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volume 5, issue 1 - jan/feb 1985 What do all those acronyms mean? A relatively new employee in Publications, tired of having to ash, "What's NOMAD? What's PROrS? What's MVT?" inspired us to provide the new kids on the block, and some of the old kids as well, with a glossary of the systems that operate on our mainframes. The most important systems are those that provide services to our customers. The biggie here, of course, is DIALOG, which makes all 200+ of our databases searchable for the some 60,000 users worldwide. DIALOG is scheduled to be completely replaced during 1985 by DIALOG Version 2, a newly-written and much more efficient system (for more information, see It's Your Business, page 2). KNOWLEDGE INDEX is our low-cost nighttime service for microcomputer users. Only 28 of our databases are currently available on Kl, which operates under VM (see below) in a "padded-cell" environment, that is, isolated from the rest of the VM capabilities. DIALNET is DIALOG'S own telecommunications network, riow serving 20 metropolitan areas in the U.S., it will be expanded this year to a final total of 55 cities. DIALMAIL is an electronic mail system soon to be introduced to DIALOG and KNOWLEDGE INDEX customers. An internal version of DIALMAIL, called EMAIL, will be available to DIALOG employees with some special features to take advantage of 5270series terminal capabilities. Since these systems are for the benefit of the public, Customer Services has the answers to any questions you may have about them. For documentation, contact Publications Distribution. The operating systems on our mainframes make all these products possible, and are the special babies of Bob Mitchell, Steve Wilson, and Robbie Robinson of Systems Programming and Support, who can answer all your questions:
CP stands for Control Program, which is the "real" operating system; it handles all the necessary timesharing duties on the computers, decides when yourjobs run, and handles real data on real disks. VM (for Virtual Machine) isa concept, nota program. When you log on to what we call VM, you have available what appears to be your very own, very large, computer. Each employee with a VM userid has his/ her own virtual machine, as do some other systems described below. CMS stands for Conversational Monitor System, and is what is loosely called "VM" around here. It is really one of several virtual lachines, and it is used internally at DIALOG to edit files and create programs. DIALOG Version 2 runs under CMS in a "padded cell." MVT ("Multiple Variable Tasks") is an antiquated operating system which runs "old" DIALOG. Since IBM is no longer supporting this software, the Systems Support group has to keep it patched together. When DIALOG 1 goes away, so will MVT. MVS ("Multiple Virtual Storage") is MVT's replacement. A virtual machine installed on the D side, it is used for file updating. Other software is available for internal use and is the responsibility of Jim Hedman of Internal Support; call him for information and documentation about: SCRIPT is a text editor which is heavily used by writers in Customer Services, Marketing, Publications, and elsewhere. WYLBIIR is an antiquated text editor that everyone who uses it would be happier without. PROFS is for PRofessional OFfice System, an IBM product that provides electronic messaging, schedule processing, and document preparation capabilities. It is a Lockheed standard system, and can be used to exchange messages with people in other Lockheed companies. continued on page 2
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DIALOG 2 now available! After two years of planning, design, and programming, DIALOG Version 2 became available to DIALOG users on December 1, 1984. This first release of the complete rewrite of the DIALOG software offered users a limited number of databases (the files that were already available on VM for the REPORT feature, plus WORLD PATENTS INDEX and most of the ONTAP files); plans call for all DIALOG databases to be available on DIALOG Version 2 on March I. After that the next steps are to install a multifile searching capability, to implement DIALORDER on DIALOG 2, to make DIALOG 2 available to the public on all systems (A, B, C, and D), and to write a DIALOG 2 version of KNOWLEDGE INDEX. The DIALOG 2 programming team, Jon Soule, Jim Wittmeyer, Bob Hoxsie, Kevin Bowling, N i k e Barbarino, and Russ Painter, with assists from Bob Mitchell, Bob Lundy, and consultant Jim March and under the fearless leadership of Gordon Schick and Fred Zappert, have so far put approximately 14 man-years into the design and implementation of DIALOG 2.
