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<DIV><FONT color=#800000 size=3><EM><STRONG>A while back a writer under the
employ of General Electric contacted me...</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#800000><STRONG><FONT size=6><FONT size=3>Take a look at
all the interesting info they have on these pages but also here
is what they quoted me on... some quotes are a bit loose check
with me before you go to press on anything further. and we will
tighten things up a bit!</FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#800000><STRONG><FONT size=6><FONT size=3>This is fun,
computer history, Papa Spielberg and our 40th
president!</FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#800000><STRONG><FONT size=6><FONT size=3>....Ed</FONT>
</FONT><FONT size=3>Sharpe</FONT></STRONG></FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Progress Reports </STRONG></FONT> <STRONG><FONT size=6></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>A look back at Ronald Reagan's speech to GE execs at the dawn of
the computer age</STRONG></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Celebrating the Centennial<BR>Ronald Reagan &
GE<BR></DIV></STRONG></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><STRONG>Frontiers of Progress</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>On May 2, 1961, Ronald Reagan delivered a memorable speech at the GE
computer department’s “Frontiers of Progress” sales meeting in Apache Junction,
Arizona. His eloquent words about computing and GE’s role in the industry’s
brief history came at an optimistic time in America and at the dawn of the
automation age.Less than a decade later, (In 1970) GE would sell its computer
division to Honeywell for $200 million. Still, the 1950’s and 1960’ was an
exciting era of innovation in the nascent world of computer technology, and
Reagan’s speech personified that excitement and sense of promise. for rest of
article.........<A title=http://reagan.geblogs.com/frontiers-of-progress/ href="http://reagan.geblogs.com/frontiers-of-progress/" target=_blank><FONT size=2><STRONG>http://reagan.geblogs.com/frontiers-of-progress/</STRONG></FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV>see more GE at <A title=http://www.ge.com/reagan/index.html href="http://www.ge.com/reagan/index.html" target=_blank>http://www.ge.com/reagan/index.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>see SMECC SECTION at <STRONG><EM><FONT color=#800000><A title=http://www.smecc.org/general_electric.htm href="http://www.smecc.org/general_electric.htm" target=_blank>http://www.smecc.org/general_electric.htm</FONT></EM></STRONG></A></DIV>
<DIV>lots of GE Stuff!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks,<BR><BR>Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC <BR><BR>See the
Museum's Web Site at <A title=http://www.smecc.org/ href="http://www.smecc.org/" target=_blank>www.smecc.org</A><BR><BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>