Henry III, born January 30, 1956
Cynthia Louise, born July 17, 1957
John, born January 7, 1959
Eileen Marie, born July 11, 1961

Henry III is a professional musician and teacher. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Park College in Kansas City, Missouri and a Master of Music degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Henry III presently works as an organist, choirmaster, and accordionist in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In addition, he is a faculty member of the City Music Center at Duquesne University. This photo was taken at Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts in May 1996.

Henry III is married to Mary Kay Welter and has two children, Sunita and John Henry Siddhartha, from a previous marriage.

Henry III said, "I am deeply indebted to my parents, who, although they guided me when I was young, did not force their opinions on me and consequently allowed me to make my own decisions about my life. My mom always told me, 'Don't worry about getting a job that makes lots of money, pick a career which you enjoy doing! That way you'll always be happy. If you work only for the paycheck, you cheat yourself and you cheat your employer.' Mom is a very spiritual person and I like to think some of that might have rubbed off on me."

Henry III continued, "From my dad I learned the value of hard work and excellence. He always expected the best from me and I always tried my best to give it to him. Really, I owe practically everything to the training my parents gave me."

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(Photographs taken in 1996 by Craig Thompson.)

John received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health and Physical Education from Trenton State College in Trenton, New Jersey. He has worked as a physical education teacher at Tampa Christian Academy in Tampa, Florida, and Vail Dean School in Mountainside, New Jersey. He has also worked as an athletic director at Whitehaven Methodist Day School in Memphis, Tennessee, and as a physical therapist assistant at Middlesex General Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. John presently works as a physical education and health instructor at the Midland School in North Branch, New Jersey.

John, like his parents, is a religious person, and is a member of Calvary Chapel of Old Bridge, New Jersey. He is married to Betsy Dill and has three stepdaughters, Arden, Lynn and Amy. John is also a devotee of physical fitness, as can be ascertained from this 1989 photograph of him rock climbing in the Shawanagunk Mountains of New York State.

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Eileen Marie received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Parsons School of Design in New York City, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut. Her awards include grants from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Kosciuszko Foundation, The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, and a Fulbright Fellowship to the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland.

She has been a member of the board of directors of ARTSPACE, a center for the visual, literary and performing arts in Connecticut and is a Commissioner of Cultural Affairs for the City of New Haven. She has been cited in articles in The New York Times, Art New England, and The New York Art Review.

Eileen is a former faculty member of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut and the Norwalk Community Technical College in Norwalk, Connecticut; she presently teaches at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. Her work has been exhibited in numerous group shows and eleven solo exhibitions internationally.

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