THOMAS REGISTER ONLINE a coup for DIALOG One of the most noteworthy achievements for DIALOG in 1984 was signing a contract to add the Thomas Register of American Manufacturers as a DIALOG database. This file is the primary source of U.S. product information, and has been requested by our customers for years. An unusual testing procedure was required for the database; file coordinator Connie Zuga describes it: "The critical factor in Thomas' decision to load the file on DIALOG was the beta test which we enabled them to d o by loading a full test file earlier (in 1984). Much of the credit for the signing of this contract is due to: Bob Donati and various field reps, for scheduling Thomas training sessions in their offices; Vernon Ambrose, for working on the design and for testing the file; Bill Strayer, for loading the file; Dick Stephan, Patti Sakauye, and Eric Langhirt, for processing all the extra passwords needed; Darlene Anderson and Alan Plessinger, for the special usage reports; Bob Cook, for the special billing- Eric Strohmeyer, Lisa Kremer, and Bette Joyner, for monitoring usage of the test file, and special credit to Jody Kattef for her enthusiastic work as our on-the-spot representative in New York. Jody not only helped design and test the file, but also trained the Thomas staff, answered hundreds of questions, and in general, convinced them that their data should be on DIALOG."
Because the entire file was online for the test, bringing THOMAS REGISTER up for our customers was relatively simple; the file should be available February 1.
Derwent's WORLD PATENTS INDEX added After months of negotiation with Derwent Publications, Ltd., of London, the Chemical Information Division signed a contract in 1984 to add the WORLD PATENTS INDEX to DIALOG. This database provides coverage of international patents from 1963, and thus is the perfect counterpart to the CLAIMS databases of U.S. patent information. About three million inventions, and seven million patent documents, are included in WPI, making the file the most comprehensive collection of world patent information available anywhere.
Acronyms, cont'd NOMAD is a database management system. DIALOG, of course, is a database management system too, but DIALOG specializes in handling text data while NOMAD is good for numeric and tabular data. NOMAD keeps track of the message transfers in DIALMAIL, and manages the data in internal systems used for training registration, marketing mailings, and publications distribution. DIALOG'S customer files will be moving to NOMAD in the near future. SAS stands for Statistical Analysis System, and that's just what it is. SAS also provides computer graphics from statistical data.
From the Suggestion Box An employee asks if installing bottled water in the Palo Alto facility has been considered, and writes, "As you probably know, the wells in Palo Alto are contaminatedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and as you must know, the water here tastes terrible. It would be nice to get a freshtasting drink of water....'' Don Schaaf contacted Water Quality Control Department engineer Ash Chapman and reports that Palo Alto uses no ground-pumped water at all. All Palo Alto water comes to you from the Hetch Hetchy water system, and is diverted from the aquaduct directly into city storage tanks before the rest of the Hetch Hetchy water reaches the San Andreas reservoir. Palo Alto does maintain ten wells within the city, but these have not been used for years. They are still tested yearly, however, and there is no evidence to date of any contamination. The Hetch Hetchy water, of course, is tested constantly and no problems have been found. Since our water comes straight from the Sierra snows, it is probably the best in California for a metropolitan area, says Don.
Sue Ryan, Betty Unruh reach 5-year mark Congratulations to Sue Ryan, who observed her Fifth anniversary with DIALOG on December 3, 1984. Sue actually joined DIALOG early in 1979 as a parttime employee through a temporary agency, then switched to fulltime DIALOG employment in December of that year. She had been a cataloger at a small college in Washington before she left the workforce to spend 12 years raising kids, so decided to go back to library school at San Jose State to take a couple of refresher courses. One of them, a computerized reference class taught by Bob Wagers, was her introduction to DIALOG. Barbara Anderson called Bob one day, asking for his help in finding her a parttime assistant, and the rest is history. Sue's chief memory of the early days is of sharing a very small office with Barbara, Susan Prather, Mary Grush, a Dataspeed terminal, a word processor, the TELEX machine, two battleship-grey desks, and several filing cabinets. She has handled DIALOG EXPLAIN commands from the very beginning, and remembers how they used to reside on punch cards, which were produced by another Lockheed department and had to be done, and redone, and redone... When WYLBUR came along it seemed like a godsend (and now Pubs is ever so anxious to get rid of WYLBUR and move to VM!). Dow in charge of database documentation, Sue says, "From the beginning this job has been a challenge in that each new database brings new subject matter to become acquainted with...having to handle all documentation no matter what the subject forces one to be flexible—or die!"
Betty Unruh celebrates her fifth anniversary in January; she came to DIALOG from Data Courier, Inc., in Louisville. We'll let her tell her own story: "On January 28, 1980, I arrived at the Hillview Avenue home of DIALOG from Louisville, Kentucky, not quite prepared for the ensuing culture shock. My first few months remain vivid—living at the Mayflower Garden Motel (they had cheap weekly rates) while hunting/waiting for an affordable (ha!) apartment where Poo (who was still in Kentucky) and I could reside (Poo is a dog, for the newly arrived at DIALOG)—walking into an office where the first question asked by the in-residence staff was Do you smoke?—keeping a lemon air filter in "my room" so my then occasional cigarette would not be too offensive—and the trips to LMSC to deal with Joe Bennett and friends who regarded DIALOG as something akin to an incurable rash.
