Dr. Michael T. "Mick" Maurer (alias Floyd)
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Harry Konzos in London 1994
World AIDS Day 2003 with Dr. Paul Glatowisch, JC and
Robert Wolf Graf. For Body Positive Blades Against AIDS.
Robert Wolf Graf. For Body Positive Blades Against AIDS.
Manos Gioxaris, Michael Marino and Michelle
in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn 2001
in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn 2001
My godson Peter Gladis at his graduation
from High School in 2005.
from High School in 2005.
Mary and George Gladis with my dog Seamus at their
home in Oakville, Missouri 2002
home in Oakville, Missouri 2002
Meatpacking District of NYC 2000
Meatpacking District of NYC 2000
My good friend Michael at the Clinton White House.
George is my oldest friend going back to our days as students at Cardinal Glennon College in 1975.
Reproduction of Christ before the Elders on my right, original
damaged painting on my left.
damaged painting on my left.
My best friend in NYC Jose Nieves 2006
Mick Maurer with Manos Gioxaris in San Juan, Puerto Rico
August 2000.
August 2000.
George on his first visit to me in NYC in 2000. He has
visited NYC several times now, visited me in Chicago and
San Antonio, as well as Yardley in Bucks County, PA.
visited NYC several times now, visited me in Chicago and
San Antonio, as well as Yardley in Bucks County, PA.
Cartoon of me drawn by John Cruz
a classmate at CGC in 1975.
a classmate at CGC in 1975.
Jeff Cook who had an exploratory run
for Congress in 2006.
for Congress in 2006.
Eleanor Schnelling, Mick Maurerf and George Gladis at
Nisos restaurant for dinner in 2005. 19th & 8th Ave., Chelsea
Nisos restaurant for dinner in 2005. 19th & 8th Ave., Chelsea
Cardinal Glennon College (CGC) where George and
Mick Maurer meet as classmates in 1975-1976.
Mick Maurer meet as classmates in 1975-1976.
My friend and former student,
Ben Munisteri and his dance
company.
Ben Munisteri and his dance
company.
Perry Halkitis, PhD, my mentor
and friend, who brought me to
work for him at CHEST and at
NYU in 1999.
and friend, who brought me to
work for him at CHEST and at
NYU in 1999.
Wash Square
Ascension Parish Fifth Avenue and 10th.
245 West 25th, NYC October 2006
When I smoked a pipe, from left to right. Reading Dei Zeit in my room at CTU in
Chicago 1982. Reading psychology in my room at St. Mary's University in San
Antonio 1977. In my office at St. Francis De Sales High School in Chicago in
1979.
Chicago 1982. Reading psychology in my room at St. Mary's University in San
Antonio 1977. In my office at St. Francis De Sales High School in Chicago in
1979.
Cardinal Glennon College class 1975
Mick Maurer in NYC Harbor with Harry Konzos August 1993
Mick Maurer a Nelson Rockefeller
supporter his Sophomore Year at
Prep South 1968.
supporter his Sophomore Year at
Prep South 1968.
Since moving to NYC in May
1999 I have become a major
Yankee fan. When the
Cards play the Mets I am
there for my hometown
team. I used to say when I
lived in Philly I had to give up
professional baseball due to
their lack of a team.
1999 I have become a major
Yankee fan. When the
Cards play the Mets I am
there for my hometown
team. I used to say when I
lived in Philly I had to give up
professional baseball due to
their lack of a team.
More pictures of Body Positive events. AIDS Walk 2005 and World AIDS Day BLADES Against AIDS at Chelsea Piers Dec. 1, 2005
2006 World Series Champs
Washington Square Blizzard of February 2006
11 Washington Square North
11 Washington Square North
Washington Square and Arch where Fifth Avenue begins.
Wash Square a sea of purple on NYU Graduations
States in red are places I have lived or visited.
Prep South High school which I attended 1967-1971
Gotham Knights Rugby Football Club in NYC,
of which I am an Armoury Member
of which I am an Armoury Member
Christmas 2004 Madison Square Park, NYC
Christmas 2004 Washington Square, NYC
Me viewing the Cristo Gates in 2005, Central Park, NYC
Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, Cristo Gates in 2005
Robert Wolf Graf with a sample of the Cristo Gates 2005
Robert Wolf Graf and Mick Maurer attending the MCNY 40th Anniversary Dinner 2005
During the 2004 Republican National Convention in NYC, the
ladies of the evening moved their trade into my neighborhood
on East 27th near Park Avenue South.
ladies of the evening moved their trade into my neighborhood
on East 27th near Park Avenue South.
