Coincidence--same age, same day of death: Long time Portland artist and Museum Art School instructor Michele (Mike) Russo died last night in St. Vincent Hospital. Mike was 95 years old and had an extraordinary life and career. Two years ago Mike came to PNCA for a slide lecture about his career as an artist. Mike Russo came to Portland and began teaching in the Museum Art School in 1948. If you are intersted, there is a great interview transcription on the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art Web site: http://artarchives.si.edu/oralhist/russo83.htm David Ritchie Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html