I’m not quite sure how or when we decided that taking a cruise to Alaska with Allie as a 5-year old was at the top of our wish list. I suspect it’s because someone from Barb’s work had done a similar trip and recommended it (see the page of notes…from who?). I viewed it as …
Their first summer in Colorado in 2001, Betsy, Joe, Sara and Kristen went on a rafting trip down the San Juan river in Utah. Cousin and experienced guide Stewart Aitchison organized the trip with his wife Ann, daughter Kate, and some other friends. Betsy sent a bunch of photos of the trip and thoughtfully captioned …
Fourth of July was a home grown event this year. We had already been to the beach in North Carolina and were shortly to take off for a cruise to Alaska. Allie made the best of it with a star-spangled dress and a pledge of allegiance. Allie and Barb went to Patti’s for a sleepover, …
Having Betsy, Joe and the girls in Colorado gave us a good reason to go see them and try some skiing. They scouted several ski slopes and recommended Copper Mountain. Betsy enticed us with a postcard and some photos of the Copper Mountain village she took on a January visit with her friends Pat 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 …
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 …