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Thomas W. Casey Fellowship with the Hudson River Congressional Caucus Gifts and Honors National Heritage Area, President of Boscobel Before the Hudson River Valley Institute, articles and pamphlets, including major out- on important issues relating to the Hudson Hudson River Valley historian and Fellow of the Restoration, and as a Trustee of the Open Marist College had Professor Thomas W. Casey of-print books related to Hudson River Valley River. He has also assisted the Hudson-Ful- Royal Society of the Arts Lincoln Diamant Space Institute. as an advocate for regional history. Professor history, back issues of The Hudson Valley ton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission donated over 500 rare and out of print books to These annual awards will provide Casey was a devoted scholar of our region and Regional Review, and the two volumes of The in planning the 400th anniversary of Henry the Hudson River Valley Institute. The texts span financial support to promising young offered numerous courses in Valley history. Hudson-Fulton Celebration 1909. In addition, Hudson’s discovery in 2009. On January 15, pre-history, New Netherland, Revolutionary leaders and exemplary projects that make scholarly articles have been published on the After his passing in 2001, his wife, Professor 2004, First Lady Laura Bush presented a Pre- and post-Revolutionary Hudson River history Irma Blanco Casey and her children, Karen Digital Library; offering an alternative forum and explore memorable Hudson Valley towns, serve America Award to the Navigator and the and Robert, established an endowed fund for new and noteworthy scholarship. counties, industries, and individuals. Lincoln to support the Thomas W. Casey Fellowship Hudson River Valley Institute in the East Room Diamant is the author of Chaining the Hudson; of the White House; Putnam County was hon- stipend for research about the Hudson River The Hudson River Valley National Heritage The Replica Ship The Half Moon DIVE! The Story of David Bushnell and His Valley. Recent award recipients include Area, the Dutchess County Industrial ored for its continued commitment to protect- Remarkable 1776 Submarine (and Torpedo); Development Agency, and the DJ McManus ing and to promoting the rich heritage of the Professor Mark Morreale, for his article about Quadricentennial Yankee Doodle Days; and Revolutionary the Hudson River Valley’s contributions to Foundation have provided generous support for Hudson River Valley. Navigator Tamagna Women. Mr. Diamant’s contributions to the 2009 marks the 400th anniversary of the the Union cause in the American Civil War the development of the Digital Library, www. continues to coordinate efforts with new com- region’s history have enriched the field, and historic voyage of Henry Hudson’s ship, published in the Autumn 2005 issue of The hudsonrivervalley.org. the Hudson River Valley Institute will utilize De Halve Maen, up the majestic river that munities along the river and to promote a Pre- Hudson River Valley Review, and Professors his generous donation to continue studying the would soon bear his name. Planning is well serve America Passport, map and signs, most Donald Anderson and Judith Saunders for their Distinguished Lecture Series recently for Dutchess County. He also hosted Valley and its past. Michael Diaz, Marist ’06, former Secretary of State James The Hudson River Valley Institute sponsors underway to provide the appropriate historic work in producing the Autumn 2006 issue of a regional conference on Air Quality: Smart Baker III, and Barney McHenry, HRVI Advisory Board The Hudson River Valley Review devoted to an ongoing interpretation and celebratory attention Fuels & Technology in 2006. The Navigator is Edith Wharton. lecture and this event so richly deserves. The Hudson River conference series Valley Institute, in cooperation with the involved in the Hudson River Lighthouse Trail significant contributions in three main areas Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Digital Library on the Hudson and “Fresh Off the Barge,” a floating farmers’ – environmental conservation, historic HRVI Digital Library is the gateway to River Valley’s and the American Heritage Rivers Initiative, is market; both offer an educational component preservation, and the arts – in the Hudson information on the Hudson River Valley, serving rich history and working with the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain to heritage and natural resource protection. River Valley. Among the recipients for historic educators, students, residents of the Valley and culture through Quadricentennial Commission to plan for the preservation was Michael Diaz, ’06 and 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage heritage tourists. The Digital Library and Portal the generosity The Hudson River Navigator