{"id":1830,"date":"2025-01-08T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2025-01-09T12:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T17:11:33","slug":"mcc-proud-meet-rick-squires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/2025\/01\/08\/mcc-proud-meet-rick-squires\/","title":{"rendered":"MCC Proud: Meet Rick Squires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Squires is a Collection Development Librarian at Monroe Community College (MCC). He is in his 30<sup>th<\/sup> year at MCC and set to retire later this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve haunted libraries since I was a kid, and when I grew tired of my legal editing job, the lure of library school beckoned,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was what I was meant to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Outside of MCC, Rick can be found in movie theaters or in front of the TV watching horror films. Actor Vincent Price is a special favorite, on and off the big screen. \u201cHis varied interests in film, art, cooking, and social issues inspired me to explore my many interests,\u201d said Squires.<\/p>\n<p>Squires met Vincent Price in 1980 and later established the website VincentPriceExhibit.com in 1999. Because of his website, Squires was contacted by Fox\/MGM about appearing in some of the \u2018extra features\u2019 on a box set of Price\u2019s films. He was also invited to participate in <em>Vincentennial<\/em>, the 100<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of Price\u2019s birth in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a two-week festival, during which I introduced a couple of his films and had the good fortune to meet director Roger Corman,\u201d said Squires.<\/p>\n<p>His interest didn\u2019t stop there. Squires even published a book about horror writer H. P. Lovecraft\u2019s Rochester family and gave tours of Mt. Hope Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to being a member of the New York Library Association (NYLA), Squires is also involved with a couple of film organizations &#8211; with his favorite being the Buster Keaton Society.<\/p>\n<p>When asked what suggestions he would give current or prospective students, Squires said, \u201cExplore everything that interests you. In exploring your interests, you really discover who you are. MCC is a great place to do that, with its wonderful faculty, varied programs, and\u00a0\u2013 of course \u2013 fantastic library!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Squires graduated from MCC in 1977, continued at SUNY Brockport, and received his MLA from the University at Buffalo.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations on your impending retirement Rick! Thank you for your many years of service to MCC! Enjoy travelling with your wife and spending time with your kids and grandkids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun Facts about Rick:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you had to eat the same meal at least once a day, what would it be? <em>New England clam chowder from Mike\u2019s Clam Shack in Wells, Maine.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Favorite Movie? <em>This changes from time to time, but right now it\u2019s the 1995 Johnny Depp film Dead Man. I\u2019ve watched it 10 times over the past 3 months.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Favorite Sports Team? <em>The Rochester Red Wings, of course!<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Biggest Fear?<em> The current world situation, especially for my grandchildren.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Is there anything about you that people are surprised to learn? <em>Five years ago, my wife and I hosted a friend who once appeared on the original Star Trek series, as well as having voiced the cat, Sgt. Tibs, in Disney\u2019s 101 Dalmatians.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>If you could attend a dinner with any celebrity, living or dead, who would you choose? <em>No surprise there. Vincent Price.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Do you prefer staying up late or waking up early in the morning?<em> I have always been a night owl. I\u2019m looking forward to returning to that status when I retire!<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Share the best piece of advice anyone has ever given you. <em>To be yourself. It always sounds so easy. But to do so you need to believe in yourself completely.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>What destination do you hope to visit one day?<em> Scotland, without question.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>What activities do you participate in over the weekend?<em> Watching movies, having family over, and relaxing.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1831\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1831\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1831\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/12\/Rick-Squires-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"Headshot of Rick Squires looking directly into the camera wearing glasses and a blue dress shirt.\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/12\/Rick-Squires-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/12\/Rick-Squires-885x1024.jpg 885w, https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/12\/Rick-Squires-768x888.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/12\/Rick-Squires-1328x1536.jpg 1328w, https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/12\/Rick-Squires-86x100.jpg 86w, https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/files\/2024\/12\/Rick-Squires.jpg 1666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rick Squires<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Squires is a Collection Development Librarian at Monroe Community College (MCC). He is in his 30th year at MCC and set to retire later this month. \u201cI\u2019ve haunted libraries since I was a kid, and when I grew tired of my legal editing job, the lure of library school beckoned,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":719,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[117,107],"class_list":["post-1830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mcc-proud","tag-rick-squires","tag-staff-spotlight"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/719"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1830"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1838,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions\/1838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}