"Some of my most vivid Palo Alto memories include George Plosker's achieving the impossible (as I later realized) by arriving with my car at the curb of the American Airlines baggage area at EXACTLY the moment Poo's "cage" was delivered from the plane... 1 am still in awe. "Then there was my first camping trip—waking to a 25-degree morning, then hiking from 2000 feet to 8000 feet to view a lake—well! Barbara Anderson and Jackie Jebb deserve special commendation for their care and treatment of this tenderfoot. "Also during my first year and first UPDATE, it was up to me to remedy the error of omitting the price of the meeting from the brochure. The solution: stamping the registration fee on tens of thousands of UPDATE brochures. Through a stroke of bad luck, Bonnie Snow was in the wrong place (staying with me in Palo Alto) at the wrong time (the delivery of the brochures)—so she and I did the stamping. I will afioai/shave a warm spot in my heart for her! "1982 was particularly eventful—roof rats in my apartment...selling my beloved red convertible to Dick Stephan (he got it for a song!)... and taking great delight in celebrating Sue Ryan's, Carol Wilson's, and Susan P» other's 40th birthdays (something that would haunt me later!). It was also the year I opted to return east...and I had just earned my California Passport! "DIALOG continues to open experience doors! Since becoming a field person I have been stranded in North Carolina due to two feet of newly fallen snow in Philadelphia and have left the Pittsburgh airport at 11:30 PM in a car with two male strangers from Allentown to drive across the state because there was no electricity (hence no departing planes) in Pittsburgh—it had a DIALOG blessing of sorts...we had dinner at 1:00 AM at the Summit Diner along the way! Have also visited garden spots— Tuskegee in July and Albany in January...and La Plume (season doesn't matter for this one!) But 1 can outrace O.J. for a plane while carrying a suitcase, a terminal, and three sets of transparencies! "Two memorable Philly events have been my singing 40th birthday telegram (delivered at a posh restaurant) from the three I had feted a year earlier and Barbara and Jackie—Art and I are no longer welcome at Deux Cheminees! and my marriage to a wonderful man [Art Elias of BIOSIS] who, after many years of "sightings" finally noticed me at an UPDATE—where else! "Yes, DIALOG has been responsible for five years rich in memories! I remain strong in the belief that, whenever I board a plane (usually seating no more than 12) or a train, another story is just around the corner! With a California Passport, who can say what will happen!"
Staff news Many new DIALOGers have arrived since our last issue. Please welcome them all: Orlando Anorga is a senior account clerk in Customer Administration. He joins us from Wells Fargo Bank, where he was an accounting clerk. Orlando attended school in Cuba and at Merritt College in Oakland. He lives in San Leandro and likes reading and aerobics. Priscilla Bakos has joined Chemical Information Services as the product analyst responsible for patent databases. She comes to us from Menlo Corporation, where she was a customer services representative; prior to that she was marketing representative for science and technology at Pergamon Infoline. She has a B.A. in economics and finance from Marymount College of Virginia and an M.L.S. from Catholic University in Washington, DC. Prisca devotes her spare time to shedding her East Coast image and becoming a Californian; she says her favorite hobby is spending money. Jeanne Benioff is a product analyst in the legal area of General Information Services. She has a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley and an M.L.S. from the University of Washington, and has worked as a law librarian at McGeorge University in Washington and as a programmer for both a software company and a consulting firm in Sacramento. Jeanne belongs to a Berkeley women's performing group called Kitka, which sings Balkan and Eastern European songs. She also enjoys low-key exercises such as walking, hiking, and biking, and loves to travel, eat, and meet new people. Martin Buerger has joined the Business Information Services group, where he will be responsible for financial information products. Before coming to DIALOG he worked as a management consultant to business in the areas of finance and marketing, with involvement in microcomputers and inhouse databases. Martin has a B.A. in economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Stanford. He spends his free time following developments in the microcomputer software industry—learning about products and companies, attending shows, and meeting the entrepreneurs. He also recently learned windsurfing and looks forward to Spring so that he can improve his skills.
