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For more information on Albert please go here and here (you may have to click on your browser "back" button 1-2 times to see obituary). If you would like to sign the online guest book, go here.

For more information on Harriet please go here (please scroll to second page). Harriet was born in what was then called Kobrin-Poland and left in 1937, with her brother Paul, before the Nazi onslaught. Click here for information on Kobrin.

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.
But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.

-- Mark Twain, "Old Times on the Mississippi" Atlantic Monthly, 1874

Thanks to the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) for their dedication to finding a cure.

Thanks to the Jonas Brothers for their support of the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI). For more info go here.

Thank you to the Children with Diabetes (CWD) web site. The CWD provides a wealth of high-quality, timely, and extremely useful information for parents and kids. Thank you to the Children with Diabetes (CWD) web site for being true advocates of kids with diabetes! Here is great video from the CWD "Friends for Life" 2008.

At the 2009 Children With Diabetes "Friends for Life" conference, the Jeff Hitchcock Distinguished Service Award was presented to Ellen Ullman, who has devoted over 15 years to diabetes advocacy – and further, who has devoted 15 years to helping Jeff Hitchcock and CWD report on new research and information to share with CWD readers. Ellen was totally surprised – and for once, speechless!

Jeff Hitchcock presents Ellen Ullman with the Jeff Hitchcock Distinguished Service Award

Year	Donations, Support, Informational and Related Items
1990	$1,800 cash grant for the publication of a brochure, "Important Facts for School Personnel about Diabetes" used for South Florida schools Miami Herald 1990 article on Jeffry and family, IBM, and the Diabetes Research Institute {NOTE, Jeffry had more hair and less weight! ;-)} DRI trifold "Important Facts for School Personnel about Diabetes" used for South Florida schools sponsored by IBM Fund for Community Service Jeffry and Zachary on cover of Diabetes Research Institute Pathways (1990 Annual issue)
1991	Jeffry and Zachary on cover of DRI overview trifold DRI newsletter article on IBM/Jeffry/Zachary IBM Fund for Community Service "Important Facts for School Personnel about Diabetes" grant
1992	Equipment grant for a desktop PC and laser printer to assist in Islet Transplantation research
1994	$1,000 cash grant for a Recirculating Cooler for Islet Transplantation research
1996	Equipment grant of a desktop PC and laser printer for the Fast Track Center for Translational Research Jeffry and Zachary in IBM "Southern Pride" Magazine February 1996. (NOTE: Please scroll down to second page in the PDF)
1998	Equipment grant of a Thinkpad to assist in worldwide diabetes education programs "What's Up Doc" Zack's "A kid's eye view of the Diabetes Research Institute"
2000	Equipment grant of a Thinkpad to assist in communicating with families affected by diabetes and enablement of parent support groups GREAT KIDS...Boy using Halloween to help others
2002	Equipment grant of a Thinkpad to assist in communicating with families affected by diabetes and enablement of parent support groups
2003	$1,000 cash grant to assist DRI sponsored parent support groups Zachary on IBM Employee Charitable Campaign Contribution (ECCC) intranet web site (NOTE: Please scroll down to second page in the PDF)
2004	Equipment grant for a desktop PC to assist in Islet Transplantation research Robert Pearlman, President of Diabetes Research Institute on IBM Intranet Here is PDF of IBM award Jeffry received for 50+ hours of community service to the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI)
2005	$1,000 cash grant to assist DRI sponsored parent support groups
2006	Equipment grant for a IBM Infoprint 1552 printer to assist in Islet Transplantation research
2007	$1,000 cash grant to assist DRI sponsored parent support groups
2008	$1,000 cash grant for the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Parents Empowering Parents (PEP) Squad Ellen in DRI Focus Winter 2008 issue article on PEP squad ... (NOTE please scroll to page 10 in the PDF) The President's Volunteer Service Award, established in 2003, recognizes American individuals who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to volunteer service as measured by the number of service hours performed. The award is issued by the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation, created by President George W. Bush to help foster a culture of service, citizenship and a sense of responsibility by encouraging outstanding volunteer service and civic participation. As a leadership organization in the award program, IBM presents the award annually to On Demand Community volunteers with more than 100 hours of volunteer time in the prior calendar year. Here is copy of President's Volunteer Service Award and Pin (Bronze level) to Jeffry for more than 100 hours and up to 250 hours of service to the DRI in 2007.
2009	Equipment grant for two (2) Lenovo Thinkpads to assist in Islet Transplantation research. DRI press release Boca Raton Couple Go Above And Beyond To Help The Diabetes Research Institute Find A Cure For Their Son Boca Raton Magazine article "Dealing with Diabetes" Jeffry celebrated his 25th year anniversary at IBM....here is his letter and certificate from IBM CEO, Sam Palmisano. IBM intranet article "Volunteer of the month: Searching for a cure August 2009 – Jeffry Ullman – Florida."
2010	Equipment grant for two (2) InfoPrint Color 1824 printers to assist in Islet Transplantation research.

On October 16, 2006, IBM South Florida had its the 2006 IBM Employee Charitable Contributions Campaign (ECCC) kick off meeting. After the meeting several ECCC eligible organization had booths to discuss the organizations with South Florida IBM'ers. Here is image of Jeffry with Barbara Singer of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF).

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JUST FOR FUN AND THOUGHT #1 --> Thrasher's Wheat - A Neil Young Archives, Bridge School News Network interview with Neil Young go here and here.

JUST FOR FUN AND THOUGHT #2 --> Neil Young Joins Sun at 2008 JavaOne Conference, go here for Neil Young with Link Volt visit to Sun campus & Neil Young & Linc Volt & James Gosling (inventor of Java?) ..... (NOTE: Link Volt uses Java technology) ... go here for Neil Young's Link Volt on Sun's website

JUST FOR FUN #3A LEFT--> IBM RAMAC "Random Access Method of Accounting and Control." You may not realize but IBM invented the hard disk drive in the late 1950's. It was called RAMAC. Here is actual IBM documentary movie on the invention of RAMAC (NOTE-please allow at least 45-60 seconds for the movie to buffer to 100% for first time viewing).

JUST FOR FUN #3B RIGHT--> Here is video of Jeffry and Elena Suarez that appeared on IBM's Communication Network (ICN) in June 1992. The IBM Communication Network (ICN) was in place at IBM prior to general use of the internet and corporate intranets. The video was done at a point in IBM's history prior to IBM migrating from a primarily hardware/software company to a primarily services/software company of today. This video was also made prior to the IBM acquisition of Lotus and when Wang was still in business (Wang has since gone out of business...for more about Wang Laboratories go here).

JUST FOR FUN #3C BELOW--> I have great respect for companies that cleverly use humor to sell/market their products or services. Here is very effective Motorola "IT IS GOOD TO BE RUGGED" video.

JUST FOR FUN #4 --> IBM Germany sponsored music site "Sawubona (Hello in Zulu)"

JUST FOR FUN #5 --> IBM TV Commercial with the song "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" by The Kinks

Time to laugh, time to weep #1: I am 51 so I am firmly fixed in the era of "classic rock" (I remember buying the Beatles "White Album" on vinyl) and usually only listen to "classic rock" FM radio stations. One of the great classic rock songs is the The Byrds version of Pete Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn". David Crosby was one of the original members of The Byrds and is in the video below.

Some of the lyrics are:

A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep

For video go here.

I was recently driving and was behind a Prius and the song came on the radio. The chain of events started me to thinking about Geena Torres-Hodgins (from IBM). To see web site dedicated to Geena go here. To see my entry on that web site go here and scroll down on the page.

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