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Recently, I was honored to speak at the National Authors Day celebration hosted by the Chenango County Historical Society and SUNY Morrisville (Norwich campus). This gave me the opportunity to revisit the homeland of William E. Dimorier, whose life and …
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Purchase William E. Dimorier: Servant Leader It’s been a long time coming, but the Dimorier Project finally has something to show for years of research and writing to honor a good man—William E. Dimorier. After numerous efforts to get William’s story …
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Recently, I visited the Heritage Room at Blasco Library and came across some interesting information that had nothing at all to do with why I was there. But such is the way of research. You often find treasures you weren’t looking for, …
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Purchase William E. Dimorier: Servant Leader Update: 2022 – Although I have nominated Dimorier every year since 2019, he still has not received the honor of being named to the Erie or Pennsylvania sports hall of fame. Although William Edward …
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Purchase William E. Dimorier: Servant Leader In 1914, William Dimorier, a high school teacher from Erie, PA, received national recognition for a project he had initiated at Erie High called “Newspaper Week.” While Dimorier was not the originator of such a …
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This blog post contains information on the manuscript that resulted from the Dimorier Project. Purchase William E. Dimorier: Servant Leader BRIEF ABSTRACT The Dimorier project began in 2004, when a handwritten journal of original poetry was discovered at a printing-house auction in …
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Presque Isle State Park, in northwestern Pennsylvania, provides quiet refuge for clearing one’s head and connecting with nature. The trails that wind throughout this Lake Erie peninsula offer many opportunities for such soothing sojourns. William E. Dimorier (1871-1951) educator and …
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Purchase William E. Dimorier: Servant Leader After studying William E. Dimorier for more than a decade, I concluded that his life could be summed up as follows: Service to others is worthwhile, even if unrecognized. It took me a while to …
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Purchase William E. Dimorier: Servant Leader Can you imagine a 21st century school district and community raising $176,000 for a single musical instrument? Can you fathom that the equivalent of that figure was raised in Erie, PA, for a pipe organ …
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Purchase William E. Dimorier: Servant Leader One of the books found in William E. Dimorier’s personal library was The Meaning of Service, by Harry Emerson Fosdick, published in 1921. It, perhaps, more than any other of William’s books, illustrates his life …
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