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Subject: Congratulations to all of the new FedEx (VBO) Retirees!!!! Yay!!!
Deby Abbott Jolley6/3/2013
Congratulations to all of the new FedEx (VBO) Retirees!!!! Yay!!!
Subject: got an email from johnny wong and he is also taking the buyout
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/4/2013
got an email from johnny wong and he is also taking the buyout
Subject: Ben with 25 years and me with 33.5 years and I are officially FedEx Retirees.
Amy Armstrong6/4/2013
Ben with 25 years and me with 33.5 years and I are officially FedEx Retirees.
Jack Brown6/4/2013
Congratulations!!!
Chris Apalodimas6/4/2013
Amy, best wishes for a long & healthy retirement!
Dan Elliot6/4/2013
Congrats Amy! Me too, 35yrs.. you need to post your vbo poem you wrote...
Deby Abbott Jolley6/5/2013
Amy - Did you write that poem that was going around?!? - Yes, Please post it!!!
Subject: I wonder exactly how many new members we will have by this time next year??
Dan Elliot6/4/2013
I wonder exactly how many new members we will have by this time next year??
Subject: From Diane White: Jimmy, I ran into Elaine today. She would like to be included in the Legends group ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/7/2013
From Diane White:
Jimmy, I ran into Elaine today. She would like to be included in the Legends group. I know you are probably still on vacation but when you get a chance, please point us in the right direction!Thanks...Diane White
Subject: Added Patty Dugger, David White, Bruce Lindow, Chuck Haire & Johnny Wong to buyout list:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/7/2013
Added Patty Dugger, David White, Bruce Lindow, Chuck Haire & Johnny Wong to buyout list:
Subject: Interesting Tidbit:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/14/2013
Interesting Tidbit:An employee at the St.Louis station heard that FedEx was starting to look at a replacement device for the SuperTracker(around the mid 90's). He spent his own money and produced a mockup of what he thought the new device should look like(a Klingon Phaser) and he also produced a video explaining his ideas.The new device would have laser scanning, voice input, so no keyboard needed and an array of many futuristic technologies that could go into his wooden model. He did a great job, and was thanked for his efforts but at the time, none of his ideas could be incorporated, and laser scanning was already on the plate.He was thanked for his efforts.
Subject: A little levity from 2001. The original PowerPad hardware development team paying homage to the firs ...
Wade Waldrup6/14/2013
A little levity from 2001. The original PowerPad hardware development team paying homage to the first Motorola prototype.
Subject: It has been reported that 4 COS employees have lost their homes to the fires burning.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/16/2013
It has been reported that 4 COS employees have lost their homes to the fires burning.
Subject: Article: Commercial Appeal http://wreg.com/2013/05/31/last-day-on-the-job-fedex-employees-accept-buy ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/17/2013
Article: Commercial Appeal
http://wreg.com/2013/05/31/last-day-on-the-job-fedex-employees-accept-buyout-package/I heard comments, that at some of the joint going away parties, management wasn't allowed to announce names of people leaving/retiring, due to some legal issue
Deby Abbott Jolley6/17/2013
I was asked for permission to share that I was taking the buyout - which I granted. Some of the going away parties were pretty lame, but mine and my co-worker's was a ton of fun! We had the Will Tucker Band (Laurie Tucker's son) play for ours! (I paid for the band, which was totally worth it!) http://goo.gl/XoLiW
Debora Williams Waller9/9/2013
I wanted to say good buy to people I have worked with over the last 35 years and most of the retirement partie i press were behind closed doors with only immediate co-workers invited.
Subject: FedEx alert: fires
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/17/2013
Subject: FedEx had various commercials that were never used. One was of spaceships (fedex,rps,ups etc) battli ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
FedEx had various commercials that were never used. One was of spaceships (fedex,rps,ups etc) battling in outer space. Another one was supposedly with some of the Star Trek actors in a Zapmail commercial, but it was shut down before airing.One of my favorite. UPS had started their overnite air service using Birmingham as the air hub. Birmingham had heavy fog for 3 days, and the UPS fleet couldn't get in or out of Birmingham, thus delaying their service.The commercial showed an airport with heavy fog with other couriers bumping around in the fog who could not find their customers or packages. Then out from the fog jumps up a FedEx courier with his package, and announces 'FedEx'......an obvious dig that FedEx's hub was open for business.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:Around 1973, the Capital groups that backed Federal Express determined that someone older than FWS(then 29) was needed to front the company, especially to raise money. They went around FWS and the management group & hired a person who served as President of FedEx for a short while.Who was this person?
