nick retirement powerpoint. when first asked, i replied that i had no pictures from nick’s early...
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When first asked, I replied that I had no pictures from Nick’s early years at
Lowell; but I looked extra hard in recent weeks and I’m pleased to say that I managed to find a few after all. I have put them together in a slide
show. Here it is:
After an expedition to North Carolina, to the ancestral
Minton family home, I even managed to salvage a few old
pictures from the tattered Minton family photo album.
This old one is evidently Nick’s great-great
grandpappy,Colonel Beauregard Minton.
There seems to be a definite family resemblance.
Frank Talty and Marty Meehan were among our
students in the mid 1970’s; they haven’t really changed
much either.
Things were a bit different back then. The President took a personal interest in how his faculty were doing and would occasionally drop by to greet
us.
Of course today’s UML is a very different place and our Chancellor has brought in
some nationally known consultants to help UML
develop a new “cutting edge,” “world class,” “move us to the
next level” strategy.
And applying sophisticated, high-tech management
techniques, they at last have a solution for the faculty parking
problem
They are now planning a new dorm for south campus that
promises to outshine even the downtown inn and conference center. Here is the architect’s
vision.
In the 1980’s, when I led the faculty union, I got Nick involved too and
appointed him to represent us on the Health and Welfare Trust. He served
in that capacity for two decades despite the burden of having to travel
to attend the dull, boring national trustee conference most years.
In the 1970’s, Political Science was a part of the History Department. In the early 80’s, Political Science
split off from History; the process went smoothly with
only a few minor disagreements
The faculty of the new Political Science Department was then
seen as one of the coolest and most intellectual
aggregations in the University
I WAS THE FIRST DEPARTMENT CHAIR.
MUCH OF MY TIME WAS SPENT HELPING THE ALWAYS GRATEFUL
STUDENTS SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS
In retirement, Nick has finally been able to partake of those many activities he has always dreamed about but never had
time to pursue before.