Return-Path: Received: from lysol.canisius.edu (lysol.canisius.edu [138.92.8.20]) by mx0.canisius.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i54Llfgq012992 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:47:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lysol.canisius.edu (lysol.canisius.edu [138.92.8.20]) by lysol.canisius.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i54LlWKg001128 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:47:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lysol.canisius.edu ([138.92.8.20]) by lysol.canisius.edu (SAVSMTP 3.1.5.43) with SMTP id M2004060417473030229 for ; Fri, 04 Jun 2004 17:47:30 -0400 Received: from mx0.canisius.edu (mx0.canisius.edu [138.92.8.15]) by lysol.canisius.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i54LkvAr001061 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:46:57 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imo-d21.mx.aol.com (imo-d21.mx.aol.com [205.188.144.207]) by mx0.canisius.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i54Lktgq012785 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:46:55 -0400 (EDT) Received: from SBANKER@aol.com by imo-d21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r2.6.) id 5.55.59310c14 (4340); Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:46:09 -0400 (EDT) From: SBANKER@aol.com Message-ID: <55.59310c14.2df247a1@aol.com> Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 17:46:09 EDT Subject: oyster newbie To: VeraJBarad@aol.com, boris@concord.org, eric.britton@ecoplan.org, jdreyfuss@att.biz, Ebschildkraut@aol.com, Geocol@aol.com, Avghahn@aol.com, geohelga@freesurf.ch, dleveringlewis@msn.com, Eb1marks@aol.com, nitajem@erols.com, jmeeks@fs-dms.org, moleski@CANISIUS.EDU, tim.obrien@mindspring.com, petieobrien@mindspring.com, vpoll@att.biz, pbelew@juno.com, roberto@spg.sc.gov.br, Jjschildkraut@aol.com, ruth.ann.stewart@nyu.edu, EBW327@aol.com CC: rohagan@idirect.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="part1_55.59310c14.2df247a1_boundary" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5111 X-Spam-Tests: HTML_30_40,HTML_FONT_BIG,HTML_MESSAGE,MK_BAD_HTML_02,NO_REAL_NAME,USER_IN_WHITELIST X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on lysol.canisius.edu X-Spam-Required: 2.5 X-Spam-Hits: -98.1 Members of The Oyster Foundation: Welcome to our newest member, Dick O'Hagan [Image: "width=113"] I first became aware of Dick in the 1960s when I was covering the Kennedy White House for CBS and he was press secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Lester ("Mike") Pearson. In the '70s, under Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Dick was posted to the Washington Embassy as Minister-Counselor for Information, which meant that I, now a CBC reporter, constantly tried -- unsuccessfully -- to get scoops and inside data from him. In fact, it was amazing how popular he was with the Canadian press corps, given the fact that he, in contrast to his American counterparts, had an aversion to spilling the beans about official matters. This reticent style caused Trudeau to promote him to what was informally called "Communications Czar" in Ottawa, a post that put him in charge of the Government's entire public information network domestically and in embassies abroad. When the Trudeau era came to an end, Dick left government to become vice-president of the Bank of Montreal. Today, from his base in Toronto, he is a member of the Boards of CBC/Radio-Canada and the Canadian Journalism Foundation, and in his spare time runs the consulting group, Richard O'Hagan Associates. That's the official part. Personally, I can report that Dick O'Hagan is charming, highly civilized and a good friend even to those who always wished they could squeeze more out of him. He can be reached at rohagan@idirect.com.