In Memoriam

[lechon 2000]

William R Hewlett (1913-2001), Co-Founder, Hewlett-Packard

PALO ALTO, Calif. — (AP) William Hewlett, the affable engineer who co-founded Silicon Valley electronics pioneer Hewlett-Packard in a garage and helped guide it into the computer age, died Friday. He was 87.

Hewlett, who started the company in 1938 with his friend and partner, the late David Packard, died in his sleep of natural causes, surrounded by family, H-P spokesman Dave Berman said.

Carly Fiorina, HP chairman, president and chief executive officer, hailed Hewlett as ''a great and gentle man.''

http://www.usatoday.com/money/2001-01-11-hewlett.htm

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Animation pioneer William Hanna, who with partner Joseph Barbera created such beloved cartoon characters as Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear and Tom and Jerry, died Thursday. He was 90.

Hanna died at his North Hollywood home with Violet, his wife of 65 years, at his side, said Sarah Carragher, a spokeswoman for Warner Bros., which owns Hanna-Barbera Studios. She said he had been in declining health for the last few years.

Hanna and Barbera collaborated for more than a half-century, first teaming up when both worked at MGM in 1937. They created the highly successful Tom and Jerry cartoons, the antics of a cat and mouse team that won seven Academy Awards, more than any other series with the same characters.

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By Jack Elliott Jr.
The Associated Press

J A C K S O N, Miss., July 23 — Eudora Welty, the wise, meticulous writer whose loving depictions of small-town Mississippi brought her international acclaim, died today. She was 92.

Welty, who was also praised for her heart-wrenching photographs of poverty in Depression-era Mississippi, died at Baptist Medical Center. She had been battling pneumonia, said Ginger Coke, a hospital spokeswoman.

Welty, author of The Ponder Heart, Losing Battles and The Optimist's Daughter, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973, said fiction provided her with the most productive tool for analyzing human personality.

"I'm not any kind of prophet, but I think it's in our nature to talk, to tell stories, appreciate stories," she said in a 1991 interview. "I think you write about whatever's current. … They won't be the same kind of stories, but they'll be about human beings."

She was adored by critics, fellow writers and even some musicians. Country star Nanci Griffith cited her as an influence and an incident from Welty's memoir, One Writer's Beginnings, inspired Mary Chapin Carpenter to write the song and children's book Halley Came to Jackson.

"She was extraordinary," said the author and critic Elizabeth Hardwick. "She had her own voice and her own tone and her own subject matter. There was no one quite like her in American literature."

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Katharine Graham
New York Times Editorial
July 18, 2001

In the annals of journalism, Katharine Graham, who died yesterday at 84, will be best known for supporting her reporters' and editors' aggressive pursuit of the Watergate scandal in The Washington Post, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. The Post earned a Pulitzer Prize, and Mrs. Graham and her team helped foster a generation of investigative reporters. Even before playing this central role in the century's iconic political saga, Mrs. Graham had proved her mettle as a publisher by overruling her lawyers and supporting The New York Times in the historic confrontation with the government over the publication of the Pentagon Papers.

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For all her professional accomplishments, Kay Graham's greatest achievement may have been the mythic act of self-transformation undertaken after her husband's suicide in 1963. Until then she had been a self-described "doormat wife," who suffered as the butt of her family's jokes while her glamorous husband, Phil Graham, ran her father's newspaper. Mr. Graham's death left her with four children and a family business that she was advised to sell or put into the hands of seasoned managers. After her first days as a solitary woman executive who stood trembling before her male colleagues to announce that she was not selling or ceding power, Mrs. Graham evolved into a regal, sometimes intimidating and always principled force in business, journalism and American society. Teamed with Benjamin Bradlee as the paper's energetic top editor and Warren Buffett as her trusted business adviser, Mrs. Graham reigned over an era of daring journalism and financial growth at The Post.

