[Fredslist] R.I.P. Jack Friedman - a good friend

Fri Apr 10 08:11:51 EDT 2015

Well said, Corey!!

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 7:20 AM, Thomas Grech <tom_grech at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Beautiful, heartfelt tribute to a terrific man and friend. Thank you Jack
> and thank you Corey.
>
> Tom
>
> Thomas J. Grech
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> Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 23:56:11 -0400
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> Subject: [Fredslist] R.I.P. Jack Friedman - a good friend
>
> I - and all of Gotham - lost a very dear and good friend today.
> Jack Friedman, executive director of the Queens Chamber of Commerce,
> passed away earlier today just days short of his 56th birthday, this Sunday
> when many will gather in his memory to celebrate his life of giving.
> Jack's funeral takes place,
>
>  Sunday, April 12, 12:30 p.m.
> At
> Parkside Memorial Chapels
> 98-60 Queens Boulevard, Rego Park 11374
>
> Jack and I have known each other some three decades.  His most
> distinguishing feature -- and I am sure more than a few others will attest
> to this -- putting family, friends, colleagues and the public before
> himself.
>
> Before he joined the chamber he took a job that I had turned down at the
> recommendation of the previous job holder.  Jack took the gig and tamed the
> elected (at least for as long as he worked there).
>
> I personally recruited Jack to serve as a trustee of my (Northeast Queens)
> Jewish Community Council knowing he could be the president who could
> succeed our common friend Jeff Gurdus (also of blessed memory); Jack
> performed admirably.
>
> Jack was the field general of my lone race for public office (that I try
> not to recall); its lack of success was not on him.  We both rebounded the
> following year each gaining election to NYC's premier Community School
> Board serving district 26 in 1989.  I called it doing time; it was several
> night meetings a week.  For some reason Jack chose to endure it until
> legislature abolished the boards and impose mayoral control.  I thought I
> took the smarter route serving one term.  Jack stayed on and colleagues
> made him President and he got locked up in that no-pay all give position
> for five years until until they abut down the school boards.
>
> Of course no respite for this guy, he helped the BBYO that our daughter
> were active in and Bellerose Jewish Center exists today because of his
> smarts and ability to make sound deals.
>
> Lately we served together on The board of a senior agency, SNAP, where
> this year we recruited two new Gotham members - Susan Cohen and Mindy Stern
> - to join us on the board.
>
> Jack introduced me to Tom Grech who is now a member of Gotham Green.
>
> I brought Jack a few years back to Gotham Towers.  He joined our tribe and
> has been an invaluable connector for so many of us.  Gotham enjoys a nice
> partnership with the chamber.
>
> When I attended a chamber committee meeting it was rare that we did not
> meet after in his office to chat on not just chamber matters but politics
> -- Jack was perhaps the penultimate political junkie, family and music --
> his was into Springsteen and Southside Johnny the way I love Poco and John
> Fogerty; we attended a Bruce show at the Meadowlands of course, and a few
> summer back The Good Rat.
>
> We never coined a name like the Travelin' Wilburys for our drives long or
> short but I know I'll miss the chats.
>
> And through all that he was a good dad and husband.
>
> Jack, we miss you friend.
>
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