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The May Report: 2/8/2010: RIP, William T. Ylvisaker; Regis Technologies Passes FDA Pre-Approval Inspection for Multiple Sclerosis Drug, Ampyra; Why the Robert Zimmer story is more than a one day soap opera and in praise of an ugly woman....
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Scoop section:
-- Update from Malachi Leopold on Meg Ryan / Kevin Bacon raise
-- Leo Schlosberg belatedly gets back to Ron on Heavyware
-- Candy Renwall: Obituary for WILLIAM T. YLVISAKER
-- Advanced Diamond Technologies Publishes Etch Recipe for Diamond MEMS and Sensors
-- An update on Melanie Adcock
-- Ed Longanecker: American Technology Awards - nominations now open
-- Wednesday, February 10: BNC Entrepreneur Event: Panel Discussion ~ What does it take to run a small business
-- "Master Business Innovator" training and certification class from March 1 to March 5 2010 at Illinois Institute of Technology's Rice Campus, Wheaton, IL
-- UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS HOLDS EDUCATION INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
-- Morton Grove based Regis Technologies Passes FDA Pre-Approval Inspection for Acorda Therapeutics' Approved Multiple Sclerosis Drug, Ampyra
-- Marty Glotzer
-- Chuck Krugel
-- Yale Names Chicago's Snyder As Management Dean
-- Does the U. of C. board remind you of the ITA board? U. of C. president's relationship with professor causes stir on campus: Board sees 'no conflict of interest'
[Editor's note: May here. Behind the scenes, aside from sleeping and watching election results and the Super Bowl, I am working on many things. Still have not heard back on my bone marrow biopsy. A big update coming on the gift that keeps on giving -- Efoora. I am doing some digging on a story involving some of the biggest names in Chicago high tech -- and much more.
Slack; jitters in the Booth business school with the pending departure of Dean Snyder; Jim Hanekamp; the new new Monday Morning Meeting and varying opinions on Herr Terry Ivan Howerton's stewardship of it; the real Fred Hoch -- the untold story; Tech Cocktail Mobile at Edge and firms that were there and were not; Navteq management since the takeover by Nokia; local competitors to Groupon; Columnist Steve Lopez of the L. A. Times said that his job is "to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable" which is just what I try to do. Lopez quotes his colleague David Carr of the NYT http://www.nytimes.com/ref/business/bio-carr.html who says that (I am paraphrasing) "We love what we do and we can't see doing anything else so we keep shooting until the bullets run out."
I thought the best comment on Robert Zimmer was the last one: "Well. . .It's an interesting idea that the leaders of a "world class" university have no responsibilities to be positive role models for their colleagues and students. This situation makes the trustees look like enablers and co-conspirators. Since the university is touted as a school and a business, I think the trustees might want to stress the old business axiom: 'Don't dip your dink in the company ink!'"
Remember that impressionable young students are prone to look up to people like Leon and Amy Kass for guidance. Students want to admire their professors as people who are more than just teachers. Thank goodness, they have not reached the age of cynicism. Professors are moral compasses. Why else ask the "What is the good life?" questions that Leo Strauss http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss and his minions asked? Professors are role models too. And U. of C. has a rich history of cultivating that Midwestern bourgeois morality with the likes of Robert Maynard Hutchins and Mortimer Adler. Of course, counterbalancing that, there was also the notorious womanizer economist Thorstein Veblen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein_Veblen. Even Allan Bloom, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Bloom whose night life was filled with chains and leather displayed in North side gay bars, played the role of the staid and dignified political philosophy professor in front of students on campus as he taught Rousseau to wide-eyed and bushy tailed youngsters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau. In fact, Bloom's good friend Saul Bellow, drew criticism from his colleagues for "outing" Bloom's hidden lifestyle in his final novel Ravelstein http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravelstein which was largely about Bloom. How can Zimmer's girlfriend, 43 year old classics professor Shadi Bartsch, be teaching the likes of Cicero and Virgil while simultaneously setting the example she is providing? This is not about morality -- it's about doing your job properly conceived and it is about pedagogy. The education of the young, as Karl Joachim "Jock" Weintraub loved to say, is a serious business to be taken seriously. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Weintraub and http://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/27/style/campus-life-chicago-a-tough-teacher-whose-classes-are-a-big-draw.html
We all know that academia is filled with big egos and independent minds, but for a University of Chicago board member to say that the Robert Zimmer affair is nothing but a one day soap opera is also disingenuous, a double standard and may be over the top.
You know how I love to step into it so here goes, politically incorrect though it may be. Three cheers fro CNN and Candy Crowley! Candy has taken over for John King as the host of CNN's Sunday morning news program State of the Union and she started yesterday. Candy is not exactly imbued with pulchritude yet she is a very serious and good reporter, in the tradition of people like Royko and Jack Germond.
OK, I will say it. In this day and age, which touts the likes Lara Logan http://www.zimbio.com/Lara+Logan+Swimsuit+Pictures, Lauren Jiggetts http://www.nbcchicago.com/station/about-us/Lauren_Jiggetts.html , Jackie Bange http://www.wgntv.com/media/photo/2009-05/45730937-15085911.jpg, Deborah Norville, http://www.dnorville.com/, and many others http://www.aeolia.net/legs/hof.htm, it is time to praise an ugly --yes admit it, ugly -- woman who knows her stuff and does her job well.
When I am watching Candy, I have no doubt whatsoever about why she was hired and it was not for good looks. Even older women like Baw-wa Walters, Leslie Stahl, Diane Sawyer, or Andrea Mitchell still have much of their former looks appeal. I met Leslie Stahl at the Humanities Festival and she has great legs. So does Katie Couric, of course.
Candy and CNN, I am cheering for you and a decision based on true merit.
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/POLITICS/10/04/crowley.bush/story.crowley.cnn.jpg
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/02/otsc.arnold.statement/vert.crowley.jpg
Much more to come:
http://www.planetfassa.com/
I love the under construction sign
The woman from this firm, Shannon Guernsey was at the BNC Capital Group last Tuesday evening.
Adarsh Arora relationship map - Muckety. There is a man with connections, but what good have they done him?
http://www.muckety.com/Adarsh-Arora/147095.muckety
Enough for now. I hope to have another report in the morning.
Please send me your mail at ronaldmay@aol.com since my ron@themayreport.com is having problems. I can only access The May Report mail using a web interface that is very slow to work and often filled up.]
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The Scoop section:
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Update from Malachi Leopold on Meg Ryan / Kevin Bacon raise
Subject: Re: Malachi, please update us on what is going on with the Ryan/Bacon raise.
