FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com AUGUST 25, 2016 • THE COURIER SUN 21 CUTLER’S LIGHTING Over 50 Years Experience REPAIRS • REWIRING • RE-FINISHING • LAMP SHADES LAMP SHADE SALE 12 years from now, this LED bulb will still be saving you money. 10% OFF OFF ANY PURCHASE With Coupon. Not combinable – New Orders Only. Limit 1 per customer. $150.00 max for discount. LYNBROOK 817 Sunrise Hwy (2 Blocks west of Peninsula Blvd.) 516-887-1300 S U M MER S AV I N GS 30-50% OFF On yellow tagged items GREAT NECK 120 Northern Blvd. 516-482-1919 Excludes Repairs, Refi nishing, Rewiring. Exp. 9/30/16 CUTLER’S LIGHTING CUTLER’S LIGHTING 2016 FINALIST of the ERIC HOFFER AWARD More than a memoir. A story of love, devotion and tenacity. This book is a tremendous accomplishment and could really change people’s perception about institutions and why we have to continue to fight them in all their various forms. - Michael S. Lottman, Esq. Murray Schneps’ book is smart, informative and passionate, and quite blunt. - His drive for community living set in motion a generation of success. The forceful use of the Willowbrook Review Panel pushed the state to increase funding, staffing and framed a commitment to community living. - Arthur Webb, former Commission of the New York State Office for Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities from 1983 to 1990. Available at murrayschneps.com facebook.com/ISeeYourFaceBeforeMe IN MEMORIAM Susan Baer Aviation director and trailblazer, dies at 65 BY MICHAEL TABRIZI [email protected]/@QNS Susan M. Baer, an aviation director who in her 37 years at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey worked to smash glass ceilings, died on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016 at the age of 65. She devoted nearly four decades of her life to transportation and to promoting opportunities for women to earn leadership positions in areas of government that were once considered to be “boys clubs.” The Barnard/ NYU educated trailblazer began her lifelong passion with a private agency in the Panama Canal and she worked there until President Carter began turning over control of the Canal Zone over to the Panamanians. Back in the U.S., Baer would begin what would become a fruitful and fulfi lling tenure with the Port Authority in 1976. Her 37-year career with the Port Authority began with her managing the Bus Terminal and the Lincoln Tunnel. She was then assigned to the Aviation Department, which is the largest aviation system in the country. There she would begin to wear the two hats that would defi ne her legacy, one of a leading public servant and one of a mentor to other women. Port Authority Executive Director Pat Foye said it best when he said Susan Baer’s career was “one of many fi rsts.” She was the fi rst woman to head multiple major transportation hubs and she was the fi rst female director of aviation. Though she was fi rst she did not want to be alone, telling USA Today that “fi rst is fi ne, but I don’t want to be the only.” She said in the interview that “It was hard for us to get here but we ought to be making it easier for the people who are coming behind us.” In her various positions, she was able to make many improvements to the current system. She pushed for many airport modernization efforts throughout the years. She revamped old terminals and built new ones at both Newark and Kennedy. She also pushed for NextGen, which was a overhaul of the nation’s air traffi c system. It would allow planes to fl y more safely and effi ciently, the Port Authority writes. Her goal was to ease congestion of New York City’s skies. Her pursuit of this goal beckoned the attention from many in the aviation world and she was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to the Future of Aviation Committee. She was also appointed by the administrator of the FAA to the NextGen Advisory Committee. Outside of the Port Authority, she also held memberships with the International Aviation Women’s Association, the Airports Council International and the American Association of Airports Executives. She also was on the board of the Newark Museum, the Wings Club and the Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology. The most precious position she ever held, however, was that of mother to her three children: Lizzie, Nick and Jack. The Port Authority quotes Baer as saying, “We all work for something.” She devoted her life to her kids, working hard every day to show them that “we can always make a difference.” She is also is survived by her husband, Joseph Martella, as well as her sister, Sally, and her two brothers, John and Kirk.
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