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# Hearts of the Dulcimer

Hearts of the Dulcimer is a 2013 independent documentary film focusing on the Appalachian dulcimer, and particularly its role in the 1960s California counterculture, through interviews with builders and players of this musical instrument. The film was written and directed by Patricia Delich and Wayne Jiang.
The film premiered at the 2013 Ozark Hills Film Festival.

## Overview

The mountain dulcimer often conjures up rustic mountain life and simple traditional music from the American South in a bygone era. But that’s not the whole story. From a group of countercultural youth living in the Santa Cruz Mountains in the late 1960s to Joni Mitchell's influential Blue album in the early 1970s, the mountain dulcimer found a new voice in a "new land": California.
Hearts of the Dulcimer tells the story of the mountain dulcimer boom that started in the late 1960s in California. To provide context for those not familiar with the dulcimer, the film starts out with historical information illustrated with archival footage and stories about a few of the early builders and players in the Appalachian Mountains. The main focus of this documentary is the little-known story of the California dulcimer boom. It is told through the eyes of those who lived during that era and who had a major influence on the dulcimer in California.
Telling the story of the rise and fall (and potential comeback) of the mountain dulcimer in California, Hearts of the Dulcimer is illustrated by past and present musical performances, and players and builders reminiscing.

## Cast

* Michael Rugg: one of the primary people responsible for the dulcimer boom in California and one of the top dulcimer players in the 1970s and 1980s. He co-founded CapriTaurus and Folk Roots Dulcimers with his brother Howard Rugg. Many people purchased their first dulcimer from Michael at the Renaissance Faire.
* Howard Rugg: one of the premiere dulcimer builders in California during the 1970s and 1980s. He co-founded CapriTaurus and Folk Roots Dulcimers with his brother Michael Rugg. With his mastery of woodworking, Howard turned a small shop in the Santa Cruz Mountains into one of the largest dulcimer-making businesses in the world.
* Joellen Lapidus: one of the pioneers of contemporary mountain dulcimer playing, songwriting, and instrument construction. She introduced the dulcimer to Joni Mitchell and made three instruments for her between 1968 and 1976. Joellen builds dulcimers and teaches in West Los Angeles.
* Neal Hellman: a nationally acclaimed performer and teacher of the mountain dulcimer. He has been active in performing, writing, teaching, and recording acoustic music for the past 30 years. Neal is founder, director, and one of the primary artists on the Gourd Music record label.

### Additional musical performances, recordings, or commentary

    Ron Beardslee, Laura Devine Burnett, Bonnie Carol, Albert d’Ossché, Patricia Delich, Robert Force, Paul Furnas, Bill Haines, Gary Horsman, Janet Herman, Stephen Jackel, Lucy Long, Cyndi Menzel, Joni Mitchell, Aaron O’Rourke, Steve Palazzo, Jean Ritchie, Peter Tommerup, Wendy Treat.
# Eolais mac Biobhsach

Eolais mac Biobhsach (alias 'Irish: Eolus' "knowledge", anglicized "Wallis", "Olis" or "Olus" fl. AD 900) was a chieftain of 10th century Gaelic Ireland. He is noted as the first "full chieftain of the Conmaicne" of present-day south county Leitrim, and parts of west County Longford. His descendants are known as "the Muintir Eolais".

## Biography

Eolais was born into a Túath of the Conmaicne settled in present-day south county Leitrim, in the second half of the 9th century. As an adult, he became chieftain of his sept. A charismatic leader, he became the first full chieftain of the "Conmaicne Réin" c. AD 900.
He married, having at least three sons, named "Brocan", the ancestor of Shanley; "Anbeith", the ancestor of Mac Garry; and "Maolmuire", lord of Conmaicne Réin and ancestor of Mag Raghnaill (anglicised Mac Rannell, Reynolds). Ódhrán Ua hEolais, a famous scribe of Clonmacnoise, was probably his grandson.
Eolais's death is not recorded by the Irish Annals, but probably occurred between A.D. 920–960.