is funded by the former HRVI intern. Site contains thousands of pages of historical of the Charlotte and discovery. Director Thomas Wermuth is Former intern coordinator Neil Bhatiya, ’06, the Co-Chair of the Education Committee U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service in records and materials, educational curriculum, Cunneen-Hackett James Kirby Martin speaks on cooperation with the New York State Depart- received the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor books, articles and historical images of valley, Charitable Trust. Benedict Arnold and the Hudson of the Quadricentennial Commission. The Society’s National Undergraduate Award for River Valley at Marist College ment of Conservation. all of which are searchable in the electronic To date, more than bicentennial of Robert Fulton’s North River HRVI Advisory Board his paper, “The View from Moscow: George F. archives. In its five years of operations, almost a dozen lectures and three conferences have Steamboat of Clermont, will be remembered in Kennan, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Problems the Autumn 2007 issue of The Hudson River 1 million visitors have used the Digital Library, been offered in locations throughout the Valley. On April 26, 2007, the Open Space Institute, of Russian-American Relations, 1944-45.” Valley Review, the Steamboat Bicentennial downloading almost 500,000 MB of historical Among the speakers have been such noted an organization devoted to protecting scenic, HRVI board member Denise Doring Celebration at Clermont State Historic Site, records, pamphlets, books, articles, and images. historians and authors as Richard Brookhiser, natural and historic landscapes, honored HRVI VanBuren has been announced as one of two and an special exhibit at the Albany Institute The site has recorded over 8.5 million “page Edwin Burrows, Edward Cashin, Edward Advisory Board member Barney McHenry Honorees for The Community Foundation of of History & Art. hits.” That presently translates into nearly Countryman, Kenneth T. Jackson, Tom Lewis, with the Barnabas McHenry Hudson River Dutchess County’s 2007 Garden Party for her James Kirby Martin, Willard Sterne Randall, commitment to improve quality of life in the 1,900 page hits, 1,500 visitors, and 1,500 AHRI/Navigator Valley Awards, funded by an endowment raised MB of “downloads” every day. HRVI interns Barnett Schecter, Robert Selig, Russell Shorto, by OSI. As general counsel of the Reader’s Hudson River Valley. have digitized thousands of pages of historical and Joseph Tiedemann. The Hudson River became one of the nation’s Digest Association, Inc., he was the principal first American Heritage Rivers in 1997. In architect of the Wallace Funds, which supported Hudson River Valley Education Programs 2003 Governor George Pataki appointed Vin- the arts, education, humanities, health and the HRVI is entering the fifth year of two grant- ny Tamagna as the Hudson River Navigator Dr. Thomas S. Wermuth, and Senator Hillary Rodham environment. In addition to his work for HRVI, funded opportunities for Valley teachers. and asked the Hudson River Valley Institute at Clinton at Marist College he serves as Commissioner of the Palisades Working with Dutchess, Ulster, and Orange SCHOLARLY JOUNRNAL OF THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY Marist to be the regional home of the American Interstate Park Commission, Chairman of the County BOCES, the Institute hosts several Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities week-long workshops each summer and one The Hudson River Valley Review provides recent research and Heritage Rivers Initiative (AHRI). The Navi- Council, Co-Chair of the Hudson River Valley three-day workshop in collaboration with the writing on all aspects of the Hudson River Valley’s history, culture gator is the liaison between federal, state and and people. Special themed issues have focused on significant local agencies, governments and communities. topics such as the American Revolution, architecture, the Civil AHRI has complemented New York’s efforts to War, and writer Edith Wharton. The most recent issue, Spring restore and protect the Hudson River’s natu- UNDERGRADUATE INTERN PROGRAM 2007, features articles on women’s history. HRVI assumed ral, scenic, historic and economic resources in As the Hudson River Valley Institute at Marist College completes its sixth school year, its publication of the journal from Bard College in 2003, and the partnership with local governments and orga- team of interns has produced outstanding work. The internship program at HRVI has number of subscribers has grown by over 300%, revealing nizations along its banks. The Navigator works graduated 69 interns —history, business, communications, computer science, English, the ongoing interest in the region’s history. Subscribers range writing, environmental and political