Memorial Dedication

Maritime Art Exhibit: Meet The Artist

Today’s event is dedicated to an amazing artist, mentor & friend Mr. Peter Bogdanos (1935 - 2023)

Bogdanos (Fine Arts Parson’s School of Design; New York University) is an artist born and raised in NYC, where he studied fine arts and drawing with a full from the Art Students League of NY and the Polytechnic School of Athens, the past 60 years, he has exhibited his work in various galleries in New Francisco and Greece and has taught courses in painting, drawing, art history at several colleges/schools. He has a great passion for the arts and his encompasses a broad range of styles, mediums and techniques He attributes his to his extensive travels throughout Europe and especially to his Greece, where his spirituality truly comes alive and his unique vision of the landscapes is captured and expressed on canvas and paper Last August, he work at the Municipal Garden of Chania, which was written up in For more information, email sbogdanos@hotmail.com.

In his time with us, Peter inspired so many and served as Featured Artist at Philo4Thought’s 2018 Maritime Affairs Symposium at the Consulate General of Greece in New York

We offer our deepest condolences to his family.

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Also remembering the amazing mentorship of TMLA & SJU Alumni Prof. Patricia Mary Lucas (1931-2018)

Patricia Lucas was a true teaching icon, teaching Government & Politics to generations of young women at St John’s University and The Mary Louis Academy Patricia was an Alum of both TMLA and SJU, giving back significantly to both communities through her teaching At TMLA (1945-1999), students could agree that she made history come alive – and had lived through enough groundbreaking events to explain them without glancing at the book because the figures resided safely in her incredible heart and mind; moreover, she never left a young lady to fall behind, always watchful and guiding with a kind word to help the young ladies in their formative years At SJU (1949-1999), Patricia also worked to establish the first-ever initiative at SJU to support professional and nontraditional female students – A .W .E . (Advancement of Women in Education); she also contributed significantly to the establishment of the iconic Sun Yat Sen Hall at the heart of the picaresque SJU Queens Campus She will always be known for her intellect, commitment to excellence, kind and giving nature and her ability to empower others

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