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As she revealed in the unsparing autobiography that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998, Mrs. Graham endured a lonely childhood, her father away most of the time, her mother so busy that young Katharine once asked for an appointment to see her. After taking command of The Post, however, Mrs. Graham used her starchy upbringing and family wealth to great advantage. Her Georgetown home became one of the most vibrant salons in the nation's capital, where she mixed the elegant and powerful, often making certain to invite a few guests whose wit could deflate the pompous.

Through these earlier years, she was widely admired but not always beloved. While she picked valued mentors, some executives at The Post and other Post publications feared how swiftly her enthusiasm could sour, how easily their jobs could disappear. Her view was that she could not dither; her mistakes had to be corrected quickly.

Her leadership of the paper through a bitter strike in 1975 left wounds that took years to heal. But she succeeded in her main goal of keeping the paper from shutting down despite the vandalizing of its presses. Executives worked at production jobs, and Mrs. Graham took phone orders, at one point prompting a classified-ad customer to suggest that she sounded a little "overtrained" for her job.

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During a stewardship that ended when she retired as chairman in 1993, The Post Company greatly increased its revenues, went public, expanded and added newspapers and several television stations. If she managed to operate effectively on the business side, Mrs. Graham reveled in the news side of her company. She would call editors with tips and loiter around the news desk during a breaking story. And it is in newsrooms throughout the nation that her legacy will find its living expression for generations of publishers and editors who can draw inspiration from her example of journalistic integrity and persistence in the face of government mendacity and intimidation.

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Leonardo S Sarao, Jeepney King, 80

Leonardo S Sarao, popularly known as the "Jeepney King," never went to college. As young, poor boy without comfortable shelter, he had to sleep most often inside the jeep he was repairing. He nurtured incessantly his own 'mustard seed' - or concentrated digging for that 'treasure in the field' - the obsession of owning a jeepney.

He succeeded to own not only a jeepney but he also became the assembler, manufacturer and supplier of affordable passenger jeepneys. The Jeepney King has since then been helping thousands of drivers get their own passenger jeepneys, earn a comfortable living, and send their children to college as well!

He subsequently became the preseident and chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sarao Group of Companies.

The Sarao Jeepneys, with the familiar horse emblem, are now plying all available highways, roads, and streets in the Philippines.

- Excerpted from Belen, The Ultimate Success Formula

Late in his life Sarao also became a patron of the musical arts and a popular commencement speaker at colleges and universities.

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Daniel Lewin

Daniel Lewin, co-founder and chief technology officer at Akamai Technologies Inc., is said by his company to have died Tuesday aboard American Airlines Flight 11. He was 31.

Lewin's presence on the plane and death were confirmed to CNN by George H. Conrades, Akamai chairman and CEO.

"Danny was a wonderful human being," Conrades said. "He will be deeply missed by his many friends at Akamai. Our thoughts and prayers are with Danny's family, friends and colleagues during this time of national tragedy and personal loss."

In July, Lewin was named one of the Top 10 people of the Enterprise Systems Power 100, a list of industry leaders chosen for their effect on the IT (information technology) landscape and for their ability to influence the industry's direction.

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Mary Kay Ash, Cosmetics Company Founder, 83 (http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001/11/22/marykay-obit.htm)

DALLAS (AP) — Mary Kay Ash, whose pink Cadillacs and eponymous cosmetics company made her one of the most famous women in American business, died at her home in Dallas on Thursday. She was 83.

Ash, who had been in fragile health in recent years, died of natural causes, Mary Kay Inc. said in a news release.

"The world has lost one of its greatest champions of women and one of the most loving and inspirational business leaders," said Ash's son, Richard Rogers, who is also co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer at Mary Kay.

Mary Kay Inc. grew from a sales force of 11 in 1963 to more than 750,000 in 37 countries and wholesale revenue of $1.3 billion last year. But Ash's fans said she was about more than profits, and enriched women's lives at a time when it was difficult for them to succeed in the corporate world.

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Dave Thomas, 69, Founder, Wendy's (http://www.usatoday.com/money/general/2002/01/08/thomas-obit.htm)


By Bruce Horovitz and Theresa Howard, USA TODAY

You can replace ketchup with mustard. Or sweet pickles with dill.

