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1984-1996 Richard (Rickie) Murphy. I worked for Wang in Virginia and Massachusetts. I wouldn't mind hearing from some of my old colleagues. Look me up, I'm still in Mass.
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Can anyone help me please with my Wang pc?
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My father, Herbert Charles Bauer worked as a programmer for Wang in the mid-60's, around 1965. He passed away in 1981, and I am now trying to find people who knew him. If anyone worked with him please email me.
Thanks
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I use to work at Wang in Brentford (Distribution / Logistics) also the Datacenter and at 1000 Great West Road from 1987 until I was made redundant in 1992.
Alan Davis use to be the CEO then followed by Mike Todman who was brought over from the States.
Recently for some unknown reason Wang has been on my mind and I am currently trying to purchase the following books:
I was awarded the outstanding UK Employee award in 1990 presented by Mike Todman.
It is such a shame about Wang, I miss the company and even the people - 12 years later.
If anyone is still around and have such good thoughts - send me a mail.
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I'm trying to find out any info on Dataserv, what happened to the company etc. I worked for them at the Eden Praire, MN site. My Google search so far indicates they changed name to Wang Labs.
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My name is James English and I worked at WANG from 1985-1989, mostly on the VS5-6, OSI, 2200 and DVX series equipment. I worked out of the Tewksbury and Pawtucket Road - Chelmsford, Mass. facilities. I would love to hear from any of the other people that worked at these facilities with me.
Thanks!
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'80 - '86, Lowell Marketing Support, Dallas, Distict staff, looking for 11th floor, 1st tower, marketing folks - Carl Masi's folks.
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Hi, my name is Elizabeth. I live in Boston, MA. I am looking for a friend who moved to Frankfurt, Germany four years ago. His name is Joseph Vazquez and his email address was jvazq at level3 dot com. It's been three years that I haven't heard from him. If you find anything, please send me an email.
Thank you.
Lisa
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1980-1990. Worked mainly at the Pawucket Boulevard facility. Would love to chat with anyone from our group in Material Planning.
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I worked in the Detroit Michigan branches from 1985 through 1989. Those were some of the best and worst times. Love to hear from any colleagues.
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I'm trying to locate an old buddy of mine who worked for Wang in Nairobi Kenya during the late 70's, early 80's. His name is John Farrance.
He was out of the Lowell MA office assigned in Nairobi and worked for Phil (Philip B.) Noyce, Regional Director, Mid Africa. Another Wang associate in Nairobi was Bob (Robert P.) Soucy, Director, Field Software Support.
Do you have contacts for any of these guys ? Either Phil or Bob may know of John's current address. I was an independent consultant and had selected Wang VS systems there for a number of African run projects including KPCU (coffee) and Kaplan & Stratton (law). John & I were best friends but have lost contact.
Can you help me in any way ? Thanks.
-Ric
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Hello to all,
Just bumped into this web site out of boredom and could not believe all this history. I worked for Wang Labs from 1980 - 1991 (Lowell) and still remember my employee # 16520 hahahaha. Looking for Mike Cassie who worked at Electronics Ave.
Doug Gagnon
writes: founded and operated Selip Management Services, Inc., licensed Wang VS custom software vendor in NYC, from 1979 - 2001; Presently CTO of New Age Network, Inc.; I'd love to hear from the original crew at Lex. and 59th...Email me.
worked for Wang from 1967 to 1989. Hired by Vic Neal, a
one of a kind person.
Worked for Bob Dooley and the late Jon Kropper.
Started out as an assembler in 1967 working on cables and harnesses.
Moved on to Bonded storage where we (Andy Palardy & Frank Brent) tested
completed assemblies prior to shipment.
Moved on to other positions including sub assembly stockrooms (Butch,
Russ, Kathy & the Flahertys).
Subassemblies with Jeanne, Kaye, Bob, Joe Cormier, Bruce, Dennis, Nancy X
2 etc...
Remember The Great Imposter?
Can not forget the day the test set fell off the table right in front of
the Doctor and he just kept on walking and we never heard a word.
Then the subcontract area with Linda, and others. Where we exceeded all
management's expectations.
Incoming with Tom, Steve Jerry, Eddie, etc...
Finally Final lines with Lorrie, Lata, Jennie, & Mary(everyone should
remember Mary).
A great place to work softball games behind Tewksbury Jr high where The
Doctor, Werner and John C. as well as Freddie would come and join in the games.
Such GREAT memories.
