Background
Russell, Joseph William was born on September 22, 1947, in Ware, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Phyllis (Merrill) Chalue and step-son of John J. Szanderowski, Sr.
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A Place Called Quabbin (1987)
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Other Work
- Author: The Quabbin Valley: Then and Now (map) (1985). Vestiges of the Lost Valley: Buildings and Bells from the Quabbin (1986). A Place Called Quabbin (1987). A Quabbin Chronicle 1938-1988 (1988). The Archaeology of the Swift River Valley: Recent Developments. (Master's thesis 1994). Division of Watershed Management Emergency Document Training and Testing Program (1995). Quabbin Section Right-to-Know Program; Quabbin Section New Employee Orientation Program (1988). Co-author: Emergency Action Plan, Quabbin Reservoir (1992). Emergency Action Plan, Wachusett Reservoir (1993). Emergency Action Plan Sudbury Reservoir (1995). Founder and first editor, "The Quabbin Chronicle" (employee newsletter). .
Joseph William Russell
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Arts in English, American International College, 1972.
Master of Arts in Teaching, English and Communications, American International College, 1973.
Master of Arts in Archaeology, University of Massachusetts, 1992.
Career
Project Coordinator and Transportation Planner-Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, West Springfield, Massachusetts, 1978-1981. Site supervisor-Valley Opportunity Council, Chicopee, Mass., 1981-1982. Program Director New England Farm Worker's Council, Springfield, Mass., 1982-1984.
Laborer - Division of Watershed Management, Metropolitan District Commission, Belchertown, Mass., 1985-1986. Administrative Assistant II Division of Watershed Management, Metropolitan District Commission, 1986-1991; Management Analyst, 1991-1993; Regional Planner II, 1993-1994; Regional Planner III, 1994- 2003. Former Adjunct Instructor, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. Dam Safety Engineer, Massachusetts Office of Dam Safety, 2004 - 2008. State-wide.
Works
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Other Work
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Author: The Quabbin Valley: Then and Now (map) (1985). Vestiges of the Lost Valley: Buildings and Bells from the Quabbin (1986). A Place Called Quabbin (1987). A Quabbin Chronicle 1938-1988 (1988). The Archaeology of the Swift River Valley: Recent Developments. (Master's thesis 1994). Division of Watershed Management Emergency Document Training and Testing Program (1995). Quabbin Section Right-to-Know Program; Quabbin Section New Employee Orientation Program (1988). Co-author: Emergency Action Plan, Quabbin Reservoir (1992). Emergency Action Plan, Wachusett Reservoir (1993). Emergency Action Plan Sudbury Reservoir (1995). Founder and first editor, "The Quabbin Chronicle" (employee newsletter). .
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Politics
Relatively conservative. Less government is the best government.
Membership
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission: Representative, Town of Palmer, 1981. Elected to Executive Committee, 1982. Appointed to Joint Transportation Committee, 1981. Elected Chairman, 1982.
Elected member, Palmer Planning Board, 1982. Elected Chairman, 1983.
Elected member, Palmer License Commission, 1986. Elected Vice-Chairman, 1988.
Appointed notary public, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1989.
Former affiliations:
-member, Massachusetts Archaeological Society ( Treasurer- Norwottuck chapter).
-member, Association State Dam Safety Officials
- member, Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (elected Director, 1997).
-member, Conference on New England Archaeology.
-member, Pewter Collectors Club of America.
-member Greenwich Church Foundation Inc. (past President).
-member, Friends of Quabbin, Inc. (past President).
Masonic affiliations: Vernon Lodge, Belchertown, Mass.; Newton Lodge, Wilbraham, Mass.; Melha Temple, Springfield, Mass., 1993 -2002.
Personality
Independent. Private.
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Political Party
independent.