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“A Victory for America”

June 26, 2015 By Guy St. Clair

The words of President Obama. That line says it all. I don’t think I can remember such a remarkable ten days in my lifetime. Someone can probably remind me of other events that come close in importance, for describing what it’s like for us to be citizens in the United States. Yet when I look …

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Other Voices: Mitzi Perdue Talks about How – For Frank Perdue – Knowledge Sharing Was Simply Part of Sharing – It’s What He Did

February 9, 2015 By Guy St. Clair

[Two weeks ago, on Mon Jan 26, I posted an interview with Mitzi Perdue at the SMR International corporate blog. It was part of SMR’s “Other Voices” series, profiles of leaders in knowledge management and knowledge services. Since the profile was published, several followers of this personal blog have asked to see the post. Happy to …

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Personal History: Knowing Ralph Walker (2)

November 28, 2014 By Guy St. Clair

Today I honor Ralph Walker on the 125th anniversary of his birth. Born on November 28, 1889, Ralph lived until January 17, 1973. My friends and colleagues have heard me speak about Ralph recently, since I participated in the Ralph Walker documentary back in October (still online here). And a few weeks ago – on …

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Filed Under: Personal History Tagged With: American architects, American architecture, Caramoor Summer Music Festival, Musique de Table, Ralph Walker - Architect of the Century, Telemann (Georg Phillip), Walker (Ralph T.), Walker (Ralph T.) - poems

Personal History: Knowing Ralph Walker

October 15, 2014 By Guy St. Clair

“One of the few living people who knew Walker personally.” I was greatly honored to be included in the recent documentary about American architect Ralph Walker (1889-1973), and, yes, the sentence above was used to introduce me. The film was Ralph Walker, part of the PBS “Treasures of New York” series, aired on October 5, 2014. …

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Ah, Paris: Pierre Cardin’s Art Nouveau Museum at Maxim’s

January 26, 2014 By Guy St. Clair

In a recent post, I commented that I would be writing about subjects that are of particular interest to me (well of course, Guy – isn’t that what a personal blog is all about?). I noted that among these special interests was l’art nouveau, the great design style that began in the so-called belle epoch and …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, Personal History Tagged With: art nouveau, decorative arts, Maxim's

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