Date: 2/8/2010 11:39:13 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: malachi@lbrbproductions.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
CC: len_bland@conceptequity.com, davidcarman@sbcglobal.net
Opportunity still open.
Weather on the east coast rescheduled the Sony distribution meeting, so I now have until around Feb 22 to bring in the money from Chicago.
Minimum investment is $100,000, goal is $500,000 total from Chicago.
repeat of the stats - Meg Ryan/Kevin Bacon, $4.7M of $5.2M already raised, need $500k in (5) $100k units to complete the fundraising. Shooting starts in March in Atlanta. distribution (showing in theaters) already in place.
Obviously an investor can enjoy a meet and greet with the stars down in Atlanta!
Thank you!
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Malachi A Leopold
President & Executive Producer
Left Brain/Right Brain Productions, LLC
p 773.935.2434
m 773.332.6837
malachi@LBRBProductions.com
http://www.LBRBProductions.com
The Art of Business. The Business of Art.
On Feb 8, 2010, at 11:32 AM, RONALDMAY@aol.com wrote:
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Leo Schlosberg belatedly gets back to Ron on Heavyware
Subject: RE: Leo, send me a paragraph on the consolidated catalogue issue and why HW f
Date: 2/5/2010 5:26:52 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: leo@caryconcrete.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Ron,
Heavyware started as a little corner of Cary Concrete Products, trying to build a corner of the company involved with standard or catalog products rather than "plans and specs" or custom products, very hard to scale because profitable servicing is labor intensive and requires broad knowledge and experience. The twin value propositions at the core of Heavyware were:
1) The recognition that expensive and durable tooling (molds) had been created for a project, was fully amortized, and often kept by fabricators in the (near-futile) hope that it could be re-used. So here was a valuable asset that could be claimed at virtually no (apparent) cost.
2) Architects often specify something custom because they do not have handy the information that a suitable, lower-cost standard product exists. When I first got into the business in 1988 I was amazed that something as simple in shape as sills and coping would be different on each project. The company saved molds but I was told they virtually never were re-used even though dimensional differences from one to the other were often insignificant.
We designed the database for an online catalog (this was back in 1998-9) to capture and display all relevant data about these pieces (wide range of shapes, sizes, and materials).
Failure has many sources. The critical funding issue was we were too "real business", did not have the allure and magic of a pure dotcom. But the critical business issue was gross underestimation of the cost and difficulty of capturing the information on these stored molds. The fabricators are project-driven, focused on the next job and the next dollar, and getting them to hand over some drawings and details on these molds whose value was indefinite, way in the future, and with no project deadline, was much tougher than pulling teeth.
A simple example of a Heavyware piece. One of these fountains exists in Chicago and the mold cost about the same as the piece.
Leo Schlosberg www.caryconcrete.com
cell: (847) 226-0930 office: (815) 338-2301
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Candy Renwall: Obituary for WILLIAM T. YLVISAKER
Subject: FW: Obituary for WILLIAM T. YLVISAKER
Date: 2/8/2010 9:41:08 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: crenwall@techbuspart.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Hi Ron: I'm not sure how many will remember William Ylvisaker and the story of Gould Inc. and its impact on Illinois technology but I thought I'd share the attached and news of his passing over the weekend for you and your readers.
When Bill made the decision to diversify Gould from its core businesses of batteries, auto parts, torpedoes and other related industrial segments to a technology company focused on semiconductors, high-speed computers (in those days they were called super computers and mini-super computers) and other related technology sectors, to say it created a controversy among investors, shareholders, Wall Street and corporate America was an understatement. It was a story for the times and led the way for many new and innovative business strategies that are now commonplace today. I had the privilege of participating in the exciting transition initially in the Corporate Development area but then moved into heading up investor relations for the company.
When I look back on all of it, I'm reminded every day what I learned and the many doors it opened for me in my career, along with many others (many former division presidents went on to run Fortune 500 companies). In "those days", women weren't a common presence in the board room when strategy, business plans and the future of the company was being decided. Bill gave me that opportunity and I am forever grateful for it. There were, and remain, many opinions about what could have been done differently to reshape Gould's legacy but I choose to look at the many good things that resulted from his decision to be at the vanguard of innovation, a word that had little meaning/understanding in those days.
One final point is that the Gould transition to a technology company also brought Illinois' technology industry respect and attention on a national and international basis. Along with the opening of the AeA (now TechAmerica) Midwest Chapter in Chicago in 1988, new industry statistics and data not previously tracked shifted government officials and industry representative's attention to supporting this growing and vital segment of the Illinois economy. The entrepreneurial tech community may not realize it but they can look to William Ylvisaker and Gould as the change agent that lead the way for the future of the technology industry in Illinois. Thanks for letting me share this.
Candace M. Renwall, CEO
Technology Business Partners, Inc.
847-540-9252 (o)
847-909-8010 (m)
February 5, 2010
OBITUARY
WILLIAM T. YLVISAKER
William "Bill" T. Ylvisaker was a visionary business leader and a lifelong polo enthusiast whose dedication to each led to many accomplishments, both on and off the field.
As the CEO of Gould Electronics from 1967 until 1986, Mr. Ylvisaker transformed a $100 million battery manufacturer into a $2.3 billion diversified technology company. Mr. Ylvisaker's transformation of Gould was a feat acclaimed by Business Week magazine in 1984 as an accomplishment most old-line manufacturers only dreamed of. "He turned his company, Gould Inc., into a bona fide force in high technology. In just three years he bought nine high-tech companies - ranging from a minicomputer maker to a producer of custom integrated circuits - and shed all of Gould's traditional operations, including bearings and piston, electrical equipment and finally its giant battery division." During his business career, he acquired more than 150 companies. Under Mr. Ylvisaker, Gould constructed a land-mark corporate headquarters complex in the Chicago suburb of Rolling Meadows. In 1983, Mr. Ylvisaker lost a dearly beloved son which ultimately altered his lifestyle and business outlook. In 1986, he retired from Gould and established his own company, Corporate Focus, for the purpose of acquiring and operating privately held manufacturing and industrial service companies. His inspiration of combining work with an athletic and cultural lifestyle was evident in the sprawling Gould Center, which featured research and training facilities, two multi-floor office buildings, restaurants, a health club, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, and an outdoor running track which were surrounded by a meticulously groomed grounds, including a Henry Moore and Picasso sculpture. 1978 Gould took a route that many other major companies were pursuin, land development, and Gould purchased a ranch in rural Palm Beach County (Florida) and began the development of Wellington, which would change the face of the community and make Wellington the dominant polo and equestrian center of the world. Mr. Ylvisaker included in his plan the prestigious Palm Beach Polo and Country Club, a complex consisting today of 45 holes of golf, 14 polo fields, 26 tennis courts and thousands of homes. The complex was sold in 1986 by Gould after 10 years of successful growth.