## Legacy

Eolais Mac Biobhsach is the ancestor of the Muintir Eolais who were the most famous of the ancient Leitrim sub-septs of the Conmaicne territories of modern-day Leitrim (barony) and Mohill (barony). The primary sept of Eolais today are Reynolds, Mulvey, Shanley, and McGarry. From the 11th to 17th centuries, the Irish: "Muintir Eolais" ("'tribe of Eolais'") ruled most of the territory of present-day south county Leitrim. Place names preserve his memory. The townland of Corryolus (Irish: Coraidh Eolais, Eoluis, lit. 'weir of Eolais') located in the town of Carrick on Shannon clearly retains his name. In the remote mountainous Cuilcagh-Anierin uplands, the oligotrophic lake named "Lough Munter Eolas" marks a borderline between west Cavan and south Leitrim.

## Tributes

A well established Leitrim-Longford traditional fiddle group, trained by a Fr. Quinn since 1966, adopted the name "Ceolus" preserving his name, and they play music garnered from local manuscripts going back almost two hundred years.

## Surname

O'Donovan claimed the family name (Irish: Ó hEóluis "descendant of Eolais") is still found anglicised as "Olus" or "Olis". In 1566 two instances of the surname corrupted as "Oelase" and "Olase", are found in the Irish Fiants for Leinster. The surname must be very rare.
# Penfield Tate III

Penfield Wallace Tate III (born May 19, 1956) is an American politician.
Tate's father Penfield Tate II served in the United States military. As a result, the younger Tate and his mother Ellen spent his early life on several military bases. Tate III graduated from Colorado State University in 1978 with a degree in sociology. He pursued a J. D. at the Antioch School of Law, ending his legal studies in 1981. Tate then became an attorney based in Denver for the Federal Trade Commission. In 1984, Tate began practicing law at Trimble, Tate & Nulan, a law firm cofounded by his father. Tate worked for Federico Peña from 1990 to 1991, returning to Trimble, Tate & Nulan in 1992, before leading his own legal practice, Tate & Tate, P.C., alongside his father. Tate worked for the Colorado Department of Administration before serving the Colorado Democratic Party as vice chairman from 1994 to 1996. He was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives from the eighth district the next year. In 2000, Tate sought election to the Colorado Senate from District 33.
Tate resigned from the state senate in February 2003 to contest the mayoralty of Denver in the 2003 Denver mayoral election. He was one of seven candidates in the mayoral election, but placed fourth in the first round and therefore did not advance to the runoff, won by John Hickenlooper. In October 2018, Tate began his second Denver mayoral campaign. He would, once again, place fourth in the first round of the 2019 Denver mayoral election. In 2023, he ran for an at-large Denver City Council seat in the 2023 Denver Mayoral election and placed third out of nine candidates.
# W. T. Blackwell and Company

W.T. Blackwell & Co. Tobacco was a tobacco manufacturer in Durham, North Carolina. It was best known as the original producer of Bull Durham Tobacco, the first nationally marketed brand of tobacco products in the United States. The Blackwell tobacco factory in Durham, built in 1874, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977. It is included in the American Tobacco Company Manufacturing Plant historic district, and is now occupied by apartments.

## History

During the occupation of Durham by various military forces in the American Civil War, the quality of some of its tobacco was recognized. Former soldiers sought to acquire the tobacco produced by John Ruffin Green, who created the Bull Durham logo. Green in 1868 partnered with William T. Blackwell, who after Green's death formed a partnership with Julian S. Carr to continue producing and marketing the brand. The company experienced rapid growth, due in part to one of the nation's first nationwide advertising campaigns, which made the Bull Durham logo widely recognizable. The Bull Durham brand continued, through ownership changes, until 1988.

