"AT
THE HEAD OF THE PARADE"
After completing four years
of secondary school education in the then-new (and now-defunct)
St. Pius X Preparatory Seminary, in Uniondale, Ed Lowe took the
advice of a monsignor who suggested that, while Ed probably had
a vocation, it was not likely as a member of the clergy.
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Though he had served
as a columnist on his high school newspaper, and as editor of the
newspaper at his alma mater, Marist College, Ed Lowe in 1967 skirted
journalism to become a Lindenhurst Junior High School English teacher.
Days after the birth of Colleen, his second child, in early August,
1969, Ed joined The Suffolk Sun as a daily newspaper reporter. Two
and a half months later, after the Sun had set, Newsday hired Ed
as a reporter. Among other assignments, Ed often covered the Huntington
Town Board, under then Supervisor Jerome Ambro.
Ed became a featured Newsday columnist in 1976, writing stories
and essays three times a week for the next 28 years, until December
of 2004, when he accepted two offers: one, for an early retirement
incentive from Newsday; the other, to write for two weekly publications,
The Long Island Press and The Neighbor Newspapers.
For 14 years, Ed
Lowe appeared as a regular panelist on, “Father Tom and Friends,”
a weekly cablevision show produced by former St. Pius X classmate,
Msgr. Tom Hartman, then director of Telecare.
From 1999 to 2002, Ed hosted a daily radio talk show, “Lowecally
Speaking with Ed Lowe,” on what then was radio station WLUX
540AM. In each of its three years on the air, Ed’s program
won a FOLIO award from the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting,
now renamed the Fair Media Council.
Co-author with New York psychotherapist Stanley Siegel of “The
Patient Who Cured His Therapist” and, “Uncharted Lives,”
both published by Dutton/Plume, Ed Lowe has edited two published
collections of his own work: “Ed Lowe’s Long Island,”
and “Not As I Do -- A Father’s Report.”
A humorist-raconteur after the fashion of Mark Twain and Bill Cosby,
Ed has performed at comedy clubs and has served as a Master of Ceremonies
or delivered the keynote address for hundreds of charity gatherings
and galas, high school and college commencements and conventions
of professional societies and industrial, trade and union organizations.
He has keynoted superintendent staff conference days for 73 school
districts, three BOCES supervisory districts, six statewide conventions
of educators and education administrators and several national conventions
of business and trade organizations. Briarcliffe and Dowling Colleges
have awarded Ed honorary doctorates in humane letters.
In 2003, Ed accepted an invitation to serve as the master of ceremonies
for the Huntington Hibernians’ Grand Marshall’s Ball.
After the ball was over, Ed joined AOH Division 4. The Division’s
selection of Ed as Grand Marshall this year put him in the position
of having to introduce a man who needed no introduction.
Father of TC Marino, Colleen, James (Jed)
and Daniel, grandfather of the late Kevin William Spollen, Shannon
Spollen, and Andrew and Jessica Marino, and beloved friend and companion
of Susan Hennings, of Huntington, Ed Lowe lives in Amityville but
claims dual citizenship in Huntington.
The Huntington Hibernians
pride themselves on the AOH motto of true friendship, unity &
Christian charity. To that end, being active in supporting the community
goes hand in hand. Lending our support to local groups and individuals
is part of being a Hibernian is all about. The events below are
just some of the activities we are supporting for great causes and
people in need…
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