But you can't replace Dave Thomas.

Thomas, 69, died of liver cancer early Tuesday.

Ronald McDonald aside, his was the most familiar face in Hamburger Land. But it was so sweetly soft — if not silly — that it hardly looked like the face of a corporate giant who knew burgers every bit as well as his one-time mentor, Colonel Sanders, knew chicken.

It wasn't ego that pushed Thomas to appear in more than 800 Wendy's commercials. It was necessity. Nothing else sold the fast-food-gobbling public on Wendy's like his mug. Never mind that the day-to-day control of the company had been out of his hands for more than a decade. As far as the consumer was concerned, Thomas was somewhere in the back of the restaurant — apron around his waist — cooking up the Classic Double Burger with cheese that they'd just ordered.

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Daniel Pearl (1963-2002), Journalist, The Wall Street Journal

Excerpt from Daniel Pearl's Essential Work, by Ann Cooper of The New York Times:

Danny Pearl was the 10th journalist to die covering Sept. 11 and its aftermath. His death was a pointless, wanton murder that deprived a family, a newspaper and a profession of a beloved son, brother, husband, and colleague. His child will be nurtured with the family's stories about him, not by the presence of his father's love.

His child should know this: The profession that Danny Pearl chose, the one he pursued with great energy and curiosity, is neither popular nor safe. Last year, 37 journalists died in the line of duty. Another 118 were imprisoned. All told across the globe, more than 600 journalists or their news organizations came under attack — by beatings, arrests, censorship or harassment — most often because someone just didn't like what they wrote.

(The full article is attached.)

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William Scholl, 81, created Dr Scholl's sandal and other foot care products (http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2002/03/23/scholl.htm)


LONDON (AP) — William Scholl, who made foot care fashionable during the 1960s and 70s with a contoured wooden sandal designed to exercise the muscles, has died at age 81.

Scholl died March 15 from a rare form of pneumonia at a hospice in Douglas on the Isle of Man, an island off the northwest coast of England, said his wife, Susan.

Scholl's "Original Exercise Sandal" — known as Dr. Scholl's, the name of his family's foot care company — was worn for nearly two decades by millions of women worldwide.

A Briton and an orthopedic specialist, Scholl brought a simple wooden sandal from Germany to the United States in the late 1950s, carved it to fit the foot, added a leather strap across the toes and sold it with the slogan, "Looking good and doing you good."

The clog — still being produced and sold — was designed to exercise the feet and legs, toning muscles and ostensibly preventing podiatric ailments. The touted health benefits, the sassy clip-clop sound and the simplicity of the style charmed the hippie generation.

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Harry S. Stonehill, 84

He is remembered for his humble contribution to the development of national economy particularly the introduction of local Virginia tobacco in Ilocos Region about half a century ago and since then millions of families in the North have mostly depended on said industry.

He pioneered in various industries, co-founded and/or served as officer or director of:
U.S. Tobacco Corporation, the only American cigarette manufacturing company which was the largest taxpayer of the country for almost 10 years since 1958 with a complement of more than 5,000 workers & employees;
Republic Real Estate Corporation which reclaimed a portion of Manila Bay to build a Bay City;
Philippine Tobacco Flue Curing & Redrying Corporation, the first and largest outfit to service the Virginia Tobacco industry of Ilocos Region and cigarette manufacturing companies;
Republic Glass Corporation, the first glass sheet manufacturing company in the country;
Manila Memorial Park, the first of its kind in the Philippines;\
General Agriculture Corporation, established cotton industry in Dadiangas now General Santos CIty to reduce cotton importation;
United Housing Corporation, the first leading low-cost housing, American Asiatic Oil Corp., Atlas Cement Corporation, Far East Publishing Corporation, publisher of former Evening News and dozens of other business firms.