Helen Clemm is the new Customer Services representative for KNOWLEDGE INDEX; she works for DIALOG through a temporary agency. She joined DIALOG after three years as a computer operator and indexer at Information Access Company. She also has worked in production and research and development at Siltec Corporation in Menlo Park. A graduate of Canada College, she has also studied psychology at San Francisco State University. Helen enjoys reading, playing guitar, taking long walks on the beach, and playing with her Apple computer. Edwin Colon is a senior computer operator in Data Processing—Operations. He previously worked as "-' a systems librarian for Electronic Data Systems, Inc., for four years. He attended the University of Puerto Rico, where he studied engineering and systems analysis. Edwin likes to run, read, and give massages, and on most Saturday nights you can find him singing and dancing salsa at Mr. Hyde's in San Francisco. Veronica Corchado recently joined the DIALOG Marketing staff, where she will be responsible for, among other things, the marketing of the KNOWLEDGE INDEX service. Veronica was employed by Thomas & Co., a strategic management consulting firm, and has recently published three microcomputer software books. She has a B.S. in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley. Veronica's outside interests include jogging, biking, aerobics, and cooking. Robert Feldman has joined DIALOG as Vice President of Systems and Operations. He was formerly Director of Computing and Communications Services at Amdahl Corporation in Sunnyvale, where he was responsible for a large multiprocessor operating environment like that of DIALOG. Bob has an M.S. in civil engineering from M.I.T. He is a runner of marathons and a private pilot. He and his wife and their two boys live in Saratoga. Niann Huang is the new swingshift Xerox 9700 operator in Data Processing—Electronic Printing. He most recently worked for Polytel, a startup computer company in Santa Clara, where he helped start the manufacturing department and testing and assembly operations. He has studied computer science, with an emphasis on computer-aided design, at De Anza College. When he isn't working he enjoys travel and photography.
Staff, cont'd Barbara Korber is the new administrative secretary in Business Information Services. Barbara has worked with computers more and more over the past few years, and came to DIALOG to learn about the world of online information. She has a B.S. in business education from the University of Wisconsin. A newcomer to California, she spends her free time exploring the coast, jogging and hiking. She also enj'oys such sedentary sports as reading and computing. William Lawrenson is DIALOG'S new Vice President of Finance. He was formerly Company Controller and later Director of Product Planning and Control at Micropro International of San Rafael, California. Bill also served as Comptroller for Shasta Beverages, Inc., and as Audit Manager for the Durban, South Africa, office of Deloitte Haskins & Sells. In the latter capacity he was selected as the company's American exchange employee in 1973; he emigrated to the U.S. in 1977 and joined Deloitte Haskins & Sells' Oakland office as Manager of Integrated Services. Bill is a graduate of the University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He is a sailor, photographer, gardener, and bad tennis player (he says); he is also active in his church and enjoys racing fast cars. Mereda Mack is an accountant in Accounts Payable. She most recently worked as office manager with Abacus II, a startup computer manufacturing firm in San Jose. She also worked for ESL, an R&D organization in Santa Clara, for seven years. Mereda is an occasional student at Foothill College, and enjoys flying, running, water-and snow skiing, and photography. Elaine Miles is a new associate applications programmer in Financial Accounting. She transferred to DIALOG from LMSC, where she spent three years in Financial Accounting there. After raising four teenagers, Elaine returned to school and completed an A.A. in computer science at Hesser College in Manchester, Hew Hampshire. For fun Elaine likes to sightsee, sew, and read.
Carmen Miller is the newest business specialist in Customer Services. She comes to us from ten years at the Contra Costa County Library, where she was head of the business department and the government documents department. She has a M.L.S. from the University of Washington and a Master's in Public Administration from California State University at Hayward. Carmen enjoys sailing, playing the piano, and travel to exotic places. Emmitt Milton has joined DIALOG as Manager of Financial Planning and Controls. He will be responsible for financial statements, forecasts, and budgets. He has worked for the past twelve years a s Audit Manager for the San Francisco office of Arthur Young and Company. He was Audit Principal for all Lockheed northern California operations including DIALOG, Advanced Marine Systems, DataPlan, and LMSC, while at Arthur Young. Emmitt has a B.A. in economics from Occidental College in Los Angeles and an M.B.A. from Stanford. He recently bought a home in Sunnyvale which he is fixing up, owns a beagle that he is trying to train, and is an off-and-on runner. Ho Nguyen is a senior applications programmer in Financial Accounting. He joins us after five years a s a senior programmer/ analyst for Control Data Corporation. Ho is a graduate of the School of Law of Saigon and the Vietnamese Military Academy; he served ten years in the Vietnamese army. His four children keep him busy, but he also enjoys tennis, painting, fishing, camping, and watching football. Joy Park is a new representative in DIALOG'S Arlington, Virginia office. Joy came to the U.S. from Australia and has worked at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government Library, Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science Library, and Public Technology, Inc., in Washington, DC. Most recently Joy was head of the Information Services Division at George Mason University Library in Fairfax, Virginia. She has an M.L.S. degree from Catholic University. In her spare time Joy and her husband Peter enjoy sailing and growing with their 18-month-old son; Joy also plays viola in a string quartet.
