You're welcome. My pleasure! Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Kitty" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 2:36:57 PM Subject: Re: News Release: The Mark Twain House & Museum Appoints Dr. Cindy Lovell as its New Executive Director Thank you for sharing this. Alan On Jan 31, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Ben Wise wrote: > Speaking of whom, I just received her approval for making public a = couple of videos I took of Hal Holbrook receiving the Lifetime = Achievement Award at the Museum in Hannibal on Nov. 18. Please forgive = the less-than-professional videography! But I hope you'll agree, for = fans of MT and/or HH, it's a document worth watching.=20 >=20 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D4hNM_D4s00s (introductory speeches, = featuring Cindy, and a representative of the state's governor)=20 >=20 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D33ZWMxv4tZA (presentation of the = award to HH, his acceptance speech, and the informal interview that = followed.)=20 >=20 > Enjoy!=20 >=20 > Ben=20 >=20 >=20 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Ballard" <[log in to unmask]>=20 > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:49:32 AM=20 > Subject: Re: News Release: The Mark Twain House & Museum Appoints Dr. = Cindy Lovell as its New Executive Director=20 >=20 > She sounds like someone who was born for this job. Congratulations to = her=20 > and to the museum!=20 >=20 > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:52 PM, Mark Twain Forum List Administrator <=20= > [log in to unmask]> wrote:=20 >=20 >> The Mark Twain House & Museum Appoints Dr. Cindy Lovell as its New=20 >> Executive=20 >> Director=20 >>=20 >> HARTFORD, January 11, 2013 -- Gregory Boyko, President of the Board = of=20 >> Trustees of The Mark Twain House & Museum, announced today the = appointment=20 >> of Dr. Cindy Lovell as the museum's Executive Director. Lovell is = currently=20 >> Executive Director of the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in = Hannibal,=20 >> Missouri.=20 >>=20 >> Lovell was chosen after a six-month national search, with a Search=20 >> Committee=20 >> of the Board of Trustees considering nearly 50 applicants for the = position.=20 >> The museum was aided in its efforts by PBR Executive Search, a New=20 >> York-based firm, and the position was advertised in museum = publications=20 >> nationwide.=20 >>=20 >> "We are delighted to have been able to find someone with Dr. Lovell's=20= >> unique combination of strengths," said Boyko. "She has a strong track=20= >> record=20 >> in fundraising, proven leadership, passion, energy -- and most = important,=20 >> she has a deep devotion to Mark Twain. We look forward to working = with her=20 >> to create a greater presence for The Mark Twain House & Museum by = building=20 >> on Mark Twain as an international icon through an increased focus on=20= >> writing=20 >> and literature."=20 >>=20 >> "To have served in Hannibal and now in Hartford at the two homes = where Sam=20 >> Clemens resided the longest is the highest honor I could know," = Lovell=20 >> said.=20 >> "I'm excited and eager to continue the collaboration between the two = homes=20 >> in our shared vision of preserving Mark Twain's legacy."=20 >>=20 >> Lovell succeeds Jeffrey L. Nichols, who left the museum in July to = take a=20 >> position as President and CEO of Poplar Forest, a historic home owned = by=20 >> Thomas Jefferson in Lynchburg, Virginia.=20 >>=20 >> She will begin her new position on March 4. Interim Executive = Director=20 >> Patti=20 >> Philippon, the museum's Beatrice Fox Auerbach Chief Curator, will = continue=20 >> to direct the museum until that date.=20 >>=20 >> "I want to thank Patti for her stalwart efforts in keeping the museum = going=20 >> over the past months, during an extremely busy period, and in = continuing to=20 >> maintain the quality of our exhibitions and preservation efforts," = said=20 >> Boyko.=20 >>=20 >> Dr. Cindy Lovell has served as Executive Director of the Mark Twain = Boyhood=20 >> Home & Museum since 2008. She is also a tenured associate professor = of=20 >> education at Quincy University in Quincy, Illinois.=20 >>=20 >> Lovell grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania where she first fell in love = with=20 >> Twain's writing at the age of ten. A non-traditional student, she = began=20 >> college at the age of 35. She holds a B.A. in elementary education = and an=20 >> M.A. in education, both from Stetson University in Florida. She = earned a=20 >> Ph.D in education from The University of Iowa, with concentrations in=20= >> gifted=20 >> education and English as a new language. She taught elementary school = in=20 >> Florida where she earned tenure, then taught at her alma mater, = Stetson=20 >> University, where she also earned tenure before moving to Hannibal.=20= >>=20 >> In Hannibal she has directed the Mark Twain Young Authors workshop, = taught=20 >> numerous writing workshops for adults, and co-directed the Mark Twain=20= >> Teacher Workshops with museum Curator Henry Sweets. She has also = presented=20 >> keynotes and educator workshops at various Big Read events around the=20= >> country for communities reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.=20 >>=20 >> A lover of children's literature, Lovell has authored two children's=20= >> novels,=20 >> Rachel Mason Hears the Sound and Not This Sunday. She co-authored = Down the=20 >> Mississippi: A Modern-day Huck on America's River Road with CNN = iReporter=20 >> Neal Moore, and is a contributor to The Huffington Post. Lovell has=20= >> authored dozens of articles, textbook chapters, and essays.=20 >>=20 >> Lovell's best known project is Mark Twain: Words & Music, a double CD=20= >> telling the story of Mark Twain's life in spoken word and song. She=20= >> conceived the idea as a tribute to Twain to acknowledge the 100th=20 >> anniversary of his death in 2010. The CD features Clint Eastwood as = Twain,=20 >> Jimmy Buffett as Huck Finn, and Garrison Keillor as the narrator and=20= >> includes songs by Brad Paisley, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris, Vince = Gill,=20 >> Ricky Skaggs and others. It was released in 2011 as a benefit for the = Mark=20 >> Twain Boyhood Home & Museum. Lovell wrote the narrative and served as=20= >> co-executive producer with Carl Jackson, a Grammy award-winning = musician.=20 >>=20 >> At Quincy University Lovell has taught ethics in education, = children's=20 >> literature, educational psychology, foundations of education, and two=20= >> first-year experience courses -- one on Twain, and one, Prison = Nation,=20 >> which=20 >> focuses on the prison crisis in America. At Quincy she also serves as=20= >> counselor for Kappa Delta Pi, the international honor society for=20 >> educators.=20 >>=20 >> Lovell serves on various boards and committees and has been = recognized for=20 >> her work in the community. She received the Hannibal NAACP Martin = Luther=20 >> King, Jr. Award in 2010. Under her leadership, the Museum received = the=20 >> Missouri Governor's 2010 Humanities Award for Exemplary Community=20 >> Achievement and the Hannibal Area Chamber of Commerce 2011 Civic=20 >> Contributor=20 >> Award. Lovell also received the Hannibal Area Chamber of Commerce = 2012=20 >> Community Betterment Award and the 2012 Missouri Governor's = Ambassador=20 >> Award.=20 >>=20 >> Lovell collaborated with her colleagues at The Mark Twain House & = Museum=20 >> and=20 >> other Twain sites for the successful passage of the Mark Twain=20 >> Commemorative=20 >> Coin Act, which benefits four major Twain institutions and was signed = into=20 >> law by President Obama in December 2012.=20 >>=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 >=20 >=20 > Terry Ballard=20 > Author and Leisure Studies Manager=20 > http://www.terryballard.org=20 > Author of the book "Google this" http://googlethisforlibraries.com=20 >=20 > "My memory has a mind of its own."=20 Alan Kitty 609-219-9339 [log in to unmask] www.marktwainslaststand.com