Blue Smoke is a BBQ Restaurant and Jazz Bar owned by a former St. Louisan. It was across the street
from the East 27th residence of Mick Maurer and Robert Wolf Graf. This is a protest by Marriage Equity
when the Missouri Delegation to the Republican National Convention attended dinner.
from the East 27th residence of Mick Maurer and Robert Wolf Graf. This is a protest by Marriage Equity
when the Missouri Delegation to the Republican National Convention attended dinner.
Missouri is neither a
fully Red or a Blue
State, but a bell
weather State.
fully Red or a Blue
State, but a bell
weather State.
Anti-Republication Demonstrators and the NYPD, during the 2004
Republication National Convention, corner of E 27 and Park Avenue South.
Republication National Convention, corner of E 27 and Park Avenue South.
My friend, Jeff Cook, in his exploratory run for
the U.S. Congress from New York in 2005.
the U.S. Congress from New York in 2005.
NYSEMO Rep at MCNY degree kickoff, June 2003.
Me addressing the kickoff of the new MPA in Emergency and Disaster
Management degree program at MCNY, in June 2003.
Management degree program at MCNY, in June 2003.
FEMA rep to the MCNY Kick Off, June 2003.
NYC OEM rep to the MCNY Kick Off June 2003
NYC Blizzard February 2006
Javi A. Ruiz in Peru
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Suz, Johnny Mendoza, Laurie, my cousin Daniel Morgan at Nisos April 2007
Jesse Viggiano and Michael at Nisos April 2007
David Lewleyen and David at Nisos April 2007
| Perry N. Halkitis New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Professor of Applied Psychology: Associate Dean for Research & Doctoral Studies Dr. Halkitis has served as both a consultant and a committee member on several HIV educational campaigns throughout the state of New York. He holds numerous titles and degrees that further validate his position as one of the top HIV prevention educators in the United States. He is Director of the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies (CHIBPS, formerly CHEST), a behavior research center at NYU where he conducts formative and intervention community-based research and education targeting those most impacted by the epidemic. As a member of the NYU Medical School Center for AIDS Research, Halkitis also investigates genetic resistance to HIV. Attempting to understand participants' beliefs about why they have not become HIV positive is a key element of the study. "There is a whole range of beliefs," Halkitis says. "Most men don't believe they have a genetic mutation. They think that it's just luck." With 5 federally funded studies under his direction as Director of Steinhardt's Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies (CHIBPS). Halkitis was the 1999 American Psychological Foundation Placek Award winner for his work on methamphetamine use among gay men and received two awards from the American Psychological Association for his research on HIV and AIDS. He also won the NYU Daniel E. Griffiths research award for his study of masculinity among seropositive gay men and was recently elected a Fellow in the New York Academic of Medicine. |
| The Gotham Knights RFC is New York City’s entry to the growing ranks of multiethnic and non-discriminatory rugby teams worldwide. Following in the tradition of the King’s Cross Steelers in England in 1995, the Washington Renegades in 1998 and the San Francisco Fog in 2000, then-recent part-time New York City business owner and resident, Mark Bingham met with local rugby player, Scott Glaessgen, to form a New York team. Their plans were cut short on September 11th, 2001, when Mark was lost in a terrorist attack on United Airlines Flight 93 over rural Pennsylvania. The inspiration of Mark’s life, work, and dedication to the sport of rugby led Scott and other New York City rugby players to meet in late 2001 to establish the Gotham Knights RFC. Practice started in the cold, early months of 2002 under difficult pitch conditions, but within weeks the membership grew exponentially and, within a few months, the team was unanimously accepted into the Division III ranks of the Metropolitan New York Rugby Football Union (MetNYRFU). The Bingham Cup is an international rugby competition named in remembrance of Mark Kendall Bingham, one of the heroic victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist action in the USA. Mark was a keen rugby player, playing for one of USA’s leading gay & bisexual rugby teams - San Francisco Fog RFC. |
| The purpose of the Armory is to support the activities and goals of the Gotham Knights Rugby Football Club. 2007 EVENTS 04/28/07 vs. Americans / Columbia U. 04/24/07 In Memoriam Eric Boyle 04/21/07 vs. Dallas Invitational 04/14/07 vs. Hudson Valley 03/31/07 vs. Gryphons |
