Thaddeus Mosley
Sculptor Thaddeus MosleyJeff SewaldSummer 2010 Art is about personal expression. Anyone who discovers and practices this has something to live for other than what they have to do to make a living. People who write poetry don’t make a lot of money, but seeing their words on the page provides more satisfaction than any job could offer. more >
Robert Qualters
A life's recounting in the subject's own words Jeff Sewald Winter 2010 What’s it like to be 75? Well, I’ll tell you. I’ve had two knee replacements. I’ve had back surgery. I keep falling down and breaking things: my fingers, my skull. more >
Barbara Luderowski
A life's recounting in the subjects own words Jeff Sewald Summer 2009 I arrived in Pittsburgh about the same time that Columbus arrived in America. Actually, it was in 1972, or thereabouts. I was driving through, hustling my work, and stopped at Pittsburgh History & Landmarks to try to interest them in a garden I wanted to design for them. more >
Jeanne Pearlman
What do I know?: Summer '07Jeff SewaldSummer 2007 I was raised in Squirrel Hill. It was a close-knit community that valued ideas and intellectual activities. For my parents, dinnertime was not only about eating. It was also about talking, thinking and challenging. Any opinion expressed had to be countered with another opinion. My father would always ask, “Why do you think that?” This caused me to learn how to think. more >
Dick Thornburgh
A life's recounting in the subject's own words Jeff Sewald Fall 2010 I've had three distinct phases of my career—from public prosecutor to elected official to Washington lawyer—and, strangely, they all came about serendipitously. I grew up in Pittsburgh and went to Yale as an engineering student, even though I was not really suited for it. more >
Andy Russel
What do I know? Jeffrey Sewald Spring/Summer 2006
In the '70s, when I had my little company, I quickly learned that it was going to be more than an off-season job. I went to meetings before practice with the Steelers. After practice, I'd go to dinner meetings and frequently wouldn't get home until midnight.” ~ Andy Russell, businessman and former Steeler. more >
Thelma Williams Lovette
A life's reccounting in the subjects own words Jeff Sewald Fall 2009 I was born in Pittsburgh on Feb. 28, 1916, the fifth of 11 children. My family and I lived at 1520 Wylie Ave. in the Hill District. And we all looked out for each other.
In 1925, when I was just a girl, Mama and Papa took us to the opening of the Centre Avenue YMCA at Francis Street. more >
Jack Perkowski
Mr. China Spring 2009Like so many others in the Pittsburgh area, my grandparents on both sides emigrated from Poland to the United States in the early part of the 20th century. Think about the journey they made. more >
Mark Roosevelt
With Pittsburgh Public Schools superintendent My interest in educational reform started when I was in the legislature in Massachusetts. I was lucky enough, as a young legislator, to be offered the chairmanship of the Education Committee.
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Manfred Honeck
Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra talks about his life and workFall 2008I came to Pittsburgh in 2006 originally just to be a guest conductor for the symphony orchestra. I didn’t know at the time that they were looking for a music director. I really had no idea about it.
more >Robert F. Vagt
President of the Heinz Endowments talks about life and businessJeff SewaldSummer 2008I can’t look at my career path and, with a straight face, tell anyone that it was the result of a plan. I was born in Delaware. My folks split up, and then my mother and I moved to Connecticut in the years before I went to college.
more >Paul O'Neill Sr.
A life’s recounting in the subject’s own words
Facts and knowledge have always been important to me, in government and in business. I believe that it is my duty to either know the answers or to know where to get the answers fast if an important decision must be made.
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