Ylvisaker was a gifted athlete and promoted an active lifestyle throughout his life. He captained both the polo and tennis teams at the Lawrenceville School of Lawrenceville, NJ, where he was a trustee for 20 years, and at Yale, where he won the Interscholastic Polo Championship. During his lifetime in polo, Ylvisaker attained a very impressive 7-goal handicap as an amateur, winning three US Open Championships, the Gold Cup, two Coronation Cups, and numerous other national and international honors. Ylvisaker is attributed with significantly heightening the interest in the sport of polo and dedicated his much of his life to this pursuit. In addition to founding the Palm Beach Polo & Country Club, he also founded the Polo Training Foundation to teach and develop young polo players. He served as chairman of the US Polo Association from 1970-1875. Ylvisaker was elected to the Polo Hall of Fame in 1994.
Mr. Ylvisaker's extremely active involvement in business and sports never detracted from the love for his five children: Laurie Ylvisaker of Woodstock, New York; Mrs. Elizabeth Ylvisaker of Woodstock, New York; and son, Jon Ylvisaker of New York, New York. A son, William, and daughter Amy are deceased. He has four grandchildren, Maren, Brieze and Marlia Keeley of Chicago and Alastair James Ylvisaker of New York, NY. His sister, Sara Heller of Westport, Connecticut passed away in 2001.
He had residences in Barrington, IL and at the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. In his later years, during the offseason, he lived in Middleburg, Virginia, where he owned Cotswold Farm for breeding horses.
Home Address:
2563 Player's Court, West Palm Beach, Florida 33414
Children:
Laurie Ellen Ylvisaker; Elizabeth Maren Keeley;
Jon Alastair Ylvisaker; Amy Townend Reistrup (deceased); William Wendel Ylvisaker (deceased)
Education:
Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ, 1937-43
Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1945-48, B.S. Engineering
Honorary Degree:
Luther College, Decorah, IA 1980, Doctor of Law
Previous Business Positions:
Bank of New York (New York City), Assistant Security Analyst, 1948-1949
Lake Forest Motor Sales (Lake Forest, IL), General Manager, 1949-1952
Phoell Manufacturing Co. (Chicago, IL), Vice President & General Manager, 1952-1958
Parker Kalon, Div. GATX, (Clifton, NJ), President, 1958-1961
General American Transportation Corp. (Chicago, IL), Group Vice President & Director, 1961-1967
Gould Inc. (Rolling Meadows, IL), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, 1967-1986
Datron Inc. (Hoffman Estates, IL), President & Chief Executive Officer, 1988-1990
Mercury Products, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL), Chairman, 1988-1995
Pentron Inc. (Hoffman Estates, IL), President & Chief Executive Officer, 1986-1995
Amerail (Chicago, IL), Chairman, 1995-1998
Military Service:
Aviation Cadet & Ensign, U.S.N.R., 1943-1945
Former Director or Trustee:
Accumulateurs Tudor, S.A., Belgium, Director, 1968-1975
Allied Control Corp., Plantsville, CT, Director, 1970-1978
American Electronics Assoc., Director at Large, Director, 1984-1986
Arlington International Racecourse, Arlington Heights, IL, Board of Governors, 1988-1994
Citizens Democracy Corps Executive Committee (Presidential Appointment), 1990-1997
Compagnie Francaise d'Electro Chimie, France, Director, 1968-1987
First National Bank of St. Paul, St. Paul, MN, Director, 1969-1977
GNB Inc., Mendota Hts., MN, Director, 1984-1988
International Tennis Hall of Fame, 1992-2001
Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ, Trustee & Trustee Emeritus, 1974-present
National Alliance of Businessmen, Director, 1975-1991
National Conference of Christians & Jews, 1978-1991
The Orchestral Association - Chicago Symphony, Director, 1978-1984
RTE Corporation, Brookfield, WI, Director, 1986-1988
Bush-Quayle '92, Finance Chairman Region VI, 1991-1992
Penske Corporation, Detroit, MI, Director, 1978-1996
Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Trustee, 1978-1995
Saratoga Polo Club President, 1999-Present
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Guggenheim Museum, New York City, Trustee, 1970-2001
Former Activities, Awards and Professional Societies:
Northwestern University Associate
Yale Club of Chicago
Yale Polo & Equestrian Association, Director & Co-Chairman, 1976-present
Allendale School for Boys, Trustee, 1962-1988
Alumni Council, Lawrenceville School, Executive Committee, 1956-1963
American Electronics Association
Charles T. Miller Hospital, St. Paul, MN, Director, 1968-1971
Chicago Association of Commerce & Industry, Director, 1964-1968
Citizens Board of the University of Chicago
Clifton, New Jersey, Chamber of Commerce, Director, 1959-1961
The Conference Board, New York, Senior Member
Corporate Fund for the Performing Arts at Kennedy Center
Council on the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
Governor's Commission on Science of Technology, Illinois, Chairman, 1980-1986
Illinois Children's Home & Aid Society, Director, 1959-1961
Illinois Horse Racing Advisory Panel, Chairman, 1983-1985
Joint Council on Economic Education, Finance Committee, 1980-1986
Marketer of the Year Award from the Chicago Chapter of the American Marketing Association, 1977
Northwood Institute Award, Outstanding Business Leader, 1982
United Republican Fund, State of Illinois, Governor
Polo Training Foundation, Director, 1966-present; Former Chairman, 1966-1983
St. Mark's Church, Barrington, IL, Vestryman, 1967-1970
U.S. Polo Association, Secretary/Treasurer, 1960-1966, Vice Chairman, 1966-1970, Chairman, 1970-1975
Yale Club of Chicago, Director, 1966-1968
Polo Highlights:
Top-rated at 7 goals, 1957
U.S. Polo Association, Chairman, 1970-75; and Governor or Officer, 1950-Present
Polo Training Foundation, Founder and Chairman, 1966-1980; Director 1980-Present
Started first Polo Newsletter, 1959 which subsequently became Polo Magazine
Initiated first polo schools after World War II
Palm Beach Polo and Country Club, Founder and Developer
Played on U.S. team winning Coronation Cup in England, 1973 and 1974
Played on U.S. team winning against Australia, 1976
Played on teams winning U.S. Open (3), National 20-Goal (4), Monty Waterbury Cup (1), National
Inter-circuit (2), National 12-Goal (1), International Open (1) and Continental Cup (2)
Major Tournaments Won:
Arena Open Championship, 1953
International Scholastic Championship, 1940 & 1941
East/West Championship - Outdoor, 1951
12-Goal Intercircuit - Outdoor, 1950
Continental Cup, 1980 & 1982
USPA 20-Goal Championship, 1951, 1964 & 1972
Butler Handicap, 1973, 1980, 1981 & 1985
Gold Cup, 1982
U.S. Open Championship, 1972
International Coronation Cup, 1973 & 1974
United States versus Australia, 1976
Saratoga Polo Club, Owner, Manger 1999-2003Hi Ron: I'm not sure how many will remember William Ylvisaker and the story of Gould Inc. and its impact on Illinois technology but I thought I'd share the attached and news of his passing over the weekend for you and your readers.