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
Correct Answer from John Schwarzmann: General Estes was named Chairman and chief executive officer
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
from Scott Harris: Wasn’t he the guy that had the reserved parking space in front of the admin building, and the day Fred got rid of him, he went down and pulled the reserved sign out of the ground?
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
from Jim Moore: Yep, that was he
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/18/2013
I also read that the first order of business at FedEx(and maybe only thing he did) was to spend maybe $25K or more remodelling his office and installing a personal bathroom.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/19/2013
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/19/2013
I would highly recommend Roger Frock's book 'Changing How the World Does Business' as well as "Absolutely, Positively Overnight" The Unofficial Corporate History of Federal Express " by Sigafoos and Easson for FedEx history buffs.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Question: who was the first InfoSystems employee hired into FedEx?
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
FedEx Trivia Question: who was the first InfoSystems employee hired into FedEx?
Amy Armstrong6/20/2013
Oh, that's a good one. I want to know the answer. Jim Barksdale is my guess.
Geana Allen6/20/2013
Sounds like a great answer to me . Also congratulations on retiring
Buddy Johnson6/20/2013
Dale Brewington, I believe.........
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
Answer(I think): In Little Rock, around 1972, Roger Frock hired Leon Tyree who he had worked with on a project for Jones Truck Line in Pennsylvania. Leon hired Wes Terry. They leased a Burroughs 2700 and the first application was a program to track Falcon maintenance schedules. The second program was a rudimentary billing application. In Memphis hired were: Chuck Graham, Larry Brock, Jere Bledsoe, Bill Stuart, Colen Kelly Steward, Don Rose and Jimmy Fuller. Larry & Jimmy left a few months after Chuck Graham was hired.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
Jim Barksdale came to FedEx sometimes after the Cook IT acquisition. He was President of one of Cook's subsidiaries. Charlie Brandon had decided he didn't want to run a large IT shop and JimB was the replacement for him. Data Systems at the time was about 220 people including the staff in COS.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
Mr. Barksdale came in 1979.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
re: Tom Bullion hired in 1973: I then helped Wes Terry break the revenue functions out of data processing and started the Billing System. This is where I met my lifelong friend Tom McNeal. He was hired as the Credit & Collections manager. We fought like tigers and became best of friends.
Buddy Johnson6/20/2013
Tom was a great guy...enjoyed playing golf with him.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
Subject: section from "Changing How the World Does Business" by Roger Frock, first COO of FedEX
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/20/2013
section from "Changing How the World Does Business" by Roger Frock, first COO of FedEX
Charlotte Benton Hieronymus6/21/2013
I actually worked for Leon and Wes...way back in the day!
Subject: FedEx gets in on the Zombie craze
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
FedEx gets in on the Zombie craze
Subject: McKaylee Borklund, 4, fist pumps after a FedEx Cessna is named after her during the FedEx St. Jude C ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
McKaylee Borklund, 4, fist pumps after a FedEx Cessna is named after her during the FedEx St. Jude Classic Championship Pro-Am Wednesday. FedEx has a tradition of naming planes after children of employees; she is the first who is also a St. Jude patient. (Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal) www.commercialappeal.com
Subject: Posted a summary of the Federal Express Startup with some key dates.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
Subject: In 1973 FedEx searches for a firm to create a logo for the new company. The minimum is $100K from Ne ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
In 1973 FedEx searches for a firm to create a logo for the new company. The minimum is $100K from New York firms. Rick Runyon from LA, flew a Cessna 310 to Little Rock to meet with FWS and offered to do a logo for $25K, and will only charge for it, if Federal picks his design. FWS accepted his offer.
Jack Brown6/21/2013
and the rest is history.
Dan Elliot6/21/2013
Good choice!
Charles Morgan6/21/2013
I have one those blue hats with that logo on it that I bought used for 75 cents - I'll upload a picture of it! I am not sure if it is an original hat from the 70s...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/21/2013
The Story Behind the Current FedEx Log: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671067/the-story-behind-the-famous-fedex-logo-and-why-it-works
Jack Brown6/22/2013
I remember being told the reason for going from "Federal Express" to "FedEx" was because customers were referring to the company by FedEx. I remember someone who was a new hire saying it was the first company that he knew of where the name had become a verb, I.e. "I'll FedEx it".
