MessageI shall testify to that, in a very personal way. In 1981, Penny was newly elected President of Friends of Clark Park and I was newly selected Coordinator of the Clark Park Music Festival. For four months that year, she was my worst enemy. FoCP at that time was out to expel all loud noises from the park and Penny, who lived on the 4300 block of Baltimore Ave., represented her constituents with remorseless vigilance as I sought in vain for a middle ground that could preserve neighborhood harmony.
Yet the Festival survived; the neighbors survived; and the park survived. Time shows how life changes, and what endures. With experience and reflection, her views modulated and grew in subtlety and depth. She became a careful, behind-the-scenes advocate for neighborhood harmony over many years, even as I retreated to my private life. Her quiet work on some of Spruce Hill Community Ass'n's most difficult issues (and it had to be quiet) was a force for inclusiveness and sanity. This spring, as she was coping with terminal cancer, Penny asked me that a tree which had been planted in Clark Park in honor of her parents and later died, be replaced. It will be replaced. -- Tony West ----- Original Message ----- From: S. Sharrieff Ali To: UnivCity Listserv Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:50 PM Subject: [UC] FW: CPB I don't know how many of you knew Penny..I did..she was a super lady! Her spirit will be missed. S -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linda Wiedmann Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 6:13 PM To: pfsni Subject: CPB http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v53/n17/obit.html#pb Penny Burdon, Faculty Senate Carolyn "Penny" Burdon, retired executive assistant in the Faculty Senate Office, died on December 6. She was 65 years old. Coming to Penn in 1971, Ms. Burdon, CGS '81, served in the Faculty Senate Office for 31 years, retiring in 2002. During her time at Penn, she became increasingly knowledgeable of University and Faculty Senate rules. Ms. Burdon not only assisted the Senate Chair but also advised on policies, procedures and rules. "She was relentlessly organized, maintained an extraordinary institutional memory, and was truly dedicated and immersed in the life of the University Faculty Senate,"said Dr. Neville Strumpf, past-chair of the Faculty Senate, Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology and Director of the Center for Gerontologic Nursing Science. A memorial service is being planned for February. Details will be published in Almanac. Penny was also an original member of PFSNI, and president of friends of Clark Park when she lived on Baltimore Ave.
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