Samuel D. Kissée

Sam

Shasta College
Cal.State Univeristy, Chico
Karolov Univerziti, Prague, Czech Republic, 2006

I was the International Programs Financial Aid Advisor at CSUC for 25 years.
Prior to working at CSUC I was in the international travel business. I was charter flight supervisor for Royal Cruise Line, prior to that I was Operations Director for Safaris & Tours, Brazil, prior to that Convention Co-ordiantor for Group Travel Unlimited, Honolulu, Hawai'i and San Francisco.

I coordinate Antique Apprisal Days for non profits. Over the past eight years I have worked with The Gold Nugget Museum, Paradise, CA, Tehama Museum, Tehama, CA, Mt.Shasta Resource Center, Mt.Shasta, CA, and The Chico AAUW's annual fun raiser for their Tech Trek, a program to send high school young women to Stanford Univ. for a summer computer camp.
Currently I am on the board of directors for The Janet Turner Print Collection at CSUC. I am a past board member of the Gold Nugget Museum, Paradise, CA.
I am a contributing member of the Corning Glass Museum,The Sandwich Glass Museum and a Trustee and Past President of The National Early American Glass Society.
In 2005 I was awarded The California State University's Faculty International Development Award for Excellence. I was honored to attend Karolov Univerziti, in Prague for a program in Art History in 2005.
UPDATE
In 2011 Robert was picked to play in the World's Doctors Ochestra in Berlin, Germany.
Since Sept 2010 I have a space at The 8Th & Main Antique Mall here in Chico. It's called Glass 1900, stop by some time. I only work two days a month.
May 2012 Robert, son Jon and I spent three weeks in the Galapagos Islands. Fifteen days were spent on the Samba, a 16 passenger ship that traveled to all but four of the Islands. An amazing place!!
May 2014 Just returned from 21 days on the east coast of Australia. Traveled from Sydney-Brisbane-Cairns. Meet up with our son Jon in Brisbane and drove up to Cairns along the coast. Spent three days and two nights on a dive boat on the Great Barrier Reef. Fantatstic!

Any place in Europe, especially Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Barcelona, or Madrid. Australia

Anything Classical.

Won't make it to the 50th. I'll be on Cape Cod attending the 20th annual meeting of the Early American Pattern Glass Society. I'm currently a Trustee for this national organization.
Sorry I'll miss the 50th.
SAM