When Bill made the decision to diversify Gould from its core businesses of batteries, auto parts, torpedoes and other related industrial segments to a technology company focused on semiconductors, high-speed computers (in those days they were called super computers and mini-super computers) and other related technology sectors, to say it created a controversy among investors, shareholders, Wall Street and corporate America was an understatement. It was a story for the times and led the way for many new and innovative business strategies that are now commonplace today. I had the privilege of participating in the exciting transition initially in the Corporate Development area but then moved into heading up investor relations for the company.
When I look back on all of it, I'm reminded every day what I learned and the many doors it opened for me in my career, along with many others (many former division presidents went on to run Fortune 500 companies). In "those days", women weren't a common presence in the board room when strategy, business plans and the future of the company was being decided. Bill gave me that opportunity and I am forever grateful for it. There were, and remain, many opinions about what could have been done differently to reshape Gould's legacy but I choose to look at the many good things that resulted from his decision to be at the vanguard of innovation, a word that had little meaning/understanding in those days.
One final point is that the Gould transition to a technology company also brought Illinois' technology industry respect and attention on a national and international basis. Along with the opening of the AeA (now TechAmerica) Midwest Chapter in Chicago in 1988, new industry statistics and data not previously tracked shifted government officials and industry representative's attention to supporting this growing and vital segment of the Illinois economy. The entrepreneurial tech community may not realize it but they can look to William Ylvisaker and Gould as the change agent that lead the way for the future of the technology industry in Illinois. Thanks for letting me share this.
Candace M. Renwall, CEO
Technology Business Partners, Inc.
847-540-9252 (o)
847-909-8010 (m)
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Advanced Diamond Technologies Publishes Etch Recipe for Diamond MEMS and Sensors
Subject: RE: The formatting of your document forced me to through six versions of the
Date: 2/4/2010 8:56:16 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: jill@calyxconsulting.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
Ron,
Below is the text from ADT's press release that we distributed yesterday, Wednesday, February 3 at 10:00 AM. We'll still keep you on the Constant Contact distribution list (unless you let me know otherwise), but I'll follow that up with an email/text version in the future for inclusion in TMR. Hopefully, this solution will eliminate any formatting problems you have in the future. Again, I'm sorry for the headache.
Thanks for your continued interest in ADT!
As always, I am just a quick phone call or email away.
With much warmth,
-Jill
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Advanced Diamond Technologies Publishes Etch Recipe for Diamond MEMS and Sensors
Romeoville, IL-February 3, 2010-Advanced Diamond Technologies (ADT) is making broadly available an etch recipe which enables engineers and product developers to reliably and affordably design micro devices and sensors out of diamond. Based on research published in the November/December 2009 issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B (JVST B), the etch recipe is available for download from ADT's website at http://www.thindiamond.com. Using standard processes available in most foundries, this dry etch recipe enables designers to develop cutting-edge diamond micro devices and sensors while eliminating the complexity traditionally associated with diamond.
"The process to make diamond available, accessible, and affordable is complete. We have published this recipe so diamond can be incorporated into process flows using the same equipment and materials used to process silicon. We've eliminated the risk-and mystery-of how to make diamond devices and we hope to stimulate the creativity and ingenuity of designers to make diamond devices without having them worry about processing steps," said ADT's president, Neil Kane.
The article, "Nanofabrication of Sharp Diamond Tips by E-beam Lithography and Inductively Coupled Plasma Reactive Ion Etching," describes the etch recipe developed while creating sharp diamond tips for atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes. The dry etch recipe was optimized to achieve a maximum etch rate of 650 nm/min using ADT's UNCD® Wafers. Parameters to achieve slower etch rates are also outlined which are applicable for developing delicate nano-structures. Process steps for creating and patterning the hard mask, a 350 nm thick plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposited SiOx layer, are also detailed.
"We have customers using our UNCD Wafers to make diamond products as diverse as AFM probes, switches for phased-array radar, biosensors to detect E. coli in water, LED lighting, and boron-doped diamond electrodes for water purification. A simple, optimized etch recipe makes the adoption of diamond very straightforward," says ADT's chief technical officer Dr. John Carlisle. "A whole generation of 2D and 3D diamond structures are now conceivable such as high performance RF MEMS devices and accelerometers," said ADT's MEMS lead scientist and lead author of the JVST B article, Dr. Nicolaie Moldovan.
The development of an optimized dry etch capability is part of ADT's ongoing research to advance its 2009 R&D100 Award winning NaDiaProbes®, the world's first all-diamond AFM probes, which are created using UNCD Wafers as a starting material. NaDiaProbes are not diamond-coated probes or pieces of diamond mounted on cantilevers; rather the entire cantilever and tip assembly is made of UNCD, a thin-film form of nanocrystalline diamond.
ADT gratefully acknowledges its continuing collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) which is a co-author of the JVST B article. NaDiaProbes were developed with a grant from the National Science Foundation's SBIR/STTR program.
About Advanced Diamond Technologies
Formed to commercialize the ultrananocrystalline diamond technology developed at Argonne, ADT is the exclusive licensee to its portfolio of diamond patents. ADT is a World Economic Forum 2007 Technology Pioneer, a recipient of a 2008 EuroAsia IC Award in the Materials Enabling category from EuroAsia Semiconductor magazine, a 2008 R&D 100 Award winner for mechanical seals faces for fluid pumps, and a 2009 R&D 100 Award winner for NaDiaProbes. For more information about ADT, visit http://www.thindiamond.com.
