A framed photo of his father, Donald J. Cranston, from which the above digital image is derived, was the largest item in his father's brown briefcase presented to the New York Correction History Society (NYCHS) in early March 2010 by Mark J.Cranston, then retiring from the NYC Department of Correction after 23 years of service. At retirement, he was Chief of Staff in the commissioner's office. The briefcase contained dozens of items related to his father's career that included service as Correction Officers Benevolent Association president, later Correction Captains Association president and lastly as Correction Retirees Benevolent Association chairman. Images on this page link to close-ups of 26 briefcase items. |
COBA cards & CRBA card below mapped to Close-ups #23 thru #26
Circa 1980s scene: Fr. Charles Repole, then Rikers Island DOC chaplain and Columbia Association
chaplain,flanked by Phil Seelig, left, then COBA president, and Donald J. Cranston, then
CCA president.
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