Monday, June 23, 2008
Carol DeHaven: Mackler's Comet
Peter's wife Catherine reminded him of Audrey Hepburn.
Camille and Lauren were his pride and joy. It was important to him to celebrate wedding anniversaries and birthdays on the actual date. His middle school teacher Mrs. Grundy taught him the importance of a good outline. He knew every lyric of the American Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls." Peter often invoked scenes from Woody Allen's "Take the Money and Run," as similes for real-life moments. He loved old movies like "Pillow Talk," "Roman Holiday," "Charade" and "Crimes and Misdeameanors." Jazz was his favorite music and Ella Fitzgerald was, as Cole Porter would say, "The Top."
So, too, was Peter, "The Top."
I worked at AFP Washington as sales and marketing manager from 1992 to 1999 and was fortunate to collaborate with Peter on a special World Cup 1998 Internet package, among other new media projects.
Someone dubbed us "le couple infernal," an annoying thorn in the side of AFP tradition. I shared that moniker proudly, but Peter was the real leader and change-maker. I was just some of the galactic dust in the tail of Mackler's Comet. He was boundless energy, passion, and compassion personified. In the most frustrating of times, he never gave up and kep fighting the fight, no matter how many memos and reports it took, no matter how many noes, no matter how many refusals.
Mackler's Comet will continue to travel across our sky and we will watch and remember in wonder. I loved and respected him dearly and he was my very, very good friend. I grieve with all of you
-- Carol DeHaven
Camille and Lauren were his pride and joy. It was important to him to celebrate wedding anniversaries and birthdays on the actual date. His middle school teacher Mrs. Grundy taught him the importance of a good outline. He knew every lyric of the American Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls." Peter often invoked scenes from Woody Allen's "Take the Money and Run," as similes for real-life moments. He loved old movies like "Pillow Talk," "Roman Holiday," "Charade" and "Crimes and Misdeameanors." Jazz was his favorite music and Ella Fitzgerald was, as Cole Porter would say, "The Top."
So, too, was Peter, "The Top."
I worked at AFP Washington as sales and marketing manager from 1992 to 1999 and was fortunate to collaborate with Peter on a special World Cup 1998 Internet package, among other new media projects.
Someone dubbed us "le couple infernal," an annoying thorn in the side of AFP tradition. I shared that moniker proudly, but Peter was the real leader and change-maker. I was just some of the galactic dust in the tail of Mackler's Comet. He was boundless energy, passion, and compassion personified. In the most frustrating of times, he never gave up and kep fighting the fight, no matter how many memos and reports it took, no matter how many noes, no matter how many refusals.
Mackler's Comet will continue to travel across our sky and we will watch and remember in wonder. I loved and respected him dearly and he was my very, very good friend. I grieve with all of you
-- Carol DeHaven