Botanical Gardens, Bronx, N.Y.
Frontier names Arndt its East Region chief
Stamford-based Frontier Communications Corp. announced Milford resident Kenneth Arndt is president of its new East Region comprising New York and Pennsylvania. Pending approval by the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of Frontier”™s acquisition of AT&T”™s wireline business, Connecticut will become part of the company”™s new East Region.
Most recently, Arndt served as regional president and was responsible for Frontier”™s operations in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. Arndt joined Frontier in October 2003 as state vice president and general manager for its then seven-state southeast territory.
The knockout artist
Judy Thompson, clinical assistant professor of nursing and director of the nurse anesthesia program at Quinnipiac University, recently accepted the 2014 Program Director of the Year from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists at its annual congress in Orlando, Fla.
At 14, wowing on violin
Danbury”™s Richter Association for the Arts presented a violin concert by Sofia Chiarandini, a 14-year-old Fairfield County resident, Oct. 5 at Richter House, Danbury. Chiarandini has been a violinist since she was 6 and currently studies classical violin in Manhattan.
Brandt joins Bankwell board
New Canaan-based Bankwell Financial Group, the holding company for Bankwell Bank, recently appointed Wilton resident Michael Brandt to its board.
Brandt is a senior vice president and CFO at Hartford-based Prudential Retirement. Prior to joining Bankwell, Brandt was senior managing director and CFO at GE Capital Commercial Finance and region head and chief operating officer for Americas at San Francisco-based Babcock & Brown.
Fairfield Public Library features SCORE program
Fairfield Public Library will feature a discussion by Luc Deslauriers, part of the Greater Bridgeport Chapter of SCORE”™s small-business strategies series, Sept. 30, 7 p.m. in the library”™s Rotary Room. Deslauriers will discuss starting a business, the risks and rewards, among other topics.
Deslauriers has more than 30 years of sales and marketing experience and 15 years experience as an advertising consultant to the health care and banking industries. He is a franchise owner/operator of FranNet CT/RI and host of “The Franchise Player” on the UR Business Network. Registration is requested at fairfieldpubliclibrary.org or call 203-256-3160.
Guest to lecture at Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum
On Wed., Oct. 15, 11 a.m., curator Raechel Guest will discuss “The Art of Collecting: The Mansion”™s Hidden Treasure” at the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Ave., Norwalk. Guest will also speak of the upcoming exhibit, “Hidden Treasures: Artifacts from the LMMM Collections,” which will be open to the public, Wednesday, Oct. 22.
Guest is a Smith College graduate with a master”™s degree in collection management from the University of Delaware. She is the mansion”™s curator and executive director and curator for the Cornwall Historical Society in Cornwall.
RSVP by Friday, Oct. 10. For more information: info@lockwoodmathewsmansion.com or call 203-838-9799, ext. 4, to purchase tickets.
MMRF honors Brokaw
The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation will honor Tom Brokaw, special correspondent for NBC News who is living with multiple myeloma, with its Spirit of Hope Award at the MMRF Annual Fall Gala Nov. 8 in Old Greenwich. Funds raised will benefit the foundation”™s cancer research models.
Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News” and member of the MMRF honorary board of directors, is emcee. The evening will culminate with a performance by trumpeter, bandleaders and composer Wynton Marsalis.
The MMRF will also present Dr. William N. Hait, global head of Janssen Research & Development L.L.C., a division of Johnson & Johnson, with the MMRF Corpoate Leadership Award in recognition of his commitment to multiple myeloma patients.
For more information or to reserve a table, donate an auction item or inquire about sponsorship opportunities, email mmrf@benefitoffice.org or call 888-584-5463.
Brown vs. Board of Education remembered
John W. Marshall, son of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, was the speaker at a luncheon of Bridgeport Public Education Fund, a foundation that supports Bridgeport”™s educational programs. The luncheon Sept. 17 at the Holiday Inn in Bridgeport, celebrated the 60th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education the 1954 Supreme Court case that outlawed segregation in public schools.
The luncheon also served as a reminder of the 1940 court case where Thurgood Marshall worked with Bridgeport attorney Samuel Friedman in the defense of Joseph Spell. Attorney Jon Orleans of the Bridgeport-based law firm Pullman & Comley LLC told the story of this case. Also present for the event was Bridgeport-based attorney Michael Koskoff of Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder PC, who wrote a screenplay about the Spell case.
Bruce Museum partners with Delamar Hotel
Greenwich”™s Bruce Museum will partner with the Delamar Hotel this fall to attract more Greenwich visitors. The museum and waterfront hotel, both Greenwich landmarks, will offer a “Connecticut Still Revolutionary Culture Seekers” package November-May to overnight visitors that includes free museum entrance, a discounted hotel rate and other area discounts. The promotion is the result of a $20,000 Marketing Challenge Grant awarded to the Bruce from the Connecticut Office of Tourism last May.
Endowment for Families in Business presents evening with Connolly
The Mark Lapine Endowment for Families in Business, an organization that provides resources for families and businesses in Fairfield County, will hold an event with Joe Connolly of the Wall Street Journal and WCBS News Radio 880, Oct. 7, 5:30 p.m., Sheraton Stamford Hotel.
The Mark Lapine Endowment for Families in Business was founded in 2013 as a partnership between Lapine Inc., First County Bank and the University of New Haven Center for Family Businesses. For more information, call 203-353-6917 or e-mail malendowment@lapineinc.com.
Bridgeport physician receives medical award
The Dr. Melville G. Magida Award, presented annually by the Fairfield County Medical Association and The Rosenthal Family Foundation, was awarded to Dr. Shireen (Dennie) Donaldson-Ramos. The award recognizes physicians under 39 years old who have shown a notable capacity for patient treatment and care and a sensitivity to patient-physician relationships. The Johns Hopkins- and Harvard-educated Donaldson-Ramos was nominated by Dr. Harold Sauer, Chairman of the Department of obstetrics and Gynecology at Bridgeport Hospital. She will be recognized during a staff meeting Oct. 22.
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