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Connecticut Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth, Jim Smith and Robert Patricelli, March 13, 2019

March 4, 2019 /

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Jim Smith and Robert Patricelli will speak about the Connecticut Commission on Fiscal Stability and Economic Growth

(FSEG). Connecticut’s revenues are not keeping pace with spending commitments. Our population has not grown since 1990, and private sector jobs are fewer today than a decade ago due to the high cost of doing business here and unfriendly tax climate, aging infrastructure and transportation issues. The new  administration is faced with a $2 billion deficit due to overspending in the past and pension shortfall in state employee and teacher pension funds. What new taxes and belt tightening the committee will eventually recommend will evolve over the next months. Jim is chairman of the Board of Webster Financial Corporation and, until recently, served as vice chairman of the Midsize Banks Coalition of America. He served as a member of the Federal Advisory Council, which advises the deliberations of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and served on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He is actively engaged in community service and supports numerous civic organizations. Bob has spent more than 50 years in leadership roles in the health care industry and in public service. His business life began in health care in 1987 at Connecticut General Corporation and its successor Cigna Corporation. In 1997, he left Cigna to begin a 20-year career as an entrepreneur, founding several companies. His public service started fresh out of law school as a White House Fellow, followed by numerous roles in Washington, D.C., and Hartford. Bob most recently served as co-chair of the FSEG, appointed by Gov. Malloy in 2017. He has served on the Board of Directors for five organizations. He grew up in Hartford, attended Wesleyan University and Harvard Law School, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Paris. Arranged by John Schlachtenhaufen

 

Video of their presentation: https://youtu.be/xosAOE0dDtA

Bob Patricelli’s slides: https://dariendma.org/wp-content/uploads/Patricelli-Lamont-Budget-Comments-Final-030819.pdf

Jim Smith’s slides: https://dariendma.org/wp-content/uploads/PACT-Slides-for-JSmithv1-ch-6-for-03-13-2019-without-notes.pdf

Homework that will help get the most from the speakers:

Lamont’s Budget presentation.

https://dariendma.org//wp-content/uploads/Gov-Lamont-FY20-FY21-Budget-Presentation-2-20-19.pdf

https://ct-n.com/ondemand.asp?ID=16045

Fiscal Stability Commission Report 2.0

https://www.cga.ct.gov/fin/tfs/20171205_Commission%20on%20Fiscal%20Stability%20and%20Economic%20Growth/20181128/Report%202.0%2011.26.18.pdf

Jim Lewis: McDonald’s Advertising, March 6 2019

March 3, 2019 /

Jim Lewis will speak on McDonald’s advertising program and future plans. Jim has been in the  McDonald's system since 1986 and an owner/operator since 1993. He currently owns 17 restaurants in Manhattan and Queens, including the famous Times Square and 42nd Street McDonald’s. Jim began his career as an account executive with Michigan Bell Telephone in 1981. After that, he worked as a sales manager for AT&T in Southfield, Mich. He has a B.A. degree in marketing from Michigan State University. He was a member of Sigma Nu and served as the fraternity's first president when it returned to campus in 1978. He served as president of the Inter-fraternity Council for Michigan State University. Jim is married to Kimberly Lewis, and they have three children. The family lives in Darien.

Arranged by Tom Lom

Video of his presentation: https://youtu.be/i0SQ2GFsdpA

Ken Allen passes away February 27, 2019

March 1, 2019 /

Kenneth H. Allen of Darien died peacefully at home on February 27, 2019. He was 82 years old.

Mr. Allen was born on January 13, 1937 to the late Kenneth E. and Claudine (Smith) Allen. He is a graduate of UCLA, where he received his BA in Political Science. He served as an information officer in Italy while on active duty in the United States Air Force.

Mr. Allen is a retired IBM executive. During his career, he served in management positions on IBM’s corporate staff, in its divisions and at IBM World Trade Corporation.

Mr. Allen produced a popular real estate blog which appeared on a number of websites.

Mr. Allen is predeceased by his parents and his younger brother, Robert. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Linda, and his daughters Katie of Darien and Meg of New Canaan.

Visiting hours will be held at the Edward Lawrence Funeral Home, 2119 Post Road, Darien on Thursday, March 7 from 6pm-8pm. A mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. John R.C. Church, 1986 Post Road, Darien on Friday, March 8 at 10am. Mr. Allen will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery.

The family asks that donations please be sent to Darien EMS Post 53, P. O. Box 2066, Darien, CT 06820.

To send flowers or a remembrance gift to the family of Kenneth Allen, please visit our Tribute Store.

