PERSONAL
PAGE FOR James
Griffin - 1963
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PHOTO
NOW
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PHOTO
THEN
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BIO
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N/A | N/A | I got a B.A. from St. John's University and an M.A. from Wroxton College (Wroxton-Near-Banbury, Oxon. England) and in 1970 stumbled upon the most marvelous job which I have done more or less continuously ever since. For the NYC Bd of Ed I teach high school students who have a medical reason (which can be from a psychiatrist) to be taught at home. This is More... |
BEST
MEMORY OF DELEHANTY HIGH
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Delehanty H.S. was a congenial place. I think my best memory of the school is that I was comfortable there and found the students and teachers congenial. It was a different world in those days, not better not worse just different, and I found it comfortable. | ||
Spouse:
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I divorced some ten years ago and remarried two years ago. My wonderful wife is Irene Catherine Junge who grew up in Hicksville--or the sticks as we referred to such places at Delehanty's. Irene and I live on the twenty-third floor of a building in Forest Hills and could see Delehanty H.S. from our balcony were it not hidden by the surrounding buildings. More... | |
Children:
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My son Benjamin Elijah Griffin lives in Berkeley, CA with his wife, stepson, and daughter--my granddaughter, Beatrice Rose Griffin, aged two. My daughter Emily Griffin lives in Middle Village, Queens (where Irene Catherine Junge was born before her family moved to the aforementioned sticks. More... | |
Job:
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See Bio above | |
Pets:
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Sure, why not? | |
Favorite
Teacher:
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There were so many, let's say Miss Smith. She taught me typing and no one else is likely mention her. | |
Favorite
Song:
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"Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go" by the Clancy Brothers, a popular folk group of the time | |
Favorite
Movie:
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"Groundhog Day" | |
Favorite
Destination(s):
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I would like to go to the South Pacific and South Georgia (near Antactica) and a hundred other places. We spent last Easter in Venice and it was beautiful. | |
Currently
living in:
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(Forest Hills--see above) | |
Special
Interests:
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One is Archaeology. I am chairman of the Bayside Historical Society Archaeology Committee. We have a remarkable exhibit of prehistoric Queens artifacts going back to 8,000 BC on display at the Officers' Club, Fort Totten, Bayside, NY. | |
Comments:
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Best wishes to one and all as we go forward to see what life will bring us. |