## Factory

The Blackwell factory, located at the corner of West Pettigrew and Blackwell Streets in Durham, was built in stages between 1874 and 1903. It is a four-story brick building, with commercial Italianate style. It has a central courtyard, and was, at 94,000 square feet (8,700 m$^2$), once billed as the world's largest tobacco factory. The Bull Durham brand was manufactured at this facility until 1957, when its manufacture was transferred to a factory in Richmond, Virginia.

## Gallery

* Bull Durham signage in Oakland, Oregon
* 1881 W. T. Blackwell advertisement
# Asif Imrose

Asif Imrose (Bengali: আসিফ ইমরোজ) is a Bangladeshi actor and model.

## Acting career

Imrose came in to the media participating in the reality show Super Hero Super Heroine. The reality show was held in 2009, jointly organized by Bangladesh Film Development Corporation and satellite television channel NTV. In that competition, he achieved the distinction of being the 1st Runner up. In 2014, Asif made his acting debut in the film Dobir Saheber Songsar, with co-star Mahiya Mahi.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Role | Co-Artist | Director | Released | Notes |
| 2014 | Dobir Saheber Songsar | Akkas | Mahiya Mahi, Bappy Chowdhury | Jakir Hossain Raju | 4 April 2014 | Debut film |
| 2014 | Maya Nagor | | Dilruba Yasmin Ruhi | | | |
| 2018 | Bhalo Theko | Rose Mirza | Tanha Tasnia Islam, Arifin Shuvoo | Jakir Hossain Raju | 22 December 2017 | |
| 2018 | Moyna Pakhir Shangshar | | Dilruba Yasmin Ruhi, Amrita Khan | Rayhan Mujib | | |
| 2018 | Kacha Lanka | | Samia Akter Othoi | Dr. Ela | | Expected to be released in February 2018 |
| 2021 | Tumi Acho Tumi Nei | Amit / Sneho | Prarthona Fardin Dighi | Delwar Jahan Jhantu | | |
| 2023 | Mon Diyechi Tare | | Amrita Khan | Mostafizur Rahman Babu | | |
# Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa

The Lisbon School of Engineering (ISEL; Portuguese: Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa) is a Portuguese higher education polytechnic institution of engineering and technology. Headquartered in Lisbon and a part of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon.
# Inagaki

Inagaki (Japanese: 稲垣) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Inagaki Chusei (稲垣 仲静, 1897–1922), Japanese painter
* Fumio Inagaki (稲垣 史生), Japanese microbiologist
* Goro Inagaki (稲垣 吾郎, born 1973), Japanese singer and musician
* Hiroshi Inagaki (稲垣 浩, 1905–1980), Japanese filmmaker
* Jitsuo Inagaki (稲垣 実男, 1928–2009), Japanese politician
* Junichi Inagaki (稲垣 潤一, born 1953), Japanese popular singer
* Manjiro Inagaki (稲垣 満次郎, 1861–1908), Japanese diplomat
* Riichiro Inagaki (稲垣 理一郎, born 1976), Japanese manga writer
* Saori Inagaki (稲垣 早織, born 1990), Japanese rhythmic gymnast
* Seiji Inagaki (稲垣 誠司, born 1973), Japanese athlete
* Shisei Inagaki (稲垣 史生, 1912-1996), Japanese novelist
* Takashi Inagaki (稲垣 隆史, born 1937), Japanese actor and voice actor
* Taruho Inagaki (稲垣 足穂, 1900–1977), Japanese writer
* Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto (1874-1950), Japanese-American autobiographer & writer
* Sumie Inagaki (稲垣 寿美恵, born 1966), Japanese female ultramarathon runner and world record-holder
* Inagaki Toshijiro (稲垣 稔二郎, 1902–1963), Japanese textile artist

## Fictional characters

* Mami Inagaki, a character from the Strike Witches franchise
# Football at the 1971 Mediterranean Games

The 1971 Mediterranean Games football tournament was the 6th edition of the Mediterranean Games men's football tournament. The football tournament was held in İzmir, Turkey between the 6–16 October 1971 as part of the 1971 Mediterranean Games.

