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I’m not done giving thanks yet!

November 27, 2020 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 6 Comments

This is a continuation of yesterday's blog- I'm thanking my mentors.

I’ve written about my next mentor often. (Here’s but one example– with another great story about Cary.) He was but one half of the management team that took a chance to hire me. A soon-to-be 14 y old kid. And, let me basically take over their baby. (As you can see, Cary became a mentor about the time I was losing touch with Ms. Katzman. I’d been really lucky to have a continuous mentor relationship for nigh 16 years, by the time this one ends.)

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Subway Subs

June 9, 2015 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 4 Comments

I grew up in New York. So, as far as I am concerned, every underground city transit system is a subway. Sure, I know the system in San Francisco is called BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), in London- it’s the Tube, and le Metro in Paris. I still say I am taking the subway.

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III is the charm

November 21, 2014 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

My company was 5 years old. We were still involved in health care, but this was the heyday for water and water treatment. So, that portion of our business skyrocketed.

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