IN 19715000 YEARS OF TRADITION BECAME ANCIENT HISTORY. Sometime around 3000 B.C., an Oriental mathematician stuck a couple of sticks together, added some beads on rods and invented the Abacus. It could perform basic mathematical functions, it was cheap to make, and it was small enough to carry around. Modern Science couldn't better it for five millennia. It wasn't exactly that people weren't trying. Take Blaise Pascal, for example. In 1642 he invented the first digital calculator to help handle his father's business accounts. Then in 1835 Charles Babbage created the analytical engine, a digital computer that was 100 years before its time. But he ran out of funds and his project fell by the wayside. Then there were Eckert and Mauchly who invented the first electronic computer in 1946. It was very sophisticated. It was also 100 feet long. And so, while the Western World became more dependent upon complicated electrical and mechanical devices, the Abacus remained the most popular calculator in the East. Until 1971. The Year of the Chip. The chip was an integrated circuit the size of a piece of confetti. On it were microphotographically engraved circuits that replaced thousands of transistors and diodes.
The key to making the chip was Silicon. It had to be free of contaminants, however, and that depended on a colorless liquid intermediate, Trichlorosilane, which in turn had to be impossibly pure. In a startling breakthrough back in 1960, a Union Carbide scientist developed the technology that enabled the production and delivery of an unheard-of 99.9999% purity. The chip made possible the mass production of pocket size calculators at reasonable costs. And by the beginning of 1976, pocket calculators were selling for as little as 15 dollars apiece. The final straw came when they started showing up where people traditionally used Abacuses. The 20th Century had finally caught up with the wooden rods and beads. Today this market's sales needs are being covered by Dan Blakemore, John Fleck, Scott Friedman, Ron Irby and Bill Neely. They, like the other bright knowledgeable people listed on the following pages, can help meet your chemical or plastics needs. And that's something you can count on.
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IF YOU'VE GOT A CHEMICAL OR PLASTICS NEED, WE'VE GOT A SALES TEAM TO ANSWER IT. Give us a call. No matter where you are, our skilled sales force will give you the fast, intelligent service you'd expect. We'll also give you something you didn't NORTHEAST Al Stewart, Director of Sales (Hackensack) Boston, Mass. 02194 300 First Avenue Needham Heights 617-444-5400 Sales Team: Bruce Almeida Bert Barton Bill Bell Daryl Brace Paul Cavanaugh Bill Cribbin Jeannie Eddy Mary Ford Bill Hansen Jerry Hufnagle David Hurwitz Joe Janacek Bob Martell Chuck McKinlay Herb Medlock John Nabozny Bill Payne Chuck Petersen Hart Phinney Janet Porter Norman Roles John Smith DaveTull Terry Winterboer New York (Metropolitan) Hackensack, N.J. 07601 1 University Plaza 201-646-1111 212-695-5054 Phil Gianinio Customer Service Manager Sales Team: Sue Andon Randy Ball Jeff Bauer RonBelcastro Dan Blakemore Dick Boyce Doug Butler Ed Cain Joel Cohen Frank Colantuono 12
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expect. A definitive handbook containing everything you need to know about pocket calculators, whether you're thinking about buying or already own one. It's worth a call. Any way you figure it. KenWyllie Charles Zeynel Jack Zhelesnik Tonawanda, N.Y. 14150 Chemicals and Plastics P.O. Box 44 716-877-1600 Sales Team: George Bain Gary Jones Frank Squillaro MID & SOUTH ATLANTIC Fred Costello, Director of Sales (Moorestown) Atlanta, Ga. 30359 17 Executive Park Drive, N.E.
