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Bill Miranda Salzman
STONEWALL Veterans' Association
Former General Secretary and
current S.V.A. Executive Committee
[Photo by Williamson Henderson]
The occasion of this event was the theatrical production of some of the original Stonewall cops at the Neighborhood Playhouse Theater on East 54th Street in Manhattan. It was the third part of the afternoon and evening reuniting the "Stonewall Police" and the "Stonewall Vetz". In addition to Bill Salzman, other veterans of the 1969 Stonewall Rebellion present and introduced by retired NYPD Sergeant Frank Tuscano were Williamson Henderson, Bert Coffman, Dave West and Dianne Yodice. The story was covered by most print media such as The New York Times and the New York Blade News; television such as a CBS-TV "Eye On America" national news feature and gayly on "Gay USA"; and radio such as National Public Radio (NPR) and WNYC.
Bill Salzman with Colonel Cammeyer visit at Harvey Milk High School,
where Bill was the Founding Principal
Bill Salzman's Thankful Note to the S.V.A.
Thanks again for your warm welcome at yesterday's monthly meeting of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association. Yes, it is true that like many others, I have been an anonymous Stonewall Veteran after all these years. Nonetheless, I have been an admirer of the leading S.V.A. from the sidelines of the parades. .Back in the days, I was a shy and scared 16-year-old when I first sat down (or really riding on the sides) at the Stonewall Club and at the Gold Bug those many years ago. I will accept your offer to join the S.V.A. I hope that I can contribute in some ways after all these years to the continuing spirit of the Gay revolution. And, of course, the SVA's unique and crucial function of educating the public -- Gay and straight.
Sincerely,
Principal Bill Miranda Salzman
April 24, 2004
The New York Times Profile: Bill Salzman
NYX: Bill Salzman - "Trying to make His Special Students feel Ordinary"
[Photo via The New York Times]
http://query.NYTimes.com/BillSalzman/SVA.html
[Photo by Williamson]
Bill Salzman with N.Y.C. Schools Chancellor Joel Klein
[Photo by William Gonzales]
Like the S.V.A.'s Bill Salzman, the native New Yorker, Joel Klein, another
native New Yorker, was also born in Brooklyn. The latter was on
October 25, 1946 and he lived in New York City public housing. Just
as Bill is the first principal of the Harvey Milk High School, the first Gay high school in New York, Mr. Klein is the first New York City Schools Chancellor to be appointed.
It is two more reasons that the two educators instantly
hit it
off. Joel was previously in the national Clinton Administraion
as Deputy Counsel to the President and as Deputy Attorney
General and in private law firm business. Mayor Michael Bloomberg
did the appointing of Mr. Klein on July 29, 2002, when the Mayor
got control of the school sytem, over a school
system with 1.1 million children. Bill is also proudly part of
the NYC Education Department. The education of children is of
great importance to the STONEWALL Veterans' Association with one of our
chief goals being to educate -- youngsters and adults! That
is why the S.V.A. is so extra proud of Bill!
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---------------------------- Original Message ------------------------
Subject: Dan Dobbs * 1963-2008
From: Bill107NY@aol.com
Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 9:27 pm
To: "Williamson" <WLH@nyct.net>
Dear Williamson,
My dear friend and partner Daniel Dobbs, died today Saturday of cancer.
He was a faithful member and voice of the Gay Community in the 1990s.
He died ready and in peace. He was interned in my family plot at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, Queens, N.Y. He will be much missed.
Sadly,
Bill
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Dear Special SVA-ers:
Our STONEWALL Veterans' Association Executive Committee member,
Bill M. Salzman, from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, lost his longtime live-in lover
and partner Daniel Dobbs. Although Dan was a long sufferer of HIV, it did
not kill him. He died of colon cancer. Dan was only 45 years old! Bill was
the first president of the Harvey Milk Gay High School at the Hetrick-Martin
Institute. Besides working for the Board of Education, Bill has been a tireless
caregiver for Dan for the past few years. That is why we have not seen Bill
much. However, he always maintained his S.V.A. membership and interest.
If you wish to write him, use e-mail at: Bill107NY@aol.com. Additionally,
we will be posting a tribute to Dan Dobbs at the S.V.A. website from all.
Peacefully,
Williamson
Bill Miranda Salzman proudly serves as a permanent member of the S.V.A. Executive Committee.
20 September 2008
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