Never heard that from her..obviously too late to confirm. Is it Lew or Lewis?
S -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lewis Mellman Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 8:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [UC] Carolyn Burdon Carolyn once told me that she had been trying to lose the nickname for years but that people insisted on using it. I never called her Penny after that, and she appreciated it. -Lew >From: "Anthony West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Anthony West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "UnivCity Listserv" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [UC] FW: CPB >Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 04:40:01 -0500 > >MessageI shall testify to that, in a very personal way. > >In 1981, Penny was newly elected President of Friends of Clark Park and >I >was newly selected Coordinator of the Clark Park Music Festival. For four >months that year, she was my worst enemy. FoCP at that time was out to >expel all loud noises from the park and Penny, who lived on the 4300 block >of Baltimore Ave., represented her constituents with remorseless vigilance >as I sought in vain for a middle ground that could preserve neighborhood >harmony. > >Yet the Festival survived; the neighbors survived; and the park >survived. >Time shows how life changes, and what endures. > >With experience and reflection, her views modulated and grew in >subtlety >and depth. She became a careful, behind-the-scenes advocate for >neighborhood harmony over many years, even as I retreated to my private >life. Her quiet work on some of Spruce Hill Community Ass'n's most >difficult issues (and it had to be quiet) was a force for inclusiveness and >sanity. > >This spring, as she was coping with terminal cancer, Penny asked me >that a >tree which had been planted in Clark Park in honor of her parents and later >died, be replaced. > >It will be replaced. > >-- Tony West > ----- Original Message ----- > From: S. Sharrieff Ali > To: UnivCity Listserv > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:50 PM > Subject: [UC] FW: CPB > > > I don't know how many of you knew Penny..I did..she was a super > lady! > > Her spirit will be missed. > > S > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linda Wiedmann > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:13 PM > To: pfsni > Subject: CPB > > > http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v53/n17/obit.html#pb > > > Penny Burdon, Faculty Senate > > > Carolyn "Penny" Burdon, retired executive assistant in the Faculty >Senate Office, died on December 6. She was 65 years old. > > Coming to Penn in 1971, Ms. Burdon, CGS '81, served in the Faculty >Senate Office for 31 years, retiring in 2002. During her time at Penn, she >became increasingly knowledgeable of University and Faculty Senate rules. >Ms. Burdon not only assisted the Senate Chair but also advised on policies, >procedures and rules. "She was relentlessly organized, maintained an >extraordinary institutional memory, and was truly dedicated and immersed in >the life of the University Faculty Senate,"said Dr. Neville Strumpf, >past-chair of the Faculty Senate, Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in >Gerontology and Director of the Center for Gerontologic Nursing Science. > > A memorial service is being planned for February. Details will be >published in Almanac. > > > Penny was also an original member of PFSNI, and president of friends >of >Clark Park when she lived on Baltimore Ave. ><< 4f087892.jpg >> ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