Book Club: Friends Divided : John Adams and Thomas Jefferson by Gordon S Wood, July 10, 2019, 9:15 Mather Center

February 26, 2019 /

From the great historian of the American Revolution, New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer-winning Gordon Wood, comes a majestic dual biography of two of America’s most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation, and whose subsequent falling out did much to fix its course.Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could scarcely have come from more different worlds, or been more different in temperament. Jefferson, the optimist with enough faith in the innate goodness of his fellow man to be democracy’s champion, was an aristocratic Southern slaveowner, while Adams, the overachiever from New England’s rising middling classes, painfully aware he was no aristocrat, was a skeptic about popular rule and a defender of a more elitist view of government. They worked closely in the crucible of revolution, crafting the Declaration of Independence and leading, with Franklin, the diplomatic effort that brought France into the fight. But ultimately, their profound differences would lead to a fundamental crisis, in their friendship and in the nation writ large, as they became the figureheads of two entirely new forces, the first American political parties. It was a bitter breach, lasting through the presidential administrations of both men, and beyond. But late in life, something remarkable happened: these two men were nudged into reconciliation. What started as a grudging trickle of correspondence became a great flood, and a friendship was rekindled, over the course of hundreds of letters. In their final years they were the last surviving founding fathers and cherished their role in this mighty young republic as it approached the half century mark in 1826. At last, on the afternoon of July 4th, 50 years to the day after the signing of the Declaration, Adams let out a sigh and said, “At least Jefferson still lives.” He died soon thereafter. In fact, a few hours earlier on that same day, far to the south in his home in Monticello, Jefferson died as well. Arguably no relationship in this country’s history carries as much freight as that of John Adams of Massachusetts and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. Gordon Wood has more than done justice to these entwined lives and their meaning; he has written a magnificent new addition to America’s collective story

Book Club: Presidents of War by Michael Beschloss, April 10, 2019

February 17, 2019 /

From a preeminent presidential historian comes a groundbreaking and often surprising saga of America’s wartime chief executives Ten years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any President, at times sending hundreds of thousands of American men and women to their deaths. From James Madison and the War of 1812 to recent times, we see them struggling with Congress, the courts, the press, their own advisors and antiwar protesters; seeking comfort from their spouses, families and friends; and dropping to their knees in prayer. We come to understand how these Presidents were able to withstand the pressures of war–both physically and emotionally–or were broken by them. Beschloss’s interviews with surviving participants in the drama and his findings in original letters, diaries, once-classified national security documents, and other sources help him to tell this story in a way it has not been told before. Presidents of War combines the sense of being there with the overarching context of two centuries of American history. This important book shows how far we have traveled from the time of our Founders, who tried to constrain presidential power, to our modern day, when a single leader has the potential to launch nuclear weapons that can destroy much of the human race.

 

The author discussing the book.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6654z2KUt38

Kent Haydock passes away February 4, 2019

February 12, 2019 /

William Kent Haydock, longtime resident of Darien, CT, passed on peacefully at home on February 4, 2019 at the age of 93. He leaves his beloved wife of nearly 63 years, the former Caroline Pinckney Prioleau (Pinky), whom he married in Charleston, SC, as well as their three children and families. Kent was the son of the late Roger and Marjorie Kent Haydock of Wyncote, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia.

Following his graduation from Cheltenham High School, where he captained the wrestling team and won the all-suburban wrestling championship, Kent entered the U.S. Naval Air Corps. He became a commissioned naval aviator and ensign as WWII ended.

Returning to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Kent graduated in 1949 with a major in Marketing. He continued to excel at wrestling while at Penn, serving as team captain his senior year and placing first at the 1948 Middle Atlantic AAU tournament, pinning opponents with his trademark double-armlock maneuver, dubbed “The Haydock Hold.” In a class of 4,500, Kent was recognized as one of the top four “Honor Men”, won Penn’s highest award for all minor sports, and was elected to the Sphinx Senior Society, a select group chosen for their achievement, character, and leadership. He later became an early president of the University of Pennsylvania’s Club of Fairfield County.

Kent was a devoted member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Darien. He was a lay assistant for 25 years, a member of the vestry, an artist, and a writer, among other roles. He was also an active member of the Senior Men’s Association, serving a term as president. He taught English as a second language, counseled local small businesses, and was appointed chair of Darien’s Deer Management Committee, where he served the community for 15 years, with a special focus on combating Lyme disease. In addition, Kent and Pinky served 20 years on the membership committee of The Tokeneke Club.

He long enjoyed playing tennis and bridge, became an award-winning watercolorist, a family genealogist, and a personal investment manager for many years. Devoted to his family and always a gentleman, Kent was a kind and generous man with a strong faith, a wonderful sense of humor, and a real interest in others. He will be dearly missed by his family and large circle of friends.

Along with his loving wife and anchor Pinky, he is survived by their three children: William Kent Haydock, Jr. (and Cynthia Fetty) of Burlingame, CA, with his children Sarah (and Christopher) Dall and Andrew Haydock; Caroline (and John) Tibbetts of Darien, with their children Laura (and Robert) Witney and Parker Tibbetts; and Thomas (and Deborah) Haydock of Apex, NC, with their son Christopher Haydock. Kent is also survived by a great-grandson, Mason Dall. In addition, he leaves his sister, Marjorie (Peggy) Haydock McConnell and her husband Howard of Ambler, PA, as well as much-loved nieces and a nephew. He was predeceased by his brother, Roger Haydock, Jr., of Maple Glen, PA.

