Introduction to Charles Chisholm

[lanze108.livejournal.com]

The following is a bio that I am posting here on behalf of Charles Chisholm. It serves as a brief introduction for those Ward 6 residents that he hasn't had the opportunity to personally meet with yet:

Charles Chisholm grew up on Flint Street in East Somerville. He attended the Little Flower School in East Somerville.Subsequently, he attended and graduated from Malden Catholic High School as his class salutatorian. Charles was offered a full presidential scholarship to Boston College and a full scholarship to Tufts University. He chose Boston College and graduated with a B.A. degree in mathematics.

Charles began his teaching career at the Northeaster Junior High School and later taught high school at both Don Bosco Technical High School as department chair and at Malden Catholic High School. Charles was elected Ward 1 School Committee member and Ward 1 Alderman during this period.

In 1982, Charles moved to Ward 6 and completed his advanced degree at UMass Lowell with an M.S. degree in mathematics and was hired as an instructor at Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC). There, he was promoted to Associate Professor and finally to Full Professor, serving as Department Chair of the Math and Physics Department at BHCC.

As a member of the Massachusetts Community College Council, Charles was elected chapter president by his peers annually from 1992-2000. He served as an elected delegate to the NEA-RA convention in eleven of his twenty-one years at BHCC. Charles has retired from full time teaching, but continues to teach at the college two courses per semester.

In addition to teaching for over 40 years, Charles enjoys downhill skiing racquetball and playing chess.

Comments

[ron_newman]

Thanks. Please encourage him to participate in tonight's "Ask Me Anything" post here on DSLJ. I'll post it around 4 pm. All three other candidates will be there, answering questions starting at 7 pm.

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

Uh, why should we care? Or is it a fact (unstated here) that Charles Chisholm is running for ward 6 alderman?

[lanze108.livejournal.com]

I was just posting his bio on his behalf as a supporter.

He has a great track record from his last time as alderman: securing a 6 million dollar grant to reconstruct 24 streets in the ward, voting for funding for Somerville's first four comprehensive elementary schools, and more. This city has enough talkers. We need someone who is proven to take action.

You can learn more about Charles on his website: charlesjchisholmforward6.com

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to point out that you omitted the single most important fact about him, which should have been the first sentence, "Charles Chisholm is running for ward 6 alderman." That's the sentence that would cause the default reader (who won't know who he is) to know why he should read and care about the item.

[ron_newman]

Yes, he's the one candidate (of four) who decided not to participate in Tuesday's "Ask Me Anything" forum.

[lanze108.livejournal.com]

He didn't decide not to participate in the "Ask Me Anything" forum. He already had prior engagements, as you already know.

[pywaket.livejournal.com]

Well, his attitude, and yours have definitely put me off of voting for him. I will choose one of the other candidates.