Staff, cont'd Jane Patterson is a new tape librarian in Data Processingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Operations. A former business student at Oregon State University, she has worked for the past two summers for AT&T Information Systems creating inhouse databases related to the company's divestiture activities. Jane likes anything to do with the outdoors: backpacking, skiing, and horseback riding. Suzanne Trocha is the new senior account clerk in Customer Administration. She left the banking industry, where she worked as a loan officer, to join DIALOG. Suzanne lives in Mountain View and loves to cook. Angelo Troquato is the latest addition to the Accounts Receivable staff; he will work with domestic DIALOG accounts. Most recently he was in charge of general ledger for Pool, Patio 'n' Things of Campbell. Angelo's B.S. in accounting is from California State University at Chico. In his spare time he enjoys jogging, racquetball, skiing, and scuba diving. Me is also currently restoring a classic convertible.
Karen Scarpelli and Doug Hsu were married December 23, 1984, in Haiku Gardens, Oahu. Doug, a former DIALOG employee, is now a systems programmer with IBM.
Tim Young of Database Systems and his wife SherryLynn are the new parents of Zachary Clark Young, born October 28, 1984. Zachary weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth and was 19 inches long. Ron Kaminecki of the Chicago office and his wife Sharon had an 8 pound, 5 ounce boy on January 16. The new arrival has been named Thomas Matthew and, if his father didn't lose him in a Superbowl bet, is doing fine.
DIALOG meets the stars: While pub-crawling in London during the International Online meeting, Mary Corcoran and Jody Kattef met author Kurt Vonnegut, who called Mary "The Lady in Mauve" and admired her ears.
Judy Fair-Spaulding gets all the big ones: she taught a System Seminar in Las Vegas early in February which was attended by actor Marlon Brando's administrative assistant. Judy tried to get us an autographed photo to go with the one she earlier acquired of Alan Alda, but has so far not succeeded. She later spoke to Brando himself on the phone, though, spending about 15 minutes extolling the virtues of searching on DIALOG.
If you have withdrawn funds from the Savings Plan... As you probably know, your contributions to the Lockheed Salaried Savings Plan were taxed before 1984. The new Savings Plan Plus implemented at the beginning of 1984 is a 401K plan which shelters your contributions from income taxes. Mow some Lockheed employees are receiving erroneous assessments from the Internal Revenue Service for additional taxes, because of Savings Plan withdrawals made during 1982 and 1983. Bankers Trust, the trustee for the Lockheed Savings Plan, reported both taxable and non-taxable withdrawals to the IRS for those years, and the IRS appears to have compared the total on this report with the individuals' tax returns and made assessments on what they took to be unreported taxable income. If you made a withdrawal from the already taxed portion of your Savings Plan contributions, and receive an inquiry from the IRS for 1982 and/or 1983, you should first verify that the amount on the withdrawal statement (form W-2P) and the amount on the IRS notice are the same. 1) If there is an amount shown in the "Taxable Amount" block on the W-2P form, taxes may be due on this amount, and you should consult with your tax advisor before taking further action. 2) If there is no amount shown in the "Taxable Amount" block on the W-2P, return the notice to the IRS along with a written statement that the amount received was a recovery of your after-tax contributions to the Savings Plan and did not include any taxable amounts. Sign your written statement and include a copy of your withdrawal statement W-2P with the package. If you respond in this way, the IRS should drop the matter. There will be no such problem with 1984 and later returns, as Bankers Trust will no longer report non-taxable withdrawals to the IRS. If you have further questions, consult your tax advisor.
Human Resources Bulletins
Employee benefits survey Hewitt Associates and the Corporate Compensation and Benefits Department will be conducting a survey among Lockheed employees during February to see how they perceive their benefit packages. Some randomly-selected DIALOG employees will be included in the survey. If you are one of them, please complete the survey and return it promptly.
