Mary Keough — Quarter Century Club
Dear Mary, Congratulations on joining the Quarter Century Club. Only twenty-five more years to go before you enter the Half Century Club! You have a lot to be proud of during your career and I have a lot to thank you for. During that part of our careers that we shared, you were so helpful […]
David Singer — Beyond the Quarter Century Club
Congratulations David! Hard to believe that you have a pending retirement, but like me, I am sure you will have an e-tirement full of busy days. After joining the Quarter Century Club you had only twenty-five more years to go before entering the Half Century Club, but enough is enough. It is time for life […]
Patent Commons
The United States granted the first patent to Samuel Hopkins of Pittsford, Vermont in 1790. Mr. Hopkin’s idea had to do with making potash which in turn was used in making glass and in various industrial processes.Two other major patents granted the same year were related to making candles and milling flour. On January 11, […]
IBM Happenings: December 2004
There was quite a bit of feedback about the IBM Happenings. Thanks to all for that. Several people said they especially liked the "headlines" so they choose to read the details or not. December was another busy month. Here are the announcements made by the company. The complete index of IBM Happenings by year and […]
IBM Happenings: November 2004
Sorry I am a bit late with the IBM Happenings posting for November. I would appreciate any feedback from readers as to whether these news postings are useful. It is not a huge effort to pull them together — but not trivial either. As usual, there was a lot going on at IBM during the […]