PR Contact:
Jill Jackson
Calyx Consulting
Tel: 312.231.9870
Fax: 312.264.0319
Email: jill@calyxconsulting.com
www.calyxconsulting.com
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An update on Melanie Adcock
Subject: An update on Melanie Adcock
Date: 2/7/2010 3:42:17 P.M. Central Standard Time
From: melanie_adcock@msn.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
Hi Ron,
Hope you are doing well these days. Occasionally I see my name in your report so I thought I'd let you know what I'm up to:
1) I'm speaking at the ITA Wednesday April 7, 2010, on the topic of cold calling for the high tech industry. I'm going to cover tips for crafting a cold calling process in a start-up tech environment. Cold calling is one of my greatest loves and I'm excited to share that enthusiasm with other people. :) If any of your readers want to RSVP for this event they can do so here: http://www.illinoistech.org/calendar.aspx/1713
2) A new series of networking events will take place this spring at ARC Gallery in Chicago. The series is called "Outside the Box," designed to bring together creative artists, designers and tech experts focusing on topics relevant to both industries for discussion and networking. I'm coordinating this effort and searching for interesting speakers.
3) Recently I started providing sales and marketing strategy to small companies and entrepreneurs in the high tech and entertainment industries. I've been at it for a few months now and love helping other people win and be empowered to meet their revenue goals.
4) In addition to growing the above as a business I've taken a job at a fantastic software company called OutStart where I will drive the business development effort for one of their software divisions.
I've been pretty busy lately, but feel very alive and creative in all that I'm working on. It's a positive and upbeat time in my life. Good energy is so important! In my free time I'm working on a new series of artwork, too. Ron, you remind me of the famous quote from Oscar Wilde, "Be yourself. Everyone else is taken." Hope you are enjoying this exciting new year so far! :)
-Melanie
Melanie Adcock
Cell: 312-833-1825
E-Mail: melanie_adcock@msn.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/melanieadcock
Twitter: http://twitter.com/melanie_adcock
Link: http://www.illinoistech.net/technologynews.aspx/2299?media=print
Link: http://www.arcgallery.org/member-artists_detail.aspx?mem_id=65
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Ed Longanecker: American Technology Awards - nominations now open
Subject: American Technology Awards - nominations now open
Date: 2/6/2010 9:55:13 A.M. Central Standard Time
From: ed.longanecker@techamerica.org
To: ronaldmay@aol.com
Ron,
For your readers. TechAmerica is pleased to announce the 2010 American Technology Awards "The Sherman Awards". As the premiere awards for the technology industry, The Sherman Awards are the only true "Best Of" awards focusing on all technology products and services. The Oscars notwithstanding, this is the award to receive in 2010.
The 2010 Sherman Awards will be presented at The American Technology Awards Reception, hosted by The TechAmerica Foundation on June 16, 2010 in Washington, D.C.
Awards will be presented to the best product or service in each of the following categories:
• Aerospace and Defense
• Business Process Outsourcing
• Clean Tech/Green Tech/Smart Grid
• Cloud Computing/Software as a Service
• Computers and Peripherals
• Consumer Electronics
• Cyber Security and Authentication
• Electronic Components
• Engineering Services
• Internet Services
• Measuring and Control Instruments
• Medical Devices
• R&D and Testing Labs
• Server & Storage Technology
• Software
• Technology Consulting
• Telecommunications
The Sherman Awards nominations are vetted by industry press and analysts and the winners are selected from among the finalists by combining the votes of the press and analysts with the 1,500 members of the Technology Association of America (TechAmerica).
Visit www.techamerica.org/theshermans and submit a nomination today. Nominations close March 1, 2010.
By submitting a nomination, your company gains exposure because:
• All nominees will be listed in TechAmerica's online products and services directory
• All nominees will receive exposure to press via the judging process
• All finalists can apply a Sherman finalist logo to their product or service
• All finalists and award winners will be posted to the TechAmerica website
• All award winners can apply a Sherman award winner logo to their product or service
• All award winners will get a pedestal booth at the VIP awards reception
• All award winners will receive a ticket to the Annual Technology Awards Dinner
Please e-mail or call me directly if you have questions. We look forward to receiving your nominations.
Sincerely,
Best regards,
Ed Longanecker
Executive Director, Regional Director, State Government Affairs
TechAmerica Midwest
630-282-4332 / ed.longanecker@techamerica.org
http://www.techamerica.org=
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Wednesday, February 10: BNC Entrepreneur Event: Panel Discussion ~ What does it take to run a small business
From: bnc entrepreneur bnc.entrepreneur@gmail.com
Subject: February 10 - BNC Entrepreneur Event: Panel Discussion ~ What does it take to run a small business
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:51:16 -0600
To: ron@themayreport.com
Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 8:30 to 11:00 AM?
Wells Fargo Advisors
?222 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 300, Chicago?
Join us for the next BNC Entrepreneur panel discussion in which we will feature 4 fairly new BNC entrepreneurs: Second Act, The Tucker Company, Maui Wowi Hawaiian Coffees and Smoothies, Lakeshore Branding ~ moderated by Raman Chadha director of the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center.??
They will share with you how they got started, the challenges they faced, how they financed their business, some of the advantages/disadvantages of the type of business they own as well as where they get the support they need.??
Find out what it takes to run your own small business and make 2010 the year where your business takes off.?
For More info and to register: http://bnce021010-web.eventbrite.com.
The cost is $25 in advance or $35 at the door.
Thanks to our room sponsor: Meeta Vakil of Wells Fargo Advisors
??If you have any questions please contact Susan Barahia at sbarahia@bnchicago.org or 312-371-3786.
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Susan Barahia
BNC Entrepreneur Group Leader
sbarahia@bnchicago.org
312-371-3786
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"Master Business Innovator" training and certification class from March 1 to March 5 2010 at Illinois Institute of Technology's Rice Campus, Wheaton, IL
From: Keri Kolo info@accelper.com
Subject: Master Business Innovator (Train-the-Trainer) Training and Certification
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:14:16 -0500
To: ron@themayreport.com
1320, Tower Road,
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Tel: (847) 884 1900
Fax: (847) 884 7280
www.accelper.com
Master Business Innovator (Train-the-Trainer) Training and Certification
January 27, 2010
Dear Ron,
We are pleased to announce the "Master Business Innovator" training and certification class from March 1 to March 5 2010 at Illinois Institute of Technology's Rice Campus, Wheaton, IL.
Corporations and organizations need innovation to develop customer-specific solutions on-demand and in real time. Mastering Business Innovation, the Train-the-Trainer program, is designed to provide necessary tools and techniques to attendees for teaching business innovation tools and methods in their organizations. The program includes innovation framework, tools, techniques, a hands-on innovation project, and a certifying theory and practice test.
