Thursday 28 April 2016

TTM Success - Actress Sophie Turner

Sophie Turner is an actress best known for portraying Sansa Stark in the TV series Game of Thrones which was her debut role.

She signed the photo I sent her and returned it in my SASE in exactly 3 weeks.

Sophie Turner
Independent Talent Group Ltd.
40 Whitfield St.
London
W1T 2RH
UK


TTM Success - Actress Alison Pill

Alison Pill is a Canadian actress who has had prominent roles in films such as Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Milk, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Hail, Caesar! as well as TV shows such as In Treatment and The Newsroom.

I sent her a photo to the set of the film Miss Sloane while they were filming in Toronto and she returned it signed in 38 days.

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TTM Success - Soccer Player Kelley O'Hara

Kelley O'Hara is a wingback and midfielder for the United States National Women's Soccer Team and a forward for the National Women's Soccer League team Sky Blue FC. As a member of the national team she is a FIFA Women's World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist.

She signed the photo I sent her and returned it in my SASE in 77 days.

Kelley O'Hara
Sky Blue Soccer
C/o Points Group
6 Dumont Place
4th Floor
Morristown, NJ 07960
USA


TTM Success - Joseph Califano

Joseph Califano is an American political figure who served as US Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1977-1979 under President Jimmy Carter and is the Founder and Chairman of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, a role he has held since 1992. Prior to these roles, Califano served as Special Assistant to President Lyndon B. Johnson and was his top domestic aide.

I emailed his office and he sent me a signed business card in 23 days.

jcalifano@casacolumbia.org


Tuesday 26 April 2016

RIP Shirley Hufstedler 1925-2016

Shirley Hufstedler was an American lawyer, judge and political figure. She served as a judge on the US Court of Appeals from 1968-1979, eventually becoming the highest ranking woman in the federal judiciary. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed her as the first United States Secretary of Education, a position she held until January of 1981 when President Carter's term of office ended. During the Carter Administration, no vacancies occurred on the US Supreme Court, though it is reported that, had there been one, Carter had a desire to appoint Hufstedler as the first female Supreme Court Justice.

She passed away at the age of 90 at the end of March. She had sent me this signed photo several years ago.


TTM Success - Mayor Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson is a British politician who has served as Mayor of London since 2008 and as a Conservative Member of Parliament since 2015, also previously having served as MP from 2001-2008. as a politician, Johnson is known for being very flamboyant and unconventional both in his actions and appearance.

He signed the photo I sent him and returned it to me along with a note from his assistant in 30 days.

Mayor Boris Johnson
Authority City Hall
The Queens Walk
More London
London
SE1 2AA
United Kingdom


TTM Success - Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin is an American actor who has appeared in numerous films over the course of his career of more than 50 years. Some of his better known films are: The Russians are coming: the Russians are Coming, Catch-22, Glengarry Glen Ross, Argo, and Little Miss Sunshine for which he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, his only Oscar win of 4 nominations.

He signed the photo I sent him from Argo and returned it in my SASE in 83 days.

Alan Arkin
c/o Lasher Group
1133 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1621
New York, NY 10036
USA


TTM Success - Dr. Paul Boyer

Dr. Paul Boyer is a chemist who won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on "the enzymatic mechanism underlying the biosynthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)"

Dr. Boyer signed the photo I sent him and returned it in my SASE in 16 days.

Dr. Paul D. Boyer
1033 Somera Road
Los Angeles, CA
90077-2625
USA


RIP Nick Scoppetta 1932-2016

Saddened to hear of the passing of Nicholas Scoppetta who served as the 31st Fire Commissioner of the City of New York serving from 2002-2010 as well as Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice of New York City from 1976-1978.

He sent me this signed photo several years ago when serving as FDNY Fire Commissioner.