Posts Tagged ‘Helen Fox’
The Money Room: “Pledging” Begins at WGBH
John Kerr: Jeanne Brodeur called the phone company and bagged a dedicated and easy-to-remember phone number for us — 492-1111.
Read MoreThe Money Room: How I Got Back to ‘GBH
John Kerr: We selected a large, sturdy golf umbrella with a wooden handle. Our brilliant new Yale-trained Design Director Chris Pullman and his colleagues Doug Scott, Gene Mackles and others helped make it distinctive with its blue, green and white panels and WGBH’s new drop-shadowed logo.
Read MoreThe Money Room: A Life-changing Adventure
John Kerr: A viewer called to say that she enjoyed having all of us in her home asking for money on her television, but that we had left the lights on when she went up to bed.
Read MoreMarilyn Bernardo, Fundraising “Den Mother”
To an eager group of 20-something “girls” just starting careers, Marilyn truly was the Den Mother of WGBH’s Fundraising office for decades.
Read MoreFrom the Vault: Video interviews with WGBH pioneers
Between 1992 and 2013, Fred Barzyk, Joe Anderson, Henry Becton, and Michael Ambrosino conducted over 100 hours of interviews with dozens of former WGBH-TV and FM staffers.
Read MoreThe 2015 Alumni Reunion Party: We Need You!
We’ve heard from over 100 Alums already, but we need to hear from YOU! The sooner we have a head count, the sooner we can firm up plans for this very special day.
Read MoreJeanne Brodeur, 58, pioneering fundraiser
From QuickNooz Deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of former ’GBHer Jeanne Brodeur, who passed away Mon, 10/19 in California, where she served as VP for Development at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Jeanne started at WGBH in the 1970s right out of college, and worked in the Development department until 1980. She…
Read MoreDevelopment Memories (1970s-80s)
From Lo Hartnett This is the Development Department in the spring of 1979 taken in the palacial offices of the 110 Western Avenue garage. The mad money-raisers are: Standing – Susan Ballough, Nancy England, Katie (Murphy) Fisher, Jo Madden, John D. Carver, Debby (Thorburn) Ashton, Sam Tyler, Michael Newton. On the desk – Lo Hartnett,…
Read MoreA Fond Farewell to Helen Fox
From QuickNooz (with permission) Former ’GBHer Helen Fox passed away on Tues, 7/22. Helen worked at ’GBH during the Foundation’s early days. She started as a volunteer, and she stayed for 17 years, working in Fundraising and in ZOOM. In an interview in the WGBH Archives (conducted by Fred Barzyk as part of an oral…
Read MoreThe Party XXI
278. Don and Von Quayle with Jack Caldwell (center). 279. Don Quayle and Henry Morganthau. 280. Judy and Jack Hurley with Helen Fox. 281. Jack and Judy Hurley with Judy Osborne (center). 282. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Conant. 283. Von Quayle, Michael Ambrosino, Lynn Cooper and Raquel Ortiz. 284. Mike Ambrosino and Lynn Cooper. 285.…
Read MoreThe Party VIII
145. Julie Piens, Phil Collyer and Greg Harney. 146. The back of Dan Beach, the front of Henry Becton and the back of Olivia Tappan. 147. Ron Blau, Nancy Troland, Nancy Porter and Sharon Rivo with Syrl Silverman. 148. Chris Pullman, Nora Sinclair and Paul Souza. 149. Lo Hartnett, Moon Nimon, Nora Sinclair, Fred Barzyk,…
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