## Participating teams

The following countries have participated for the final tournament:
| Federation | Nation |
| CAF Africa | Egypt Morocco Tunisia |
| AFC Asia | Syria |
| UEFA Europe | France Amateurs (holders) Greece Ol. Turkey B (hosts) Yugoslavia Ol. |

## Venues

| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
| İzmir | İzmir Atatürk Stadium | 70,000 |
| İzmir | Alsancak Stadium | 25,000 |
| Manisa | Manisa Stadium | ? |

## Tournament

All times local : Time zone (UTC+3)
Key to colours in group tables :
* Advance to the Final
* Advance to the Third place match
* Advance to the Fifth place match

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Tunisia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| Turkey B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
| France Amateurs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Syria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Tunisia won group on draw.

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Yugoslavia Ol. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 3 |
| Egypt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Greece Ol. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
| Morocco (disqualified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Match abandoned at 1–0, Morocco walked off after second player were sent off. Morocco disqualified and all their results annulled.

### Knockout stage

| Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 15 October – İzmir | 15 October – İzmir |
| France Amateurs | 3 |
| Greece Ol. | 1 |
| Final | Final |
| 15 October – İzmir | 15 October – İzmir |
| Tunisia | 0 |
| Yugoslavia Ol. | 1 |
| Third place | Third place |
| 16 October – İzmir | 16 October – İzmir |
| Turkey B (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| Egypt | 0 |

#### Final
## Tournament classification

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Yugoslavia Ol. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 |
| 2 | Tunisia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| 3 | Turkey B | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
| 4 | Egypt | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 2 |
| Eliminated in the group stage ||||||||||
| 5 | France Amateurs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| 6 | Greece Ol. | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | –7 | 1 |
| 7 | Syria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 0 |
# Timmy Everett

Timmy Everett (February 14, 1938 – March 4, 1977) was an American actor and dancer. He attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and debuted at the age of 14 in a TV production of On Your Toes. He won a Theatre World Award in 1957 for his role in The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, and again in 1958 for The Cold Wind and the Warm.
Everett appeared in the 1962 film The Music Man and in the television series Decoy, General Electric Theater, Naked City, Outlaws and Ben Casey.
He died of an apparent heart attack in his sleep on March 4, 1977, in New York City at age 39.
# Dizzy, Miss Lizzy

"Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" is a rock and roll song written and recorded by Larry Williams in 1958. Although identified as a "genuine rock & roll classic", it had limited success on the record charts. Seven years later, the Beatles recorded the song, and John Lennon performed it with the Plastic Ono Band in 1969.

## Recording

At the end of 1957, Williams scored with one of his biggest hits, "Bony Moronie". On February 19, 1958, he entered the Radio Recorders studio in Hollywood, California, to record a potential follow-up. He was again backed by some well-known session musicians, including René Hall, who is credited as the band leader and with supplying the distinctive guitar riff. However, it is Williams' vocal that makes the song stand out, according to music journalist Gene Sculatti, "at ease with its own intensity [that is] finally out of Richard's shadow." (Little Richard and Williams were both signed to Specialty Records).

## Release and charts

Specialty released "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" in both the 78 rpm and newer 45 rpm record formats. Williams had several completed recordings to choose from for the B-side, but the label decided to go with "Slow Down", a track he had recorded at the same September 11, 1957, session that produced "Bony Moronie". Both sides received notices in Billboard magazine, but only "Dizzy, Miss Lizzy" reached the "Top 100 Sides" chart. It peaked at number 69 during the week ending April 19, 1958. Both songs were included on Williams's first album, the Specialty compilation Here's Larry Williams (1959).