After completing the class, participants will learn the concept to monetization aspects of the innovation process for internal and external opportunities towards profitable growth. The training includes the following:
Breakthrough innovation framework
Rule of 2
Portfolio of innovations
Theory of innovation
Innovation room
TEDOC innovation methodology
Thinking innovative process
HBS case studies
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The Business Innovation class has been taught at Illinois Institute of Technology for over three years. Attendees have been able to accelerate and maximize innovation using methods taught in the class.
You may like to attend the above training or forward this invitation to your colleagues to develop the in-house innovation competency.
The Master Business Innovator training and certification is an excellent opportunity for people between jobs to either be an entrepreneur or an intrapreneur using the innovation skills.
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS HOLDS EDUCATION INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
From: Harris, Mark Mark.Harris@chicagobooth.edu
Subject: ***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS HOLDS EDUCATION INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:46:18 -0600
To: "Harris, Mark " Mark.Harris@chicagobooth.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
January 29, 2010 Mark Harris (773) 834-1134
mark.harris@ChicagoBooth.edu
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO BOOTH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS HOLDS EDUCATION INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
Event Explored Innovations and Trends in the Education Industry and Opportunities for its Future Economic Growth in the Region
CHICAGO - The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and its Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship today held a sold-out conference on innovation and entrepreneurship in the education industry, at Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago. Exploring Entrepreneurship: Innovations in the Midwest Education Industry brought together leaders from industry and academia, entrepreneurs, investors, educators, administrators, and government officials, to discuss the trends and opportunities for growth within this sector and to make recommendations for its future development.
"Incorporating innovation in the education industry is not only advancing the growth of this industry, but also providing our youth with more opportunities for success. Today's conference highlighted some of the successful examples of innovators who are changing the face of education in this state and in the nation," said Linda Darragh, director of entrepreneurship programs of the Polsky Center and clinical associate professor of entrepreneurship at Chicago Booth.
The day-long event featured a keynote address from Ron Packard, founder and CEO of K12 Inc., and Chas Edelstein, Co-CEO and director of Apollo Group Inc., one of the world's largest private education providers. The event also included expert panel sessions on online education, innovations in traditional settings, new technologies in higher education, global education, performance assessments, entrepreneurial selling in the industry, assessing human capital in the classroom, and investing in education innovation. For additional information, visit: www.chicagobooth.edu/education.
The event was held in partnership with the University of Chicago's Urban Education Institute (UEI) and the Harris School of Public Policy Studies. Additional event sponsors included William Blair & Company and Grockit. The Polsky Center launched the Exploring Entrepreneurship Series in 2006 as part of the Hamer Small Business Initiative to examine specific industries that are key to the economic growth of the region. Previous industries have included food and futures trading. All of the panel sessions from the event will be available for viewing on the Polsky Center Website next week.
About the Polsky Center:
The Polsky Center is Chicago Booth's leading resource for students and alumni as they pursue entrepreneurial endeavors and private equity careers. The center supports entrepreneurial development through its cutting-edge curriculum, innovative hands-on learning experiences, leading faculty research, conferences, and community and global outreach programs. The center hosts the Edward L. Kaplan New Venture Challenge (NVC), a year-long academic process where students from campuses around the world turn their entrepreneurial ideas into reality. Now in its 14th year, the NVC has helped launch more than 50 companies, which have created hundreds of jobs.
Entrepreneurship is the second largest concentration at Chicago Booth and, with an impressive growing network of students and alumni as entrepreneurs, the Polsky Center is dedicated to expanding and capitalizing on this vibrant and active sector of our economy. For more information visit: www.ChicagoBooth.edu/entrepreneurship.
About Chicago Booth:
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is one of the leading business schools in the world. The school's faculty includes many renowned scholars and its graduates include many business leaders across the U.S. and worldwide. The Chicago Approach to Management Education is distinguished by how it leverages fundamental knowledge, its rigor, and its practical application to business challenges. Chicago Booth offers a full-time MBA program, an evening MBA program, a weekend MBA program, and an executive MBA program in Chicago, London and Singapore. The school also offers a PhD program, open enrollment executive education, and custom corporate education. For more information visit: www.ChicagoBooth.edu.
Mark Harris
Associate Director, Marketing and External Relations
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship
Chicago Booth
5807 S. Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
Tel: 773.834.1134 Fax: 773.834.4046
visit us at: www.ChicagoBooth.edu/entrepreneurship
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Morton Grove based Regis Technologies Passes FDA Pre-Approval Inspection for Acorda Therapeutics' Approved Multiple Sclerosis Drug, Ampyra
From: Louis Glunz (Email address withheld upon request)
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:12:28 -0600
To: The May Report ron@themayreport.com
Please don't publish my email address. thanks, Louis
Ron, this drug was developed in Chicago by Dr. Floyd Davis at Rush's Multiple Sclerosis Center. Dr. Davis found Regis Technologies in the phone book twenty years ago. Regis supplied the drug for clinical trials and we continued for commercial supply. Lots of starts and stops along the path!
Louis Glunz
Regis Technologies
Regis Technologies Passes FDA Pre-Approval Inspection for Acorda Therapeutics' Approved Multiple Sclerosis Drug, Ampyra
MORTON GROVE, Ill. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Regis Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of cGMP and non-GMP synthesis and separations services for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates, announced it has received an Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that Regis passed the FDA's pre-approval inspection (PAI) for its manufacture of 4-Aminopyridine the active ingredient in Ampyra .
Acorda Therapeutics' drug, Ampyra , was approved by the FDA on January 22, 2010, as a treatment to improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This was demonstrated by an increase in walking speed. The FDA inspected Regis's facility for seven days in April and May 2009. The EIR and PAI approval was issued in November, 2009.
"We are thrilled to see Ampyra receive FDA approval as a treatment that may help the many people with MS with walking impairment. Regis is proud to partner with Acorda and looks forward to continuing collaborations in the development of life-changing therapeutics," said Louis Glunz IV, president of Regis Technologies.
Ampyra is an oral, sustained-release tablet formulation of 4-aminopyridine, which in laboratory studies has been found to improve impulse conduction in nerve fibers where the insulating layer, called myelin, has been damaged. Regis initially developed the synthesis for 4-aminopyridine more than 25 years ago, when the compound was first investigated at Rush's Hospital in Chicago. It currently holds the U.S. and several foreign drug master files (DMFs) for this compound.
Regis Technologies, which increased its facility to 51,000 square feet in 2009, also passed its general inspection by the FDA, conducted during the same period as the pre-approval inspection.
About Regis Technologies, Inc.