Now in Bradenton Fl working for Raytheon in St. Pete after stops in Huntsville AL, & Tucson AZ.
writes: I worked at WANG (METD) from 1985-1989, mostly on the VS5-6 family and some 2200 series equipment. I worked out of the Tewksbury, and Pawtucket Road - Chelmsford, Mass. facilities. I would love to hear from Lori Wells, Bob Gill, Mark Bushiami, Steve Terrio, John Giannantonio, Scott McDonald or any of the other 2000+ people that worked at these facilities with me. (Got the whole over 40 thing going on and can't remember all the names anymore, Lol!)
writes: I worked as a CE and later DTS in the Atlanta area from 1980 till 1987. I would like to find friends who I worked with like Liz Nusser, Joe Nesbit, Tom Harp and John Houser.
General Services, 1967 thru 1986, copy center, print shop, shipping receiving, courier, delivered to NE trade shows, and special handling of proto types to field offices. Chauffered the Wang Family for 2 years. Delivered into Ottawa for trade shows thru Al Maria.
Moved to Ohio, Looking for Jerry Bedard shipping & receiving out of the Tewksbury plant, Louis DeFillippo General Services, Scott Campbell, Keith Anthony , Fred Wang, Juliett Wang, Courtney Wang, Al Maria did the exports, and anyone know what happen to John Cunningham or Robert Cunningham, Bob did the trade shows.
writes: Hello, I worked in WANG TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER in Lawrence as an Instructor from March 81 to Feb 82, then in Lowell in various positions until Feb 86, when I transferred to Dallas. I was at the Dallas Customer Support Center until 1992, when I left the company.
Earl Adams
Campus Tech
Lamar Middle School
Irving ISD
972 313 4473
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I worked for Wang for many years... I
am looking for two people... One is Miguel Brazao and the other is Paula
Welch (who was responsible for Software and literature distribution).
Thanks and regards,
Gil Thompson
Emp#32506, Field Tech, Federal Systems Division, Washington, DC, from 1983-1985. Still in general area, now doing digital audio and sound design. I occasionally run into John Jusevich, but haven't seen anyone else in years.
writes: I wonder if there is anyone left who worked in the Wang Labs' Denver/Englewood Field Office back around 1977-79. I can't remember my buddy Dick's last name (Dick Chase????).. He was one of the first people I knew who had a projection TV... very popular place to hang out watching Battlestar Galactica. I was a Field Service Tech. Got in hot water for repairing the boards in the field instead of shipping them back to Lowell. Anyone still alive?
Thomas Althoff
c/o Disney/ABC-TV
77 West 66th St, 9th Floor
NYC, NY 10023
212-456-7516
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Wang Labs, Tewksbury, I was Doctor Wang's private technician after
Prentice Robinson moved up to engineer.
I had two stints with the Doctor, from 1965-1966 and 1967-
to April 1969. Also worked for Frank Trantenella when he was there. I
remember all the originals. Remember when the Doctor use to bring
Freddie and Courtney up to the factory on Saturdays and they would wander
around the place like they owned it. Hey -- I guess they did. Came into
contact with Dick Ventrillo after thirty years. It was wonderful to see
him and his wife. Someone should start a Wang reunion.
God bless-
Thanks for everything, Doctor.
writes: Hi there to all my Wang friends. remember me?
I worked in the Corporate Briefing Center from 1984-1993. I have been at
Liberty Mutual in Portsmouth for almost 8 years. I would love to hear from
my many friends who I was fortunate to meet around the country and
internationally.
Take care,
Brian
Brian Warburton
Team Leader
RISKTRAC, Liberty Mutual
1-800-367-2230
SDN: 8-515-7540
worked at Wang from 1981 to 1993 in the legal department. After a stint at Costco Wholesale, I am now a real estate developer in Westchester County, New York. I have kept up with a few Wang people, but would like to hear from more who lived through the rise and fall in Lowell....
-- I worked at Wang in Human Resources for R&D from 1987 to early 1991. It would be fun to hear from any friends or acquaintances.
- WANG France - Hello everybody ex-Wangmen and Wangwoman's! I spent 15 years by Wang France from 1979 to 1994, Sales Rep, Branch Mgr in LILLE, Branch Mgr in LYON, later as Sales Mrg , 5 years achiever. A special strange souvenir for the last FY 92 Achiever meeting in HAWAI, KAUAI Island, with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection announcment - We organised in France from 1994 to 1998 an annual Dinner/meeting in, Paris for all former Wang France people (100 to 150 partcipants each time). In LYON, 2nd largest city in France, we have with 10 to 20 former Wang people a common lunch every month ! - from a lot of years and still go on in 2002 (the first Monday in the month , at the "Table de Dane" restaurant, located in LYON 9th district, Quai Arloing) . WANG spirit and culture will never die !!! We have some news from G.DE BELLOY, General Mgr 82 / 90, J. ANIDJAR, General Mgr 90 / 95 (now Vice-president by ORACLE in Paris), B. VILLATA, Sales and Mktg Mgr from 1979 to 1989 , President of COOPER-MENVIER Sub in France, and so on....
employee #23107, can be found at raymond.craig@xylan.com
I worked for Wang Lab. in Charlotte NC from 1983-1985. I am trying to find William P. Frank. I heard he had transferred to the Bahamas but am unsure.
