{"id":2673,"date":"2011-05-30T00:37:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T07:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=2673"},"modified":"2011-05-30T11:36:14","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T18:36:14","slug":"the-desmond-training-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2011\/05\/the-desmond-training-room\/","title":{"rendered":"The Desmond Training Room"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the American Red Cross acknowledged the millions of dollars Paul Desmond left the organization (see this recent item<\/a>), it also named a training room after him. The facility is in the national Red Cross headquarters in Washington, DC. We’re working on getting a picture of the training room and what goes on in it. In the meantime, Rifftides<\/em> reader Frank Roellinger (thank you, sir) persuaded someone at the ARC to get a photograph of the plaque outside the room. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Desmond died on Memorial Day, 1977, which also fell on Monday. To once again quote what Dave Brubeck said on another such anniversary: <\/p>\n

“Boy, do I miss Paul Desmond.”<\/p>\n