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MMA’s best days are ahead of us
From the Beacon, September 2023
Greetings! This is my final column as your Executive Director. My retirement becomes official on Sept. 8, just days from now.
After 31 years, this is the right time for me to transition to a new phase in my life, so I can dedicate more time for my family, and make more space for other pursuits such as writing, researching, coaching, and mentoring (and hiking and traveling).
Yet retirement hasn’t been an easy decision, as I still feel great energy and passion for this amazing job, which I have loved very much. I am inspired every day by the MMA’s extraordinary members and staff, and I know that our association has exciting and important work to do in the months and years ahead.
I’ve spent 75% of my career and nearly half my life at the MMA. By my count I’ve written at least 336 Beacon columns and participated in 287 MMA Board of Directors meetings, 211 Local Government Advisory Commission meetings, more than 150 MIIA Board of Directors meetings, countless meetings of our member groups, hundreds of public hearings on Beacon Hill, and 32 MMA Annual Meetings. (I was hired at our 1992 conference!)
The MMA has grown and evolved in so many ways since my first day on the job.
When I started, there was no email, n
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Liberace
American musician and actor (1919–1987)
For his older brother, see George Liberace.
Władziu Valentino Liberace[nb 1] (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987) was an American pianist, singer and actor.[2] He was born in Wisconsin to parents of Italian and Polish origin and enjoyed a career spanning four decades of concerts, recordings, television, motion pictures and endorsements. At the height of his fame from the 1950s to 1970s, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world[3] with established concert residencies in Las Vegas and an international touring schedule. He embraced a lifestyle of flamboyant excess both on and off stage.
Early life and education
[edit]Władziu Valentino Liberace (known as Lee to his friends and Walter to family)[4] was born in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 16, 1919. His grandfather Valentino Liberace (1836–1909) was a casket maker from Formia in central Italy where his father, musician Salvatore ("Sam") Liberace (1885–1977), was born.[5] His mother, Frances Zuchowski (1891–1980)[5] was born in Menasha, Wisconsin, and was of Polish descent.[5] Liberace had an identical twin who died at birth.[6] He had three surviving siblings: a brother George (who was