Regis Technologies, a privately held company founded in 1956, helps biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies expedite their drugs to market. Our cGMP and non-GMP synthesis and separations services advance active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and intermediates from initial process development and scale-up to final validation and commercial manufacturing. We are a leading manufacturer of chromatography products and services, especially those with a chiral emphasis.
(c) 2010 Regis Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved
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Marty Glotzer
From: MGlotz@aol.com
Subject: Re: The May Report: 1/28/2010: ExteNet Systems closes $128.4 million investme...
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:50:17 EST
To: ron@themayreport.com
Martin Glotzer probably attended the 1982 annual sharehoders meeting at art institute and spoke and asked questions the meeting might have been chaired by the former Xoxon Prea McCoorkle Martin Glotzer attended many IH meeting even at Knickerbocker hotel in the 60s
In a message dated 1/28/2010 2:33:55 P.M. Central Standard Time, ron@themayreport.com writes:
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Chuck Krugel
From: Charles Krugel cak1@charlesakrugel.com
Subject: Re: The May Report: 1/28/2010: ExteNet Systems closes $128.4 million investment; Gerald Murphy on International Harvester and monetary policy; Crimson Hexagon; and MIT-EF is going to Ungaretti & Harris LLP, not Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:37:50 -0600
To: The May Report <ron@themayreport.com>
Thanks for posting the announcement about my Northbrook Chamber of Commerce & SCORE labor & employment law seminar Ron. I appreciate the consideration. Also, if you're interested, yesterday, I sent you an invitation to my LinkedIn group--Charles Krugel's Labor & Employment Law & Human Resources Practices group. This isn't like the LinkedIn groups that you commented about where people whine to one another. There are 500 member and a lot of substantive discussions concerning all facets of labor & employment law and human resources management and practices. You may find it interesting.
Chuck
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 2:30 PM, The May Report <ron@themayreport.com> wrote:
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Yale Names Chicago's Snyder As Management Dean
http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/hc-bizdigbrfs0121.art1jan21,0,6381146.story?obref=obnetwork
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Yale Names Chicago's Snyder As Management Dean
January 21, 2010
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Yale University has appointed Edward A. Snyder as dean of its school of management.
Snyder is dean and economics professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. After a year's leave, he will assume the deanship at Yale in July 2011.
Snyder more than tripled Booth's scholarship assistance to students, oversaw a move to the school's new Hyde Park campus on time and on budget, expanded the school's presence in Singapore and established a new campus in London.
Sharon Oster has agreed to stay on as dean until 2011, Yale President Richard C. Levin said.
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Does the U. of C. board remind you of the ITA board? U. of C. president's relationship with professor causes stir on campus: Board sees 'no conflict of interest'
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-u-of-c-president-20100205,0,7908051.story
U. of C. president's relationship with professor causes stir on campus
Board sees 'no conflict of interest'
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By Jodi S. Cohen, Tribune reporter
February 5, 2010
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University of Chicago officials are answering questions about President Robert Zimmer's romantic relationship with a faculty member, including whether he played a role in decisions about her employment.
Zimmer told trustees that he and his wife, Terese, a staff member at the university's Urban Education Institute, separated in September. Campus media reports and sources linked Zimmer, 62, with classics professor Shadi Bartsch, 43.
Martha Roth, dean of humanities, said Friday that Zimmer met with Bartsch twice in 2008 as part of efforts to keep her on the faculty. After 10 years at U. of C., Bartsch left for Brown University in fall 2008. She returned in July 2009.
Roth said in a statement that she asked the president to meet with Bartsch "to add his voice to the many urging her to continue her career at Chicago."
Faculty hiring is typically done by the department chair, dean and provost. Roth said she made every effort to keep Bartsch at U. of C., and that it often takes a "team effort" to recruit and retain top scholars.
Andrew Alper, chairman of the university's board of trustees, said this week there is no conflict of interest in Zimmer's relationship.
The university has taken steps to ensure that Zimmer will not be involved in decisions about her salary or promotions, spokesman Steve Kloehn said. If there are questions that typically would go to the president, they will instead go to Alper.
"President Zimmer has been forthcoming with me and the board regarding his family situation," Alper said in a statement. "The president has gone out of his way to ensure that there is no conflict of interest, or appearance of a conflict, stemming from his personal life."
Zimmer has moved out of the president's house on South University Avenue, but his wife is still living there and campus functions are being held at the home, Kloehn said.
Zimmer, who spent more than two decades at U. of C. as a professor and administrator, returned to the campus in 2006 to serve as president. He was provost at Brown University from 2002 to 2006.
Bartsch teaches Roman literature and culture and has served as chair of the classics department, according to a resume on the university Web site. She has won teaching awards and a Guggenheim fellowship.
Zimmer and Bartsch did not return calls for comment. Kloehn said the president's "personal relationship" is not prohibited by any university policy.
Sheldon Steinbach, a longtime higher education attorney, said a relationship between the president and faculty member is a situation that no trustee "wants to deal with." But he said it won't have long-lasting effects.
"Whatever prurient value it may have today will be gone by Monday morning with no lasting effect on the president or the good name of the University of Chicago," Steinbach said. "It's a one-day soap opera."
jscohen@tribune.com
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I am extremely disappointed in Dr. Zimmer. His position requires him to be held at a higher standard. I am now reluctant to donate to the institution.
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The problem, my friends, is that she is NOW one of the highest paid humanities profs. at The UofC -- she wasn't before she left for Brown, nor was she before she started smooching the prez. Maybe one of Bartsch's colleagues could teach her (and Zimmer) the meaning of "gravitas."
Blurperoo (02/07/2010, 7:22 AM )
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This is old news. Crain's Chicago Business ran this article over a week ago. The Trib did fail to mention that she is also separated from her husband. Have some class people - if you're going to mess around - at least wait for the ink on the divorce papers to dry.
Camilla4507 (02/06/2010, 9:45 PM )
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[[Ever get the feeling that the Tribune is turning into gossip magazine. Sensationalized headline with a story that doesn't back up the implied suggestion. Sorry but I don't see any wrong doing here. Doesn't sound like the campus is in a "stir" either. lauren3g (02/06/2010, 3:26 PM )]]
turnabout being fair play, i guess the obvious question would be, are any bosses at the tribune sleeping with any of the employees? someone with a little time on his hands certainly could dig up the information.
