DICK JOHNSON VISITS THE E-SYLUM 上市 Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 42, October 17, 2004, Article 1
DICK JOHNSON VISITS THE E-SYLUM
Your Editor was pleased to host frequent E-Sylum
contributor Dick Johnson and his wife Shirley the evening
of Friday October 15. They flew in to Pittsburgh that
afternoon, and I picked them up at their hotel after work.
We joined my wife and three kids for dinner at a nearby
restaurant. Later, back at the house after the kids were
in bed, the Johnsons and I spent a pleasant few hours in
my library looking over numismatic books and ephemera.
Dick peppered me with questions about The E-Sylum,
and we may see an article in the future.Saturday night was another pleasant affair - the Johnsons
were in town to attend "A Century of Heroes," a gala
celebration of the centennial of the Carnegie Hero Fund
Commission. Dick was a consultant to the organization
as they sought a new manufacturer for the Carnegie Hero
medal. I helped the Hero Fund and Carnegie Museum
create the special exhibit of hero fund medals at the
American Numismatic Association convention this summer,
and my wife Dee and I were invited to the affair as well.The event was opened with a speech by author and
historian David McCullough, followed by a short film about
the fund and its awardees. This took place in Carnegie
Music Hall in the Carnegie Museum complex. Afterwards,
a dinner was held in Architecture Hall. Our table included
McCullough's brother and his wife, Shirley and Dick Johnson,
and Kendy and Luigi Badia, the sculptor who designed the
centennial version of the Carnegie Hero Medal.I was pleased to meet David McCullough after dinner,
and tell him how much I enjoyed his book on the Johnstown
Flood, which was his first. Local celebrities such as
Republican Party stalwart Elsie Hillman were in attendance
as well, making for interesting people-watching. After the
ANA convention, it was nice to simply attend an event
without having to help run the darned thing. The organizers
did a wonderful job, creating an appropriately tasteful event
celebrating a noble institution and the heroes it honors, many
of who were in attendance.- 2004-10-17
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