A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on March 23, 2019 at St. Luke’s Parish, Darien, CT. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to St. Luke’s Parish or to Person-to-Person at 1864 Post Road, Darien, CT 06820.

Don Brown: January 18, 2019

February 12, 2019 /

Don Brown passed away peacefully on January 18, 2019. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1923, he was the
son of Samuel Raymond Brown and Theophelia Parrett Brown. He grew up in Glenbrook, CT and
graduated from Stamford High School where he was vice president of his senior class in 1941. Don
enlisted in 1942 and served in the Marine Corps., subsequently attending Princeton University and
graduating in 1947.

In 1948 Don joined Irving Subway Grating Co., where he started his career in sales. He was president of Irving when it was acquired by Harsco Steel Corporation in 1966. His years at Harsco, as divisional President for IKG Industries, took him to Mexico, South America and Europe establishing manufacturing factories producing and selling steel, aluminum and fiberglass flooring to the world market. Don raised his family in Darien, CT and retired there in 1985.

He is survived by his three children: Nancy Condon (Jay), Patricia Kinnunen (Peter), and Keith Brown (Wendy); his 8 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren, who lovingly knew him as “Pop”; a brother, Bruce Brown; and many close nieces, nephews and extended family members.

Don will be remembered for his smile, indelible spirit and booming voice as well as his generosity and kindness. His philanthropy went well beyond his service to the community as he was always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who needed it.

Don and Georgie were active members of the First Congregational Church of Darien for over 60 years, serving on every board and making lifelong friends. Some of Don’s other volunteer commitments were to Person to Person as the “van man” picking up and delivering furniture for many years, Meals on Wheels, Red Cross, United Fund, and Pilgrim Towers.

Don and Georgie enjoyed traveling with friends and made many more on each trip they took. Don’s energy and happy spirit were contagious.

The Brown family were all passionate about skiing and Don was known as the “Brown Bomber” as he swooped down the mountains of VT and the ski areas out west every year with his “over 70” buddies. His last best run was at 85 years old when he joined a grandson at Vail and they skied the back bowls together.

A Memorial Service will be held in his honor at the First Congregational Church in Darien, CT at 2:00 on May 18, 2019.

Donations in Don’s memory may be made to The First Congregational Church, 14 Brookside Road,
Darien, CT 06820 or Person to Person, 1864 Post Road, Darien, CT
06820. www.lawrencefuneralhome.com

William Harrington

February 12, 2019 /

Obituary: William E. Harrington of Darien

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William E. Harrington of Darien, Connecticut, passed away peacefully on January 18, 2019 after a long and fulfilling life.

Bill was born in Brookline, MA, on May 26, 1924 to the late William E. Harrington, Sr., and Alice O’Laughlin Harrington. At age six, he and his family relocated to Westchester County, NY, where he was raised.

Bill attended college at his beloved University of Notre Dame and became a lifelong fan. His college career was interrupted by his service as a pilot in the Army Air Corps during WWII. After a near fatal crash during night training in Georgia, Bill spent two years in the hospital recovering from his injuries. After graduating from Notre Dame, he began his career in advertising in New York City at Young & Rubicam, where he met and married Margaret McCabe. Midway through his career, Bill became a real estate broker in Darien, as an owner of Scott Associates and later Harrington Real Estate, recently retiring at the age of 90!

The Harringtons moved to Darien in 1956, where they raised five children. Bill is survived by his wife of 67 years, Margaret, and his children Meg Levine (Jeff) of Springfield, VA, Beth Harrington-Howes (Obie) of Portland, ME, Susan Hamill (Jeff) of Darien, CT, Mary Bouton (Ed) of Greenwich, CT, and Bill Harrington (Allison) of Glencoe, IL. The family grew to include 13 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He is also survived by his brother Paul Harrington (M.A.) of Somers, NY, his sister Sally Beers of Rye, NY, and many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister Joan Doyle, his sisters-in-law Sue Harrington, Anna McCabe Murphy, and his brothers-in-law Phil Beers, Paul Doyle, Michael McCabe, and Pat Murphy.

Bill was very active in many Darien community organizations including the Republican Town Committee (RTM), The Board of Realtors (President), St. John R. C. Church (Lay Minister), Notre Dame Club of Fairfield Country (Man of the Year), Noroton Bay Property Owners (Board Member and President), Middlesex Commons Condominium Board (President), Person-to-Person (volunteer), Darien (Senior) Men’s Association, ROMEO Club and Kiwanis Club.

Throughout his life Bill carried a bright smile, however, it was its brightest while spending time with family. He lives on as an inspiration to his family and friends for his unparalleled optimism, sense of humor and loyalty. He will be missed by all for his zest for life and dedication to others.

The family will receive family and friends at the Edward Lawrence Funeral Home, 2119 Boston Post Road, Darien, on January 23, 2019 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. John R. C. Church, 1986 Boston Post Road, Darien, on January 24, 2019 at 11:00 am. Burial will follow at Spring Grove Cemetery in Darien.

In lieu of flowers a memorial donation may be made to Operation Smile or the University of Notre Dame.

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