Helaine Fingold and Joel Tonari, former colleagues of Barb’s, got married in the summer of 1997. Barb had something of a hand in getting them together in the first place, I believe. Barb hosted a wedding shower for Helaine at our house. I don’t know most of the people, but here they are, for the …
I’m not sure what this ceremony was for, possibly Ed’s retirement, but we have quite a few photos.
Barb’s office (and sometimes I) participated in the Social Security Soccer Bowl in September 1993 through 1997, held at Woodlawn High School. These were one-day charity events that included a number of teams from various SSA offices. We were not very good and certainly never practiced, but fortunately it was for a good cause and …
The sale of Hekimian Laboratories, Inc. to Spirent was announced in November, 2000 and finalized the next month. January 2001 began the process of actually beginning to integrate Hekimian into Spirent’s operations. Spirent was a British-based company with a nearly 60-year history starting in electrical supplies. It had been on the London Stock Exchange since …
Barb’s office had several sports teams in leagues over the years. I’ve collected photos here. OGC Soccer Team, Fall 1991 The OGC soccer team was a short-lived affair. I can only recall two games, both losses, both played at Woodlawn High School. Lyman Goon was more or less the head coach, and the team leaned …
Barb’s office picnic at Wheaton Regional Park
Barb’s office picnic, August 1990, at Lake Elkorn park in Columbia, MD. We open with the cooks…the most important part! Family time. Friends and colleagues. A successful picnic…now time to clean up before the thunderstorm.
My workplace from 1989 – 2001, until the buyout by Spirent in 2001. In the summer of 1989, I was recruited by a headhunter to leave Atlantic Research Corporation, just as it was being acquired by Telenex, and join Hekimian Laboratories to become product manager of its new T::DAX digital cross-connect switch. That’s a mouthful …
My employer from 1982 – 1989. By mid-1982, I had made up my mind to leave Bei Jing-Washington, after deciding that being a young, white salesman in China with no technical experience and poor language skills was neither my calling nor a wise career path. I was interested in China, but did not want to …
Related Post: Working at Bei Jing-Washington, Inc. Related Post: February 1982 Beijing-Shanghai April 1982, Beijing My second trip to China, about six weeks after the first trip, was longer and eventually afforded some more time for sightseeing. It was my second time to Beijing and Shanghai, so I had a little bit better sense of my bearings, and …