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Jay Chiat, 70, advertising trendsetter

Jay Chiat, 70, the cooly cerebral and fiercely passionate executive who helped transform the advertising industry in the 1970s and 1980s with creative campaigns like "1984" for Apple Computer and "I Love L.A." for Nike died Tuesday of cancer at his home in Marina del Ray, California.

Chiat's low-key affability and casual dress masked an intense devotion to hard work summarized by the motto "Good enough is not enough."

He generated strong loyalty among employees who thrived on his brand of tough love and relentless striving for what he deemed the best, but distanced others frustrated by his reluctance to compromise even if it meant losing business.

His agency, CHiat/Day, was known for losing accounts as much as for landing them. Among the big brands that came and went were American Express, Apple Computer, Honda, Nike, the Nynex Yellow Pages, Pizza Hut, and Reebok.

- The New York Times

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Ruth Handler, 85, Mattel co-founder and Barbie doll creator (http://www.usatoday.com/life/2002/2002-04-28-barbie.htm)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ruth Handler, who created Barbie, the world's most popular doll, died Saturday. She was 85.

Handler, who also co-founded the Mattel toy company, died at Century City Hospital, a hospital spokesperson said without releasing details. Her husband, Elliott, told the Los Angeles Times that his wife died of complications from colon surgery she underwent about three months ago.

Since Handler's creation, named for her daughter Barbara, was introduced in 1959 it has become an American icon and a touchstone of cultural politics.

The impossibly well-endowed doll — her original figure would be about 39-18-33 if she were human — has infuriated feminists, inspired artists and intrigued academics around the world. Barbie even was placed in the official "America's Time Capsule" buried in 1976.

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Jose N Nolledo, 1934 - 2002, Lawyer, Legal Scholar, Writer

Working Filipinos who started their careers sometime in the last three decades were never too far from a lawbook written by Atty Nolledo. If Nolledo textbooks were not assigned in our college business law subjects, they were almost certainly a part of the basic reference library in many corporate settings. For many of us not blessed with the love of the law and a deep interest in making it a profession, Nolledo textbooks were enough to provide the understanding and appreciation we needed to apply the law to our lives and occupations.

Atty Nolledo earned his law degree from the Far Eastern University, and placed 3rd in the 1958 bar examinations (total passing percentage was 11%). After practicing law briefly, he devoted most of his productive career to writing about the law and teaching it. He has written more than 150 books on the law. He was voted one of Ten Most Outstanding Con-Con Delegates in 1972, and fathered the Constitutional provisions on local autonomy. He also wrote poetry, short stories, essays, and music.

[lechon 2000]

William Rosenberg, 86, Founder, Dunkin' Donuts (http://www.suntimes.com/output/obituaries/cst-nws-xrose23.html)

MASHPEE, Mass.--William Rosenberg, the food franchising pioneer who founded the Dunkin' Donuts chain and saw it spread from coast to coast and into 37 countries, has died. He was 86.

After World War II, Mr. Rosenberg had cashed in $1,500 in war bonds and borrowed an additional $1,000 to start a business serving coffee, pastries and sandwiches to factory workers.

He opened his first coffee and doughnut shop, called the Open Kettle, in Quincy in 1948. The name was changed to Dunkin' Donuts two years later. The company is still the world's largest coffee and baked goods chain, with about 5,000 locations.

''He had a passion for quality that he instilled in his organization and franchisees,'' said Jack Shafer, CEO of Dunkin' Donuts, Baskin Robbins and Togos.

''He had an unrelenting focus on quality, like most entrepreneurs and founders, which is a wonderful thing to instill in an organization.''

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Enric Bernat Fontlladosa, creator of Chupa Chups, 80

Enric Bernat Fontlladosa, creator of Spains Chupa Chups lollipop, died Saturday [December 27], the company said. He was 80. A third-generation candy maker, bernat took over an ailing Spanish confectioner and began producing a single line of quality lollipos. The first Chupa CHups went on sale in 1958 with a product logo by Salvador Dali, a friend of Bernat. The company makes four billion lollipos a year.

- Associated Press