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A huge thank you to all who made this possible! Acknowledgement and acclaim are earned in spades here. What I took away, after the shiny 1958 cars and gleaming tower gave way to the speeches, was two words General Sarnoff said: "Fellow workers". All the years I've studied Sarnoff, I had the impression he was a hard, heartless man, described to a T in PBS' "Empire of the air". I actually felt a little heart-warmed when he addressed his employees that way. Next was Ike, beaming with pride at America's technological superiority of the moment, smiling and chatty after having spoken. Lastly, was the voice of a younger David Brinkley, whom, at the same time, beamed though the Bendix in my parents' humble rented half-duplex on Seattle's then totally un-hip Capitol Hill. Unlike many of you, I remember where I was when I learned of Ike's untimely passing. Thank you again for a job well done!
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