Thanks!
Please email me at: TheCrazyEight@juno.com
My name is I worked at the Wang Labs plant in Tewksbury from 1970-74 in between college semesters. I helped test the software and compilers created by the programmers, specifically the 700 Series and the 2200. I remember Marilyn Toomey, Pradeep Barthakur, and Jeff, can't remember his last name. Would love to hear from someone who remembers me from the early 70's.
George Lipp Huntington Square Center 3450 Lakeside Drive Miramar, Fl. 33027 * 954 433-6556 * moelipp@aol.com
My name is I worked in the NYC branch office from 1986 through 1992. I hope all is well . Those were some of the best and worst times of my life.
Hi. I'm one of the 10 Brits brought over to Lowell by Wang in 1982 to run internal IS systems. I left Wang in 1993 after a spell as IT Audit Manager (both in UK & Lowell) & joined Gillette. I'm currently resident in Singapore, working as Gillette Regional IS Director. I'd love to hear from any old Wang alumni & IT friends. If anyone knows, I'd also like to know who's looking after Wang pension fund (both US & UK) - the trail is cold on the internet!
Bongiorno. Je suis et j'ai travaille chez Wang de 1967 a 1984 pour le departement distributeurs. Merci de m'envoyer vos messages des anciens de Wang.
Merci et peut etre... a bientot
My name is I worked in CSO Eastern Region in various capacities from July 1987 until July 1990. I was very pleasantly surprized to find this page as I haven't spoken with anyone with Wang ties in several years. I miss those great days of escalating VS issues and fighting hard and long to keep our customers up. I now own a Laser Printer repair business in Roanoke VA.
[as of 12-Jul-02 this email address is no longer functional] Worked with Wang Authorised Distributor Indonesia (PT Metrodata) since 1981 ~1996 . Since 1996, taken over the Wang distributorship from PT Metrodata and set up his own company PT Tata Sarana Informasi Mandiri
Address : LINA Building, 2nd Floor
HR Rasuna Said Kav B-7
Jakarta 12910
Tel : 62-21-5227686,5274176
Fax: 62-21-5227673
Would like to hear old friend from Indonesia who were migrated to another country and worked with Wang Australia and USA or else.
Seattle Wang employee 87-89 and Access to Wang author 84-96 would like to hear from people.
I'm and worked at Wang from November 1980 until February 1989. I started out at the Supplies Division in North Chelmsford, transferred to Wang (U.K.) for 3 years. Moved back to Massachusetts and worked for Ian Diery for 2 1/2 years, before moving to Scotland to work at the plant in Stirling until they closed down during the summer of 1989. I now work for an internet company in Andover, MA called CMGI. Would love to hear from old friends!
(1983-1989) formerly worked in Tewksbury METD, Burlington Northeast Region and San Francisco District. Looking for any members of the Torpedos Softball Team & to see how folks that worked with me in the past are doing.
is now living in Florida. I worked in tower 3, R&D, printers and modems ..... until Sept 86 when I moved to FL. Are there any old friends and acquaintances out there?
I am I worked with Wang from 1982-1992 in Chelmsford, Lowell and Dallas, TX in Finance and later in Alternate Channels Marketing. I am currently Division Controller for Intel Network Systems, Inc. in Bedford, MA and Parsippany, NJ. Would like to hear from old friends. Also starting a job search in Massachusetts.
former Info Sys Mgr, AMCONGEN Frankfurt, Germany looking for email address of A. Hill, former Wang Engineer Germany, circa 1989-1993.
Perth Western Australia, would like to catch up with (H) John Beattie, formerly of Wang R & D and recently living in Canberra, Australia.
DSS in Albuquerque and Atlanta from 1984 to 1988 would like to hear from anyone and everyone. I would especially like to hear from Denise Milks, a DSS out of Las Angeles. (Or anyone knowing how to reach her.)