## Personnel

* Larry Williams – vocals, piano
* Earl Palmer – drums
* René Hall – guitar
* Howard Roberts – guitar
* Ted Brinson – bass guitar
* Plas Johnson – tenor sax
* Jewell Grant – baritone sax

## The Beatles rendition

In 1965, the Beatles recorded "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" in response to requests from Capitol Records (their US record label) for new material. The song, recorded the previous year by another Liverpool group The Escorts, is included on the UK album Help! and the US album Beatles VI. They recorded it along with another Williams tune, "Bad Boy", on the same day.
Group biographer Ian MacDonald describes the song as "an unprepossessing shambles of ersatz hysteria and jumbled double-tracking". However, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine comments "'Dizzy Miss Lizzy' gives John an opportunity to flex his rock & roll muscle."
Lennon later recorded "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" at a performance at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival on September 13, 1969. The song is included on the Plastic Ono Band album Live Peace in Toronto 1969.

### The Beatles personnel

In Revolution in the Head, MacDonald lists the following:
* John Lennon – vocal, rhythm guitar, Vox Continental organ
* Paul McCartney – bass
* George Harrison – double-tracked lead guitar
* Ringo Starr – drums, cowbell
# Athletics at the 1975 Summer Universiade – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1975 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 18 and 20 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Thomas Wessinghage West Germany | Steve Heidenreich United States | Gheorghe Ghipu Romania |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Athlete | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany | 3:45.82 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Javier Chávez | Mexico | 3:46.16 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Peter Spir | Canada | 3:46.29 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Luigi Zarcone | Italy | 3:46.31 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Štefan Polák | Czechoslovakia | 3:46.3? | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Dominique Tellier | France | 3:46.36 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Liévin De Reymaecker | Belgium | 3:46.55 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Henryk Wasilewski | Poland | 3:46.68 | |
| 9 | 1 | Francisco Gordillo | Spain | 3:47.24 | |
| 10 | 1 | Yevgeniy Volkov | Soviet Union | 3:47.50 | |
| 11 | 2 | Gheorghe Ghipu | Romania | 3:48.36 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | David Moorcroft | Great Britain | 3:48.47 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Steve Heidenreich | United States | 3:48.52 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Giulio Riga | Italy | 3:48.57 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Jost Wollstein | West Germany | 3:48.75 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Wiesław Watras | Poland | 3:49.17 | |
| 17 | 2 | Aleksandr Andrusenko | Soviet Union | 3:49.30 | |
| 18 | 2 | Francisco Méndez | Mexico | 3:50.01 | |
| 19 | 1 | Vicente Pimentel Silva | Brazil | 3:50.07 | |
| 20 | 2 | Spyros Nakos | Greece | 3:50.54 | |
| 21 | 2 | Francisco Recuero | Spain | 3:51.85 | |
| 22 | 1 | Walter Fähndrich | Switzerland | 3:52.62 | |
| 23 | 2 | Christian Benezis | France | 3:52.81 | |
| 24 | 1 | Mohamed Reza Hasan Gaviar | Iran | 3:57.86 | |
| 25 | 2 | Lafta Askar Sabri | Kuwait | 4:13.47 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Thomas Wessinghage | West Germany | 3:39.73 |
| | Steve Heidenreich | United States | 3:40.56 |
| | Gheorghe Ghipu | Romania | 3:41.19 |
| 4 | David Moorcroft | Great Britain | 3:42.58 |
| 5 | Giulio Riga | Italy | 3:42.68 |
| 6 | Jost Wollstein | West Germany | 3:43.27 |
| 7 | Javier Chávez | Mexico | 3:43.30 |
| 8 | Štefan Polák | Czechoslovakia | 3:43.45 |
| 9 | Dominique Tellier | France | 3:43.98 |
| 10 | Luigi Zarcone | Italy | 3:47.96 |
| 11 | Liévin De Reymaecker | Belgium | 3:48.23 |
| 12 | Peter Spir | Canada | 3:50.92 |
# Nippoleucon

Nippoleucon is a genus of hooded shrimps within the family Leuconidae, with 3 species currently assigned to the genus.

