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Dr. Evan Dobelle
President, Westfield State College
www.wsc.mass.edu
"If you don’t like being told what to do… you
need a college degree, otherwise people are going to tell you
what to do for the rest of your life."
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Chief Gary Cassanelli
Springfield Fire Department
www.springfieldfirema.org/default.htm
“Certainly it’s a difficult job… the satisfaction for myself as leader of the department is that… this is a combined effort… we CAN have an impact on public safety in the city of Springfield.”
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Dr. Masharn Doanes
Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon
"That patient… the odds are stacked against them,
and they walk out of the hospital – that’s the
patient that makes your day."
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Dr. Cady Coleman
NASA Astronaut
www.nasa.gov
“The secret to becoming an astronaut is to realize that no one just becomes an astronaut – everyone is something else first.”
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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
www.mass.gov
“I think the ability to articulate a view, and a vision for the future, is important for leadership.”
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Jay Heaps
Soccer player for the New England Revolution
www.revolutionsoccer.net
"I come in everyday because I love to play, I love to
compete… not a lot of people can say that they love
their job."
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Holly Black
Young Adult’s Author from
Amherst
www.blackholly.com
"The most basic thing that is satisfying about being
a writer is having stories that you’ve made up in your
head and then meeting people for whom those stories mean something… you’re
really sharing a part of yourself with other people."
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Derek Kellogg
UMass/Amherst Basketball Coach
“I’m a Springfield native… I was fortunate enough to earn a college scholarship and play basketball at UMASS, and then to come back as the head coach is just a life-long dream and something I have a huge, unbelievable passion for.”
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James Merkel
F-15 Engine Technician
104th Fighter Wing,
Westfield, MA
“I see (F-15’s) take off everyday but yet when I hear them coming down the runway, I still try to get to the door as fast as I can to watch them take off – it’s a great feeling knowing that you put those jets in the air.”
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Kim Baker
Former NASCAR Race Car Driver
“(Racing is) tremendously physical… all kinds of athletic skills help because there are G Forces acting on your body… as much as 4 G’s.”
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