Who's that?

Wednesday, July 13, 2011. Posted by Sasha Archibald under News and Notes

This project gets our best title yet: So Many Dynamos. So Many Dynamos honors OMCA staff past and present. The project includes video portraits of a few of our colleagues, Polaroids of staff of bygone days, and this charming group photo by Drew Johnson, circa 1995. We recognize a few faces, but help us out. Rollover the image to see the ghost silhouettes and numbers, and click "Add new comment" to identify people. Send us the stories, too! We'll post complete caption info as soon as we piece it together.

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Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Rosemarie Garman on Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

#2 looks like Janet Hatano...#14 looks like Inez Brookes and # 4 Dr Power #8 Karen Nelson... is that Doug James at 62- not sure.... #44 Carey Caldwell I Think @13 is Betsy Willcuts and #38 MAy be Gail ?? also from the from the Docent Office I don't see the mother daughter combo security guards Debbie and Doris nor Arturo Leon...is that Hazel hidden #11 ? I think Debbie Cooper is #23 There was a photo similar to this one-perhaps it is this one- which had 3 Gail, Gale and Gayle s in it...#37 is the male Gayle , Gail Bernstein should be in there but I can't find her and Gale/Gail from the Docent office #38

Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, March 19, 2012.

72 , I believe was Bob Boudreaux

Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Christie Davis on Tuesday, February 28, 2012.

Hello OMCA family, I'm #54 (now Christie Mazuera Davis and a Program Director at Lannan Foundation) and my colleagues from the Education Department are Karen Nelson#8; Meoy Gee #7; Janet Hatano #2 and Amy Billstrom#50.

Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Clark Baughan on Thursday, February 23, 2012.

#53 is me!
Clark Baughan, Technical Specialist at the time

I am now Gallery Director with Santa Fe Community College in New Mexico

Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Ruth Bard on Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

I left OMCA in 1986 so I can only identify a few. Here goes:
#6 Kaoru Kitagawa, Preparator - Extraordinary person & friend/sister
#9 Frank - Engineer, Happiest person on earth
#17 Monty Montague, Chief Engineer
#11 Hazel James - Security Officer, Museum Ambassador, noted for professing daily "I love my job", my sister/friend
#44 Carey Caldwell - History Curator, Southern Belle, my cornbread buddy
#46 Tom Steller - Natural Sciences Curator
#23 Debbie Cooper - History Curator
#37 Gail Palmquist - Builder/Designer, my pal
#41 Epifanio Gaspar - Accountant
#65 Josephine Soares - Clerical Support for scheduling & Bob Tabor's boss
#62 Doug James - Security Guard (Mr. Brains)
#63 David Morrison - Security Guard (Welcomed me as new employee after my interview), Visionary.

Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, November 21, 2011.

Yes, 59 is Tom Frye, former Chief Curator of History and a real visionary who put the museum on the map nationally.

Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 2, 2011.

Could #68 be Paul Matzner, nature's sound man extraordinaire?

Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Mark Medeiros on Tuesday, August 2, 2011.

#15 is Phil Mumma, who is one of the most knowledgable people about California art, history, and science ever!
#58 is indeed Dorothy Hood, a person with an interesting history and mother of some very accomplished daughters.
#71 is Ken Trapp, a pioneer in his work on California Arts and Crafts and author of a book on that subject.
#69 is Rob Brown, a very talented and too humble graphic designer.
#22 is former Chief Curator of Art, Phil Linhares, a man of many talents and the least pretentious person you could meet.
#42 is Greg Johnson, a former security guard who also played in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins.
#40 is Arthur Monroe, a very accomplished painter and community activist, whose lunch partners defined the term diversity in every sense.
#5 is Ethel Noel, a hard working custodian and the queen of the bbq grill, who had the best going away party ever!
#25 is Abby Wasserman, a published author, and editor of our former great magazine.
#61 is Del Bard, former Chief of Security, and a man that defined class.
#31 is Jerry Daviee, the best damn grant writer in America!
#30 is Don Hindorff, former accountant, that got a second wind at the Oakland Museum.
#21 is Sandy Bredt, a very dedicated educator that excelled in working with the community.
#4 is Dennis Power, former executive director that brought the museum to a new level.
#14 is Inez Brooks-Myers, a former history curator that founded the costume and textile collection at the OMCA.
#16 is me and the reason why mustaches are not a good idea!

Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Carolyn on Friday, July 22, 2011.

OK, I am #48. But let me tell you about #12, Gianna Capecci. Gianna was a registrar in the art department, and she taught registration in the JFK Museum Studies program. She was a wonderful caring woman who left the Oakland Museum to work at the Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa. We lost Gianna to ovarian cancer in February of 2009. She is sorely missed.

Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Rene de Guzman on Thursday, July 21, 2011.

Barbara (Henry) admitted that #47 is in fact her.

Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, July 18, 2011.

#8 is Karen Nelson
#33 is John Burke
#43 looks like Drew Johnson
#58 looks like Dorothy Hood
#59 might be Tom Frye?

Re: Who's that?

Submitted by Rene de Guzman on Wednesday, July 13, 2011.

Okay, I'll name one. Harvey Jones, number 55. He retired four years ago and I was hired to fill his spot. I've seen him occasionally and he's contributed to the art gallery reinstallation even after leaving. Apparently, his expertise was 19th century landscape painting which I found curious since I also understood that he started out as an artist. Did I get that right? In any case, where he ended up was not where he started.