| Jeff Cook is the former National Field Representative for the Log Cabin Republicans. On September 27, 2005, he announced an exploratory committee to evaluate the possibility of challenging incumbent Republican Sue Kelly in the primary for New York's 19th district. Cook cited alleged betrayals by Kelly of her promises to support GLBT rights in Congress as his primary motivating factor. However, on March 28, 2006, Cook announced that he would not enter the race, citing the difficulty and drawbacks of running a negative campaign against a member of his own party. Cook also implied in his announcement that he would seek elected office at a later date. Raised in Carterville, Illinois, Jeff led efforts in his hometown to reinstate the Pledge of Allegiance in the grade schools, establish a local branch of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and pass a bond referendum to build a new high school. He went on to attend Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia where he served as the school’s youngest, and first openly gay, President of the Student Body. Cook currently lives in Monroe, New York. |
| The GayPatriot blog is an independent, political and opinion-based Weblog created by Bruce Carroll that is a forum focusing on gay conservative issues, themes, culture and ideas. GayPatriot is one of the independent blogs affiliated with the Pajamas Media enterprise. North Carolina-based Bruce Carroll, along with Dan Blatt, launched GayPatriot to create what they call the headquarters of the vast right-wing gay conspiracy. Bruce Carroll: from college editor to Capitol Hill He was the editor-in-chief of the Daily Orange, the college newspaper at Syracuse University and thoroughly enjoyed the experience, even though he was dual major in political science and broadcast journalism. (Normally, broadcast and newspaper folks do not mix -- though sometimes they do.) "I wound up working a couple of public relations jobs, then three years in the Philadelphia suburbs working for a state senator in Pennsylvania. For the past 12 years, I have worked for a biotech company based on Pennsylvania. For ten of those 12 years, I was a federal lobbyist for them, dealing with healthcare issues. In the summer of 2004, I became aware of an effort to forcibly out gay Republican staff members on Capitol Hill. I was really disgusted by the whole practice, just from a privacy perspective. Again, I am trying to draw the distinction between disagreeing on political issues, and invading someones private life. So irrespective of my view on gay marriage, I did not think that anyone had the right to forcibly go into someones private life. It is like digging through someones trash. " pictures of Bruce and myself in the tab Mick Maurer in Philadelphia. We traveled to LA, San Diego, Dover, NYC, Fort Lauderdale, Washington, Annapolis and Williamsburg in 1997 and 1998. In fact he treated me for my 45th birthday with a trip to Williamsburg. |
| Established in 1987, Body Positive, Inc. was a nonprofit 501(c) (3) community service organization dedicated to providing a self-help model of HIV/AIDS education, information, and support. As the first community-based organization dedicated to assisting newly-diagnosed individuals and their lovers, partners, caregivers, families, and friends, our services are provided through an extensive network of professionally supervised peer educators and volunteers who are reflective of the communities affected by HIV. Though our office was located in Manhattan, they assisted people throughout the New York City metropolitan area by delivering community-based services, often in collaboration with other neighborhood-based agencies. Body Positive magazine had been published continuously since 1987, making it one of the nation's longest running publications dedicated to HIV/AIDS. Readership is concentrated in the Greater New York City area, but copies of the magazine were also distributed in other parts of New York State and throughout the US to individual and bulk subscribers. In addition, back issues of the magazine are accessed on average about 100,000 times per month at The Body. SIDAahora (SA) was the oldest Spanish-language HIV/AIDS magazine published in the USA. This editorially independent publication was distributed bimonthly. Its readership included Latinos and Latinas living with HIV/AIDS, affected members of our community, caregivers and social and health service providers across the nation, Latin America and the world. Funders included the New York State AIDS Institute, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Health Research, Inc., the Winthrop Foundation, and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. In the summer of 2006 due to major funding cuts Body Positive discontinued services, shy of reaching 20 years of service to the HIV/AIDS community. Board of Directors at the time of dissolution (year joined the board)
