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Confessions of a non-smoking, 35-year old
by Bill Stoddard
Bill Stoddard is program
manager – Contributes for the
GE Foundation, Inc.
He has other tips on how to
quit smoking. If interested,
call him at x3220.
Only a smoker – present or former – knows that
knowing, persistent craving that makes you want
another cigarette soon after you’ve put one out.
We call cigarette smoking a habit, but it’s much
more than that. It’s a serious addition.
Smokers that don’t face that reality continue
to be powerless over cigarettes. I know what that’s
like. For 35 years I consumed an average of two
2002 Black achievers named by GE
Howard Fuller and
Cheryl Parham
were recent quests
at Headquarters
for a luncheon
given in honor of
their awards as
Black Achievers.
Howard Fuller and Cheryl Parham have been
named by GE as its honorees in the 28th Annual
Black Achievers in Industry award program.
Sponsored by the Harlem Branch YMCA, the
Black Achievers program recognizes the outstanding
achievement of minority persons in
packs a day. I started in the days of Humphrey
Bogart, when smoking was the in thing.
It was socially acceptable.
Then came the Surgeon General’s report. I
read it with interest, but continued to smoke.
Twenty years ago, my wife, who was also a
heavy cigarette smoker, developed lung cancer.
Her doctor said it was the “oat cell” variety, a type
of lung cancer common among cigarette smokers.
Despite treatment, within a year and a half,
the cancer had won and my wife died.
Still I smoked. But I was beginning to have
second thoughts about my “habit.”
Three years ago, I enrolled in a smoking cessation
clinic and failed. A few months later, I
enrolled in a second clinic and failed again. Last
year, I enrolled in a third clinic, hoping this time
would be different.
I set a date that was to be my last day with cigarettes
– March 1, 2002. I carefully planned my
cigarette supply so that it would run out on that
day. By 11 a.m., only one cigarette.
supervisory, managerial or professional positions
in business or industry.
Fuller is manager – Financial Operations for
GE Plastics in Burkeville, Alabama. He joined the
Company in 1979, completed the Financial Management
Program in 1982, and advanced through
numerous positions in Finance at Aircraft Engine
and Plastics before assuming his present responsibilities
in 1995.
Parham is counsel for GE Trading Company in
New York City. Her first position with GE was in
1980, as manager of International Trade Law and
Policy Analysis. Since joining the Trading Company
in 1992, she has represented GE on traderelated
committees of the National Foreign
Trade Counsel, the Electronics Industry Association
and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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Employee’s kids keep hitting new heights
First there was Lola Smith’s son, Chris.
Since HQ News chronicled his high school basketball
career in December, the 6'2" Kolbe-Cathedral
H.S. senior (and soon to be Uconn Hushie)
has gone on to be named Bridgeport Post’s Player
of the Year, and Connecticut and New England
Player of the Year by Scholastic Coach magazine.
He’s been included among Nike’s “Top 50,” USA
Today’s “Super 25” and Coca-Cola’s “First
Team–All America.” He’s also been picked to
play in McDonald’s Capital Classic All America
game on April 9.
Four GE products named America’s best
GE dishwashers, jet engines, locomotives and
magnetic resonance imaging scanners are four of
the “100 Products That America Makes Best”
according to a recent survey published in the
March 28th issue of Fortune magazine. The
diverse list includes categories ranging from
advanced technology to industrial equipment
and consumer goods. Some of the items include
textiles, electronics, tractors, prescription drugs,
computers and ice cream.
Selection criteria required products to be the
most innovative and technologically advanced.
They also had to be the most durable and demonstrate
the highest quality for the lowest cost.
Only one company, Hewlett-Packard, was cited
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Now we’re hearing news about an up-and-coming
track star.
Mark Harris – son of Monogram Editor Steve
Harris – has been hitting new heights in pole
vaulting and other track-and-field events on the
local, regional and national levels.
A 5'11" junior at Staples High School in Westport,
Mark has this season vaulted to a first-place
finish in the Connecticut Track Athletics Congress
championships (competing against college
vaulters); sixth place in Eastern States Indoor
Championship; and a win in the Fairfield County
Indoor Track Championship. He is currently
ranked eighth among the top vaulters on the East
Coast by Eastern Track magazine.
Earlier this month, in the Connecticut Interscholastic
Athletics Congress (CIAC) State Open
Indoor Track Meet, Mark’s vault of 14' 2 1/2"
broke the Staples’ record, came within 1/4" of
the State Open record, and helped peg the CIAC
title for his school.
On March 12, Mark entered his biggest competition
yet – The National Invitational High
School Track and Field Championship, involving
the best athletes from across the country. In
addition to the pole vault, Mark entered the pentathlon,
a contest involving five different track -
and-field events and won by the contestant gaining
the highest total scores. Mark finished fifth.
more often than GE; however, the six HP products
are all electronic-related. By contrast, GE’s
four products represent greater technological
diversity. Other companies receiving multiple
mentions include AT&T and 3M, each named
three times. IBM, Motorola and Whirlpool were
each named twice.
Other locally based manufacturers named in
the listings are Black & Decker of Shelton, Connecticut,
for its Dustbuster Plus hand-held cordless
vacuum cleaners, and Moore Special Tool of
Bridgeport, for its micro-precision machine and
measuring tools.