A core group of four comprised the Committee 2000-01 for the Renovation of Vietnam Veterans Plaza:
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Vince McGowan is the president of United War Veterans Council of New York County and first vice president of Manhattan Chapter 126, Vietnam Veterans of America.
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Therese Braddick has been the development director for the New York City Parks Foundation, whose mission is to assist groups raising funds to improve the city’s parks.
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Mike O’Connor is the executive vice president of the Alliance for Downtown New York, whose core function is to beautify public spaces in downtown Manhattan.
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Harry Bridgwood is executive vice president of The New Water Street Corporation.
Other key individuals who worked with or for the 2000 Committee include:
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Joe Graham, president of Manhattan Chapter 126, Vietnam Veterans of America.
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Harvey Bagg, general counsel of Manhattan Chapter 126, Vietnam Veterans of America.
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Tom Fox, chair of the education committee Manhattan Chapter 126, Vietnam Veterans of America
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Phil Milio, chair of the map committee Manhattan Chapter 126, Vietnam Veterans of America.
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Michael Handy, director of the Mayor’s Office of Veterans’ Affairs.
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Pat Gualtieri and Paul Buono, the heart and soul of United War Veterans Council, who coordinated the rededication.
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Tim Marshall and Jeff Poor, the architects who designed and oversaw the reconstruction of the Plaza.
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George Acero, project manager for Jones Lang LaSalle, the firm that performed the reconstruction work.
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One hundred New Yorkers, most of whom were Vietnam or Vietnam-Era veterans, were named by Mayor Edward I. Koch to served on the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission resulting in the dedication of the memorial in 1985. The co-chairs of the commission were investment banker Scott Higgins and real estate developer Donald Trump. The core of the commission was its Executive Committee:
(Names in bold denote Veteran status)
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James J. Connolly, then a managing director at Salomon Brothers
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John Catterson, an attorney and veterans activist
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Franklin Havlicek, a counsel to the Mayor who moved on to an executive position with NBC
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Marina Kellen-Gundlach
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Stewart Long, an airline executive
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Stephen Mann, an attorney
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Stephen Mersereau, an accounting executive
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Patrick F. X. Mulhearn, counsel to the Mayor
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James Noonan, then a public relations executive who went on to a senior position with HBO
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Robert P. Patterson, Jr., then an attorney who has since become a federal judge
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Robert A. Ptachik, an administrator with the City University of New York
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Robert Santos, then deputy commissioner with the City's Department of Parks and Recreation
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Catherine Saxton, a public relations executive
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Edward H. Vick, Jr., an advertising executive
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Other key individuals who worked with or for the Commission included:
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James Hebron, executive director
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Peter Mahoney, deputy director
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Peter Dawkins, the former brigadier general then a director at Shearson Lehman/American Express
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Herb Rickman, special assistant to the Mayor
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Joe Bresnan, Parks Department historian and technical advisor for the memorial
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Nancy Rosen, advisor for the design competition
William Broyles, Jr., whose vision and understanding of the power of words was directly responsible for the selection of the design for the memorial, and who wrote the Foreword to the Dear America book
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