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Kathleen Flynn Kathy was an early supporter of the Immigrant City Archives (now the LHC) during the 1980s and 1990s, volunteering and serving in several board capacities, including president. A graduate of Regis College, she received advanced degrees from Northeastern University in counseling and Fitchburg State College in educational administration. Kathy was a founding member of the Bridge Over Troubled Waters Program in Boston, MA. After 33 years of service she retired as an administrator from Whittier Regional Vocational Tech High School in Haverhill, MA. Currently she supports LHC as a volunteer and researcher. Kathy authored A Sacred Space: St. Mary-Immaculate Conception Cemeteries and Chapel Mausoleum of Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 2010; a history of the Catherine McCarthy Family and development of the Memorial Trust Fund entitled The Catherine McCarthy Memorial Trust Fund, in 2019; and co-authored a chapter entitled, "Lawrence, Massachusetts and the 1912 Bread and Roses Strike at Street Level: Interpretation Over Time" in the University of Illinois Press publication, Where Are the Workers? Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic Sites, a part of the Working Class in American History series in June 2022. Kathy is a board member and annual walker for the Just'Cause 60-mile Walk for Breast Cancer. |
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Professor Robert Forrant Robert served three consecutive 3-year terms or 9 years, 2013 – 2022, on the LHC Board of Directors. In 2012, he co-chaired the Bread and Roses Centennial Committee. Robert is a UMass Lowell Professor of History. In August 2016, he awarded the title of University Professor, the highest distinction bestowed on a UMass Lowell faculty member, recognizing exemplary contributions to teaching, research and service. In 2015, Robert received the Mass History Commendation at the Mass Humanities History conference. Robert is on the editorial board of Mass Benchmarks, a joint publication of the UMass President’s Office and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; co-editor with Jurg Siegenthaler of The Great Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912: New Scholarship on the Bread & Roses Strike (2014); co-author of Lawrence, Massachusetts and the 1912 Bread & Roses Strike, along with LHC director Susan Grabski; and co-editor of the University of Illinois Press publication, Where Are the Workers? Labor's Stories at Museums and Historic Sites, a part of the Working Class in American History series (2022). Prior to becoming a professor, he worked as a machinist and as Business Agent for International Union of Electrical Workers Local 206 and ran a community economic development project in Springfield, MA. |
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Thomas Walsh Thomas was born in Lawrence and attended St. Patrick’s and St. Laurence O’Toole. According to Thomas, St. Laurence was a center for kids and families in the Prospect Hill area. He is still in contact with many of his friends from that time and was confirmed and married at the church, as were his parents and sister. Tom’s family was involved with mayoral politics. Some of his fondest memories include the Centennial events of 1953. He received his undergraduate degree from Salem State College and his Master’s in Sociology from Merrimack College. Tom retired from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance after 38 years of service in 2002. Soon after, Tom began volunteering at LHC has worked on a variety of major collection organization projects across the years – removing photos from frames, established the library, encapsulating maps with combined length equaling two football fields, repainting the fire pumper (The Pappoose), inventorying subject boxes, clipping newspapers and filing obituaries. Thomas served in the Army National Guard and US Coast Guard Reserve. He is also a Citizen of the Republic of Ireland (his grandparents were the first to come to the U.S.). He has self-published two books about the IRA, his third book in progress. He has climbed Mt. Washington twice and has run 2 marathons, Boston and Lowell, in addition to running races all over New England across 25 years. |
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Pamela Yameen “Growing up in a strong neighborhood, Tower Hill, gave me a great sense of family and community. This has influenced my educational pursuits in Urban Studies, my work in my family’s business, and my efforts on behalf of the organizations I represent in the Merrimack Valley. My commitment to work and service comes from the potential I see all around me and a desire to help it be realized.” Pamela was raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts and has never stopped giving back to this community. She earned her undergraduate degree from Wheaton College in Urban Studies and Art History. As president of the Lawrence History Center Board of Directors, Pamela furthered the mission of the organization, “to collect, preserve, share, and animate the history and heritage of Lawrence and its people,” through her strong leadership ability and desire to do good things for the citizens of this community. She works in a thoughtful manner, considering the needs of others and seeking advice from those whom she respects in order to gain perspective and grow the organizations that she affiliates herself with. Her work extends beyond the Lawrence History Center to the Essex Art Center where she volunteers on their Board of Directors, she participates as a member of the ECCF-Betty Beland Greater Lawrence Summer Fund, the Bread and Roses Heritage Committee, as well as to the American Lebanese Awareness Association. She has an active role in her family’s business, Butcher Boy Market, she is dedicated to her family, friends and colleagues, is active in the local not-for-profit community, and never hesitates to support worthy causes that benefit her hometown of Lawrence. Her generosity comes in many forms – financial, advice, support – and she physically exudes excitement about Lawrence and for making it a better place. It’s not just about individual organizations, it’s about doing something positive for Lawrence overall. |