Charlotte, N.C. 28210 6230 Fairview Road 704-364-1400 Sales Team: Art Boucher Jack Bower Curt Brown, Jr. John Childers Bob Curtis Dave Ferguson Margaret Fortescue Stan George Dale Heck Jim Kincaid Walt Locher Tom Revell Andre Rucker Jack Toslosky Al Zanger
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Bill Mueller, Customer Service Manager Sales Team: Brian Arndt Fred Bankert Michael Boyce Dick Butler John Canterbury Frank Cashel Al Costantin Joseph Diviaio Dave Fix Walt Frenz Marsha Gade Ralph Gildehaus Bill Glantzberg Terry Gownley, Jr. Al Jackson Addison Jones Kevin Kilelee Andy Korenyi Burt Krevsky Tony Lanchak Bill Marshall Peggy McChesney Bill McCormick Connie Meischeid Chris Morrissey Bobby Poole
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Southfield, Mich. 48037 26500 Northwestern Highway 313-354-0800 John Stillwagon, Customer Service Manager Sales Team: Linda Bradley John Brooks Pittsburgh, Perm. 15220 Peter Byrnes S75 Greentree Road Rob Campe 412-922-5700 Pete Casto Sales Team: Dick Dickhaut Randy Childers Floyd Elkins George Cochrane Bob Faux Bob Nelson Jim Featherstone Dave Swaintek Ernie Formanns Frank Foxlee Margot Fraser CTNTRAL John Gentilia George Kuehn, Director of Sales Dick Good (Southfield) Lafe Howard Mike Hrybinczak Cincinnati, Ohio 45227 Dan Joplin West Street & Madisonville Road Gary Kwok 513-272-0206 George Lafko Harve Porter, Ruth Lechleitner Customer Service Manager Harold Melin Sales Team: Al Snyder Lou Adinolfi Jack West Ron Baumgartner Bob Bendick MIDWEST Greg Boyd Eve Bright Ed O'Keeffe, Director of Sales Mike Brown (Chicago) Jim Byrnside Chicago, 111. 60606 Richard Distlerath 120 So. Riverside Plaza Gary Durrant 312-454-2000 Charlie Graham George Griffiths Ed Matura, Mike Gudat Customer Service Manager Bob Halley Sales Team: Bob Halvorsen Brian Belluomini Roy Hays Bruce Bingham Phil Jenkins Mike Bowers Fred Kammerer Howie Brecher John Koch Bob Campbell Dave Lemons Tom Carey Ray Lymous "O.D." Clark Mike Marinaccio Art Costigan Dan Shannon Jeff Davis Ken Spatola Bob DiPasqua Richard Stephens Sue Dunlap Marge Strassinger Don Engdahl Kurby Wiley Steve Foster Bill Gaines Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Susan Glass 1300 East 9th Street Gary Granat 216-621-4200 Steve Gruner Wally Gutzmer Sales Team: Dan Harbut Dick Bannon Nancy Hardman David Batchelor Milt Harmony Ralph Bellrose Janet Haubold Andy Black Mary Lou Heine Bob Cole Maggie Helbling Chuck Costas John Ferraro Dave Henley Bob Goldston Jim Horner Jim Griffin Marni Hoyle Charlie Herion John Ingram, Jr. Mary Jaenke Bob Ireland Frank Jeffe Mike Irish Jim Kendzulak Sue Jeszka Gil Martello Mike Jones Curt Pitzer BillKollmar Don Schomer Jim Lang Pat Sento AI Lyon Rick Shearer Murl Maupin Rick Szymanski Carlton McGee Dick Williams Kevin McGuinn Frank Williamson Bob Mcintosh
Don Mercaldi Peggy Meyer Jeff Morrison Judy Parker Jim Pickering Jay Pollard Tom Proctor Rick Pyle Ron Quamstrom Guy Reid Janet Reigel Don Rodie Paulette Schultz Cliff Schwann John Segerstrom Mike Siciliano Terry Snapp John Strom Cap Strong Art Thompson Hal Vakos Dave Vercollone KrisVlcek Bill Walter Bob Walton Russ Welton Bill Wright Kansas City, 800-621-8236 Minneapolis, 800-621-2510 St. Louis, Mo. 63105 10 South Brentwood Blvd. 314-726-1020 Sales Team: John Fleck Bill Hall Ron Irby PACIFIC & SOUTHWEST Tom Orme, Director of Sales (Long Beach) Long Beach, Calif. 90802 100 Oceangate 213-435-3721 Chuck Collins, Customer Service Manager Sales Team: Mike Baccich, III Ted Beliakoff Claudia Bratrude Jim Buskist Galyn Cagle Walt Chaney Frank Conroy Lor a Cri m Jim DeVore Jim Fryman Robert Gaujardo Dan Gilbert Bob Gregory Howard Hambleton JoAnn Kahnen Gus Kyriopoulos Joe Malbroue Dee Malcolm Charlie Metten
Danny Neri Nick Nicholas Whitey Paul Forrest Paulett Frank Schnell Ken Smith Lynne Tally Phyllis Tribe Ron Weldon Dallas, Texas 75207 2710 Stemmons Freeway 214-631-0010 Ron Teufel, Customer Service Manager Sales Team: Elmer Baskett Duane Baumert Dean Braun Hugh Carolan, III Hugh Carpenter Chuck Clay AlDiaz John Hannan Bill Johnson Tison Keel Bill Kelly Dan Love Ben Marmaduke BillNeely Bob Palmer Scotty Scott Paul Smallwood Dick Spath Steve Stretch Mike Terry Lamar Waldrup Houston, Texas 77046 2 Greenway Plaza East 713-621-1000 Sales Team: Terry Harris Belle Laning Bill Mrvichin Keith Redford San Francisco, Calif. 94111 1 California Street 800-352-3789 Sales Team: Mike Bilancetti Ray Brinson Ted Clark Bill Epperson Scott Friedman Jim Holmes Bob Page Mike Wagner Mike Wells From Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington or Wyoming 800-421-3724 Chuck Schmidt, Vice President—Sales 212-551-5013
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