Formerly Sales rep. (Wang France, 1979/1983 - 4 years Achiever) then Internal Training Manager (Wang France, 1983/1989), I would like to have some news about Glenn Heidenreich, European Trainer during the same last period. I suppose he is now in the States. I apologise for my English. Thanks and best regards.
is looking for anyone who worked or works for the Customer Service Department in Columbia, MD. I was there from 82 to 89.
formerly of Wang Direct Sales Organization Cincinnati/Dayton OH, 1988-1990. Would like to hear from old colleagues. I now reside in Phoenix, AZ.
Any old friends looking for Sam Gagliano or Gene Schulz should visit our Web site at MidWare Technologies. We are running a successful software distribution company in Lawrence, Ma., and have been in business now for over 4 1/2 years since we both left MAI in 1993.
(of Package Design Engineering, Parkwood bldg., 1983 - 1989) has just moved back to Massachusetts and would like to hear from old friends and colleagues (particularly if you play bridge!).
formerly Employee # 44111 from Minneapolis, Minnesota USA Branch.
formerly of Wang Labs Customer Engineering in the New York City and Long Island area from 1979-1991, would like to hear from any long lost associates. I'm currently living in Palm Harbor, Florida and have not been able to keep up with many of those I have known through the years. If you have a moment, drop me a quick line...
formerly from Wang Labs Call Control Center in Atlanta, GA (87-90) would like to hear from any CE's from the Southern Region.
formerly with Wang R&D (78-90), Application Engineering (91-92), Wang Pacific (92-95), would like to hear from old friends and acquaintances. He has formed an Internet company - Anew Technology Corp. in Burlington, MA.
formerly with Wang Finance (and who also ran the Wang Office Imaging Club with 750 members), is interested in hearing from his associates at Wang, both in the US and Europe. He is now with many other Wang alumni at Storage Computer in Nashua, NH.
of wp r&d (77-79), wang pacific (hong kong) (79-88) and wang New Orleans (89-91) would like to hear from any of my former colleagues.
formerly of Wang's R&D performance group, would like to hear from old friends and acquaintances.
1970-1987, Montreal. Si vous avez travaillé pour la succursale montréalaise de Wang pendant la période 1970-1987, vous me connaissez probablement. J'apprécierai beaucoup avoir de vos nouvelles.
Did you work for Wang in Montreal some time between 1970 and 1987? If yes, we probably met there and I'll appreciate hearing from you.
Gilles
[Note: this writeup on how to find people is considerably out of date but may still be helpful in principle]
These are the tools I've found most useful for finding people. The first two are general Web and/or USENET search engines with huge and frequently updated databases. The second two are databases of people, primarily searchable by name.
A truly awesome Net database, DEC's Alta Vista indexes every word of every Web document it finds, and indexes every word of some 13,000 USENET newsgroups as well as letting you retrieve the full text of USENET posts on which you get "hits."
With 34.6 million URLs indexed (as of Mar 13, 1996), Lycos is doing well as the original massive Web database, far ahead of the others until Alta Vista challenged it in late 1995.
This is a database of people that looks like it was built by scanning USENET postings. People who register can update their listings with additional detail. Otherwise it will show only name and e-mail address, with no date of entry. To use Four11, you should register, get your password by e-mail, log on to Four11 using your password, then bookmark your page. This allows quick logon later.
This looks very much like one of those CD-ROM national "phone books" with the exception that registered users can update their listings. It is a massive name, address and phone number database but contains no e-mail or other Internet information. It has a business section that I've had little reason to use, though you might find it useful. Follow the link to the Find People page and bookmark it.
When searching by name with any engine except Switchboard, use only enough of the first name to allow hits on variations ("Eve" to find "Eve" and "Evelyn," "Fran" to find "Francis" and "Frank"). Switchboard only wildcards the last name if you omit the first name entirely.
Start wide and narrow down. If you are too specific, you may not find what you are looking for. It's better to start with a wide search and narrow it as you see what comes back. In some cases a surname may be so rare that it alone yields only a few hits. While none of them may be the person you seek, one or more may be related to him or her, and would not be visible if you were to search for the exact name you seek.
Sometimes you will find a family member instead of the person you seek. This can be useful, of course, if you don't overlook it as a possibility.
Take a moment to examine the Help or Hints provided on each of the search pages before you use them. Go back and look again if you don't get the results you expect.
If you have your own Web pages,
Now, if you're looking for, say, Joe Smith, and Joe or a friend searches for his name, he (they) will find your page. The brief abstract shown in the search result listing will clearly explain that you wish to hear from people whose names are on your "lost people" page. To avoid mistaken identity cases you can include private identifying keywords that would only be meaningful to the person(s) you seek, and that don't communicate a lot of information to anyone else.
You can check the visit counter from time to time to see if anyone is finding your page.
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