## Species

* Nippoleucon enoshimensis (Gamo, 1967)
* Nippoleucon hinumensis (Gamo, 1967)
* Nippoleucon projectus Lee & Lee, 2006
# Quinapondan

Quinapondan (IPA:), officially the Municipality of Quinapondan (Waray: Bungto han Quinapondan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Quinapondan), is a municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,507 people.

## Geography
### Barangays

Quinapondan is politically subdivided into 25 barangays.  Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
* Barangay Anislag
* Bagte
* Barangay No. 1 (Poblacion)
* Barangay No. 2 (Poblacion)
* Barangay No. 3 (Poblacion)
* Barangay No. 4 (Poblacion)
* Barangay No. 5 (Poblacion)
* Buenavista
* Caculangan
* Cagdaja
* Cambilla
* Cantenio
* Naga
* Paco
* Rizal (Pana-ugan)
* San Pedro
* San Vicente
* Santa Cruz (Loro Diyo)
* Santa Margarita
* Santo Niño
* Palactad (Valley)
* Alang-alang
* Barangay No. 6 (Poblacion)
* Barangay No. 7 (Poblacion)
* San Isidro

### Climate

Climate data for Quinapondan, Eastern Samar :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 90 (3.5) | 67 (2.6) | 82 (3.2) | 70 (2.8) | 97 (3.8) | 145 (5.7) | 152 (6.0) | 127 (5.0) | 132 (5.2) | 152 (6.0) | 169 (6.7) | 144 (5.7) | 1,427 (56.2) |
| Average rainy days | 17.0 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 20.6 | 24.3 | 26.0 | 25.4 | 25.2 | 26.4 | 23.0 | 21.1 | 255 |
| Source: Meteoblue ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

The population of Quinapondan in the 2020 census was 14,507 people, with a density of 170 inhabitants per square kilometre or 440 inhabitants per square mile.

## Economy

Poverty incidence of Quinapondan
* 10
* 20
* 30
* 40
* 50
* 60
* 2006 50.30
* 2009 51.86
* 2012 50.90
* 2015 43.52
* 2018 51.27
* 2021 42.01
* Source: Philippine Statistics Authority
# Frank Creagh

Frank William Creagh (5 May 1924 – 5 July 1998) was a New Zealand boxer.
He won the gold medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 1950 British Empire Games.
# Frank Crotty

Francis Patrick Crotty (11 April 1938 – 18 December 2016) was a New Zealand rower and industrial chemist.

## Early life

Born in Foxton on 11 April 1938, Crotty was the son of Thomas Vincent Crotty and Lucy Pearl Crotty (née Thompson). In 1956, he began studying at Victoria University College, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1961.

## Rowing

A member of the Union Boat Club in Whanganui, Crotty was in the winning Union four with Donald Gemmell, Dave Martin and Allan Tong at the New Zealand championships in 1957. The following year he again won the national fours title, this time with Gemmell, Peter Aitchison, Graeme Moran and Richard Tuffin (coxswain), and the same crew went on to represent New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, finishing fourth.

## Career

Crotty worked for the Southland Frozen Meat Company in Invercargill and completed a Master of Science degree studying extramurally. In the late 1960s, Crotty and his family moved to Hawke's Bay where he was employed at the East Coast Fertiliser Works as production supervisor and chief chemist. In 1977, he took up the position of works manager at the New Zealand Farmers’ Fertiliser Company in New Plymouth, and in 1984 he was appointed general manager of Moa-Nui Cooperative Dairies in Inglewood.
Crotty joined Rotary in New Plymouth, serving as president of the New Plymouth North Rotary Club and district governor's representative in 1981–82. He continued his involvement with Rotary after moving to Hawke's Bay in 1992 as a member of the Taradale club. In 2010, Crotty was awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship.

## Family life

In 1963, Crotty married Julia Monro, and the couple went on to have five children. Crotty and his wife returned to Hawke's Bay in 1992, where they bought and ran a vineyard that they ran until retiring in 1999.

## Death

Crotty died at his home in Taradale on 18 December 2016.