IMHO.Chicago (02/06/2010, 7:28 PM )
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Wouldn't the problem be the perception that other faculty & staff have that the president's girlfriend has some special power due to her close association with him; and that she'd be able to exert influence on him that others don't have? Would you want to ever cross her or raise her ire? If you were competing with her for scarce resources; wouldn't you believe she has an unfair advantage? If she got a "plum" that you wanted; wouldn't you surmise that sleeping with the boss gave her an inside track? Wouldn't having her be supervised by a trustee just give the perception that she has even more clout than the average professor? Sure, many folks fall in love at work; but in some jobs, one of you has to go to avoid any hint of conflict-of-interest, favoritism, possible future sexual harassment lawsuits & just plain old workplace turmoil. I guess the folks at U of C are so evolved that none of these disastrous outcomes could ever happen. I'd hate to go to one of those events at the president's residence when estranged wife, girlfriend & president are all in attendance- - I bet you could cut the tension with a knife & security must hover close by, just in case... "One-day soap opera"? I kind of doubt it.
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Ever get the feeling that the Tribune is turning into gossip magazine. Sensationalized headline with a story that doesn't back up the implied suggestion. Sorry but I don't see any wrong doing here.
Doesn't sound like the campus is in a "stir" either.
lauren3g (02/06/2010, 3:26 PM )
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Well, if the rotten egghead thugs at the U of C aren't busy devising doomsday weapons to incinerate the whole human race (cf. the A-bomb) or cooking up socio-economic systems to rob the masses blind and enrich the elites who dominate us (cf. the Chicago School of Economics) or spinning eugenicist theories against "inferior races" (cf. Nazi use of U of C %u201Cresearch%u201D) or driving poor blacks out of Hyde Park (cf. "urban renewal" of the 1960s), then they amuse themselves with corrupt hiring practices driven by professorial libidos. No wonder the U of C is where the end of the world began.
Lake_Isle_Man (02/06/2010, 2:27 PM )
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don't care and neither should anyone else.
TheReality (02/06/2010, 1:57 PM )
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Let me join the chorus of comments that this matter is not newsworthy. Just read the comments below to see that this is pure soap-opera--mattering only to the people named in it and some moralist voyeurs. It is a shame that the Tribune stoops to the level of so many tabloids and rags and posts it at all, let alone on its internet "front page". Journalism is clearly a lost art and editors are either a) incompetent, b) non-existent or c) rancid .
lreadl (02/06/2010, 1:21 PM )
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Another one of these HOLIER THAN THOU Academic creeps just like at the University of Illinois/Urbana. Just a coincedence that he was at Brown University and then came back to U of C and then his younger "bellywarmer" goes there to lay low and then returns to U of C to latch on to her sugar daddy. Obviously these two can't be hired without clout. CLOUT? I 'm shocked, SHOCKED that there's clout in Chicago.
RicoYoungblood (02/06/2010, 12:43 PM )
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[[I don't understand why this is newsworthy. It's not a public institution so there are no tax dollars being misappropriated. The guy is a creep for dumping his wife for a younger woman...anon234 (02/06/2010, 12:15 PM )]]
meh! creep, shmeep. he's old. the girlfriend makes him feel young. end of story.
IMHO.Chicago (02/06/2010, 12:35 PM )
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I don't understand why this is newsworthy. It's not a public institution so there are no tax dollars being misappropriated. The guy is a creep for dumping his wife for a younger woman, but if that's all it takes to be in the newspaper today then I think we have bigger issues. It also seems unlikely that this situation is unique to the U of C; as deplorable as it is, it is probably not uncommon at other universities or in the business world (and while I'm sure some folks in the business world think that this wouldn't be tolerated, let's be honest with ourselves; it might not happen a lot, but it does). Finally, I've noticed that the Trib appears to have a somewhat negative bias towards the U of C; I hope they would give the same kind of attention to a place like Northwestern or Loyola if a similar situation were to occur.
anon234 (02/06/2010, 12:15 PM )
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imagine what goes on when these 2 faculty are in a private meeting. what are u teaching there, U of C? haven't the faculty learned anything from the U of I admission scandal?
screamingsteve (02/06/2010, 12:09 PM )
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Business as usual at UC and UCMC, where hiring biases, preferences, and inequalities is the norm. If I were given a dime for every time I raised a red flag about putting someone's friend, neighbor, relative, or former business partner into a job, I would have a much easier time accepting last year's pay freeze.
chitownsundevil (02/06/2010, 12:00 PM )
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This is very much a stir ...and about as inappropriate an act that can occur. How Zimmer could think there is nothing wrong here is absurd. Why academics are not held to real world standards is incredible. In the business world both of these individuals would face dismissal or at the very least reassignment.
Ken Foxx
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Trib headline reads: "president's relationship with professor causes stir on campus" but nothing in this article substantiates any such "stir."
Trib lede reads: "University of Chicago officials are answering questions about President Robert Zimmer's romantic relationship with a faculty member, including whether he played a role in decisions about her employment." Yet who, exactly, is asking such questions? The Trib reporter does not say.
Pollyanna123 (02/06/2010, 10:42 AM )
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Steinbach said. "It's a one-day soap opera." -- REALLY ????
The-Truth (02/06/2010, 9:53 AM )
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what's going on with this faculty? does not SMELL right U of C. shame on u.
screamingsteve (02/06/2010, 9:53 AM )
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This is his personal business. Why is this front page news?
Batfoy (02/06/2010, 9:47 AM )
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People fall in and out of love all the time.
overhere (02/06/2010, 9:27 AM )
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U of C has bigger problems than this. Big whoop. Move on. The guys a sleaze dumping his wife for a colleague 20 years his junior. But he seems to recuse himself properly so until that is proven false I'm wondering where the story is. Also wondering why HE moved out of the President's house since that is an official residence and not personal. That might be a story about wasteful practices.
DaCodger (02/06/2010, 9:20 AM )
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Absolutely uncalled for attack by conservativeleftist. People in academia, like any other highly specialized field are likely to attract and be attracted to those that will understand their life and work, and who are their intellectual peers. He's taken steps to avoid conflict of interest - so your point was?
phylosopher (02/06/2010, 9:14 AM )
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Dressing them up and educating them and giving them powerful-high-paying-jobs does not insure they won't behave like punks, thugs, and grafters. The world of academia may be somewhat insulated from the real world the rest of of live in, but, like us, they still know what "clout and favoritism" mean. Sadly tho, they haven't managed to figure out the meaning of "diversity" yet.
conservativeleftist (02/06/2010, 7:45 AM )
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Well. . .It's an interesting idea that the leaders of a "world class" university have no responsibilities to be positive role models for their colleagues and students. This situation makes the trustees look like enablers and co-conspirators. Since the university is touted as a school and a business, I think the trustees might want to stress the old business axiom: "Don't dip your dink in the company ink!"
barbaraellennorman (02/06/2010, 7:03 AM )
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