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| June 8, 2007 Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA May 31–June 3, 2007 Home season, Dance New Amsterdam (NYC) April 13–14, 2007 Terra Nova premiere at Arts & Lecture series (Santa Cruz, CA) April 9–12, 2007 Company residency at UC Santa Cruz, CA January 19–23, 2007 APAP conference (Booth 707) and showcases in NYC: Dance Theater Workshop on Jan. 20; City Center Studio 6 on Jan. 21 |
| Another good friend in NYC, soon to be moving to the Karolinska Instituet in Stockholm is Dr. Jordi Benach. Jordi Benach, PhD Department of Biological Sciences Columbia University Northeast Structural Genomics (NESG) Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, NOVUM Center for Structural Biochemistry (alumnus) |
| He is currently working as an associate research scientist in the laboratory of Prof. John F. Hunt at the Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University in the field of molecular biophysics and protein crystallography. Jordi’s research in the laboratory of Prof. Hunt focuses on understanding the structural and thermodynamic mechanisms by which proteins perform mechanical activities on a molecular scale, with a long-term goal of developing protein machines with novel activities. More specifically he is studying bacterial SecA, a translocase that drives protein translocation through the bacterial membrane, by protein crystallography, biophysical techniques and molecular biology. The other main focus of interest is the elucidation of crystal structures by X-ray crystallography within the NESGC (Northeast Structural Genomics Consortium). The NESG is a pilot project focused on proteins from eukaryotic model organisms and human. The project targets representative proteins to provide coverage of fold space, and those that are interesting from a functional genomics perspective. It also explores the complementary aspects of X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy. Jordi obtained his PhD in structural biology and biophysics in the laboratory of Prof. Rudolf Ladenstein, Karolinska Institute , Stockholm, Sweden. He has his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry. Specialty in Physical Chemistry from the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. |
Bruce Carroll and Mick Maurer in Williamsburg, VA in 1998
| Harry Konzos and Mick Maurer traveled to London in 1994 and 1995, where they also visited Bath and Stonehenge. From 1993 through 1995 they made monthly trips to New York City. One trip in 1993 they took a cruise from the South Street Seaport up the East River, up the Hudson to West Point and back to South Street Sea Port. |
Mick Maurer is second row on the right,
and George Gladis is fourth row center.
and George Gladis is fourth row center.
Friday, June 4, 2004 4:00PM to 6:00PM
75 Varick Street (One Hudson Square, Corner of Grand Street, 12th Floor)
PROGRAM
4:00 Opening Remarks
Dr. Michael T. Maurer Associate Professor, School for Public Affairs and Administration
4:15 Introductions
Stephen R. Greenwald President, Metropolitan College of New York
4:30 Guest Speakers
The Honorable George E. Pataki Governor of the State of New York
The Honorable Michael Bloomberg Mayor of the City of New York
Dr. B. Wayne Blanchard Higher Education Project Manager Emergency Management Institute
Federal Emergency Management Agency Department of Homeland Security
5:15 Open Forum
A discussion of the emergency/disaster
preparedness in New York City
5:45 Reception
75 Varick Street (One Hudson Square, Corner of Grand Street, 12th Floor)
PROGRAM
4:00 Opening Remarks
Dr. Michael T. Maurer Associate Professor, School for Public Affairs and Administration
4:15 Introductions
Stephen R. Greenwald President, Metropolitan College of New York
4:30 Guest Speakers
The Honorable George E. Pataki Governor of the State of New York
The Honorable Michael Bloomberg Mayor of the City of New York
Dr. B. Wayne Blanchard Higher Education Project Manager Emergency Management Institute
Federal Emergency Management Agency Department of Homeland Security
5:15 Open Forum
A discussion of the emergency/disaster
preparedness in New York City
5:45 Reception
| Invitation to the June 4, 2003 Press Conference for the New MCNY MPA in Emergency and Disaster management |
Harry Konzos Stonehenge 1994
Mick Maurer at the Freud Museum, London in 1994
Manos Gioxaris and Mick Maurer in Old San
Juan, Puerto Rico August 2000
Juan, Puerto Rico August 2000
| Manos Gioxaris and Mick Maurer traveled to San Juan in August 2000, Washington DC in June 2001, and many other trips in the New York region from 2000-2002. They lived in Murray Hill, Carroll Gardens, and Lenox Hill neighborhoods of Manhattan and Brooklyn, NY. |
Jesse Viggiano and Eddie Nova-Gonzalez April 2006
Carroll Gardens 2nd Place where Mick Maurer and
Manos Gioxaris lived
Manos Gioxaris lived
Southside St. Louis YMCA class 1976
Mick Maurer at CGC 1975-1976