This is BS! Here is a link to the Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award site. We are talking about a very very different class of "folks." And unless I am very very wrong this is a bad joke!. And not a very funny one!
http://www.ajhs.org/
Edward Albert Chappaqua, New York, U.S.A
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Dave Porter <frogeye@porterscustom.com>wrote:
> Peter and his side kick (Sam, I think- there was the 1st meet name
> confusion, it gets worse with age) stopped here at the shop a couple weeks
> ago. Actually I wasn't here and I called him to apologize and even though
> he
> was 40 miles down the road, he turned around and came back. We'd never met
> before and I'd say most people would have just kept going. That says a lot
> about a guy and his ethic.
> Congratulations to Peter for being a good guy!
> DaveP
>
> frogeye@porterscustom.com
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sanders
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:05 AM
> To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR] Peter Koskinen wins prestigious qward as reported on IBOB
>
> It has been reported on the IBOB List that our own Peter Koskinen has won
> the prestigious Emma Lazarus Statue of Liberty Award. I have no way of
> confirming this, but the post goes on to say that "The Emma Lazarus Statue
> of Liberty Award is given to an American who
>
> > has made a major contribution to improving the human condition. The
>
> > first recipient of the award was Dr. Abraham L. Sachar, founding
>
> > president of Brandeis University. More recently the award has gone to
>
> > Dr. Armand Hammer, Edgar M. Bronfman, Sylvia Hassenfeld, Aaron
>
> > Feuerstein, Beverly Sills, Sanford I. Weill, 2000, Ambassador Felix G.
>
> > Rohatyn, 2001, Elie Wiesel, 2002, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, 2003, Hon.
> Edward
> I. Koch, 2005, Hon. George P.
>
> > Shultz, 2007, and Sid Lapidus, 2008.
>
> >
>
> > Peter was nominated for his immense contribution to society and his
>
> > recent work in conjunction with several presentations and works on
>
> > behalf of the society. ?Please join me in offering Peter our deepest
> salutations."
>
> I can say that Peter sure has made Cirque a lot more interesting in recent
> years, and is a really fun guy.
>
> Perhaps someone knows just what Peter's contribution that he was awarded
> this for might be? Again, I am merely passing this information on and have
> no other confirmation of it. I am hoping that it is not a put on of some
> sort.
>
> Tom Sanders
>
> Lansing, MI USA