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26. 1972_09_25_McMillin Presentation, 1972 September 25

 File — Box: 3
Identifier: Box 3

Scope and Contents

A brief 3-page document of my hand-printed notes, made in preparation for a presentation to an unknown audience. I was called upon numerous times during my MRC/WLC/NCS career-phases to assist the Hardware Marketing Staff in sales presentations to important prospects, and this may have been such an occasion. On the other hand, all MRC Managers were required to make quarterly (or more frequently, at times) presentations at WLC-review meetings when a cadre of 8 to a dozen, or more, WLC/WEC executives would fly to MRC Iowa City form either NYC and/or Pittsburgh for our 'dog and pony' show; typically a two-day event concluded with a bloated dinner at the Lark or Highlander. I sarcastically nicknamed these charades as the quarterly Tsetse Fly dance, and often re-cycled my 'transparencies' (in the days of overheads; no MS PowerPoint back then!) with only minor changes for the next upcoming Tsetse Fly Dance. It always worked! More often than not, I typically opened my presentations with my definition of 'Engineering', which was, "doing an excellent job on a project for $1 that any damn fool would screw up with $5!", which never failed to garner a chuckle or two - and, I believe, contains a kernel of truth

Dates

  • Creation: 1972 September 25

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 14.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Archives Repository

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