Medical insurance costs increase You may have read about spiralling medical costs in the United States. As a DIALOG employee you have much less to worry about than most people; DIALOG'S medical insurance is company-paid for you and your immediate family. The rates are negotiated by Lockheed Corporation's insurance broker. We would like to share the 1985 increases with you. Carrier LMBP TakeCare Lifeguard Bay Pacific Kaiser
Annual cost per employee
1985 increase
$1612.44* 1824.00 1983.00 2070.00 1825.56
3.6% 5.6% 5.1% 9.5% 17.2%
Should your medical problem still not be resolved, call the "patient assistance" number. If you have questions about your Kaiser insurance coverage, call 408/985-4866, or contact Kathy Reck at 3839, who can call the account representative for you.
HMO emergency coverage DIALOG'S Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Lifeguard, TakeCare, and Bay Pacific, will all cover an emergency-room visit, n i n u s a small co-payment charge, in cases of bonafide emergencies. HMO physicians, or their on-call substitutes, are available 24 hours a day. Call them any time, day or night, before going to Emergency. If the doctor say to go to the hospital, go; otherwise he may schedule an appointment as quickly as possible. If you have questions about your HMO coverage or payments, call the following numbers: Bay Pacific Lifeguard TakeCare
415/952-2005 408/371-9611 415/645-3210
United Way, Toys for Tots drives net big results
*The Lockheed Medical Benefit Plan (LMBP) is Lockheed Corporation's own self-insured coverage. This is the CORLAC projected rate for 1985; the actual insurance coverage costs will be paid by the member companies.
The final figures are in for the United Way Fund drive held in October. DIALOG employees pledged a total of $6,939 to local charitable organizations through the United Way; this represents a 25% increase over 1983. Congratulations!
The insurance carriers base their rates in part on usage by their clients, so you can help to keep costs down by staying well. You are encouraged to practice preventive medicine with good nutrition, exercise, diet vacations, and annual physicals.
Once again, employee support for DIALOG'S annual Christmas Toys for Tots drive was outstanding. A total of 52 dolls, stuffed animals, puzzles, games, books, and other toys were collected. Several employees have mentioned a desire to donate clothing and/or food in the future; possibly we can do this next year.
Kaiser patient assistance Having trouble getting an appointment with Kaiser? We have found many employees are unaware of the available alternatives. normal preventive medicine appointments should be scheduled through the Medical Center "appointments" number in your local phone book in advance. Each medical department has its own appointments number. If you require attention immediately, schedule a "short appointment" during the daily time set aside by the physicians by calling the same number. All hospitals have a 24-hour emergency service. Call the emergency number in your phone book if you need emergency care.
Corporate benefit communication DIALOG'S Profit Sharing program will be featured in an upcoming issue of Lockheed Life, a publication of Lockheed Corporation. Lockheed Life's series on benefits, of which this article is a part, is very good and may be of interest to you.
In the hospital? It's great to hear from friends while in the hospital. Secretaries should contact Kathy Reck at extension 3839 when an organization employee is hospitalized so DIALOG can say hello with flowers.
DIALOG receives Tower Award from Cal State Hayward The Tower Award was presented to DIALOG by Dennis Lavery, Director of University Advancement at California State University, Hayward, in recognition of DIALOG'S support for its computer science and management information systems programs. In the fall of 1984, DIALOG provided Cal State Hayward with a $2,000 grant for these programs through a Corporate-approved Lockheed Leadership Fund grant.
The award was presented to Rudi Hunziker, Vice President of Administration, along with Rosalie Black, Manager of Human Resources and Lockheed Leadership Fund coordinator for DIALOG, and Jackie Richards, University Relations. Annual Lockheed Leadership Fund grants are requested from Lockheed Corporation. DIALOG requests are based on the skills we will need from future employees and on our needs for employee continuing education. 1984 was the second year DIALOG has awarded such grants to local universities.
Lockheed Management Institute for Small Companies DIALOG, Lockheed DataPIan, and Advanced Marine Systems, in a resource-sharing effort, developed a new Lockheed Management Institute with the University of Santa Clara Leavey School of Business. The program, held October 20-24, 1984, was attended by Libby Trudell, Norman Kline, and Jim Steinbruner from DIALOG. DIALOG management are credited with helping to develop the program topics, which centered around the theme of Entrepreneurial Management. Roger Summit was the kickoff speaker for the Institute, and Larry Kitchen, President of Lockheed Corporation, spoke at the "graduation" dinner. Dick Taylor, Information Systems Group President, was instrumental in bringing the Institute about.
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