Subject: forwarded from Deby Jolley:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/22/2013
forwarded from Deby Jolley:JUNE Y. FITZGERALD, 79, member of Balmoral Baptist Church in Memphis and benefactor of The Church of the Good Shepard in Milford, PA, passed away June 20, 2013. She was employed for 33 years at FedEx as the Administrative Assistant to Frederick W. Smith. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil E. Fitzgerald, Jr. She leaves her cousin, Janine Vernon and numerous other cousins and friends. The family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m., Monday, June 24 at Memorial Park Funeral Home. A graveside service will take place at 3 p.m. in Memorial Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Balmoral Baptist Church, 2676 Kilby Rd., Memphis, TN 38119 or The Church of the Good Shepard, 110 W. Catherine St., Milford, PA, 18337.
Subject: Final Flight of the last 727 in the FedEx Fleet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QIeyLjNJ6U
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/24/2013
Final Flight of the last 727 in the FedEx Fleet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QIeyLjNJ6U
Subject: FWS makes Profit from Robbery
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/24/2013
FWS makes Profit from RobberyRoger Frock tells this story from his book "Changing How the World Does Business" that happened at the Little Rock facility before the Memphis startup."One Monday morning, I learned of some unusual excitement the previous Saturday. While the staff was busy working, a masked gunman entered the facility, ordered everybody into one office, and demanded all their money. Fred, never one to carry cash, had only a dime in his pocket. He turned this over to the nervous robber while trying to calm him, concerned that his revolver might accidentally discharge. Everyone else emptied their pockets, but the gunman, apparently unaccustomed to his weekend career, was shaking so badly that he dropped some change on the floor. A quarter rolled toward Fred as the robber fled the scene.Fred calmed the others and promised to reimburse their lost funds. Then he picked up and pocketed the quarter, thereby making a profit of fifteen cents. I felt if he could make a profit from a robbery, we somehow were destined to make the company a success."
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/24/2013
I've heard several stories of people travelling with Mr. Smith to stations and ramps...and he wouldn't have any cash with him...whomever was with him would cover any lunch or whatever was needed.
Subject: Dog Story...true but a long time ago.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/24/2013
Dog Story...true but a long time ago.A lady FedEx employee told me this story that happened probably in the early 90's.She lived in a subdivision with her spouse and kids close to the Ridgeway area.It was summer and very hot and the kids found an older dog outside. She had the kids bring the dog inside to be in the air conditioning and they gave the dog water. The dog tag had a phone number on it, and she called and told the owner that their dog was at their house, and to come get their dog...the owner said, 'I'll be right over'Well, the dog drank the water, then used the bathroom on her floor. She screamed and said, 'get that dog out of the house, put him in the back yard....'A short time later, an older station wagon drives up and she sees who the owner is...She screams....'get that dog back in the house in the air conditioning!!!'..as Mr Smith came up the driveway to get his dog.....
Debora Williams Waller9/9/2013
That is too funny!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/25/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:Two things FWS did at Yale in addition to writing the paper on a hub and spokes system was
1) start a flying club at Yale
2) join a secret society whose members have included George W. Bush, John Kerry & William Howard TaftWhat was the name of this Secret Society?
Jack Brown6/25/2013
Skull & Bones...I read about this several weeks ago.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/25/2013
Jack is correct.
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/25/2013
Subject: So happy to be a part of this group of FedEx folks. Seems like just yesterday that I retired in 2005 ...
Linda Shelley Morton6/25/2013
So happy to be a part of this group of FedEx folks. Seems like just yesterday that I retired in 2005 after 27 years. Linda (Shelley) Wilson Morton.
Buddy Johnson6/25/2013
So true, Shelley. We had an grand opportunity to with a bunch of fine professionals. Was great fun to see and help FedEx grow,,
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: Around 1991, Federal Express had some issues with taxes in Memphis and especially ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/26/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Around 1991, Federal Express had some issues with taxes in Memphis and especially a Payroll tax that Memphis was considering levying on anyone who worked in Memphis.They briefly looked at moving Memphis Operations & the SuperHub out of the city.What was the name of the city they looked at relocating to?
What was the name of the military airbase?
Mike Farrah6/26/2013
That was just before I came on board (as I was still in the Navy in '91). I think it was Blytheville, AR & Blytheville (Eaker) Air Force Base. My coffee pot chatter recollection close?
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/26/2013
Very Close...the correct answer. If my numbers are correct, it was going to cost $1B to rebuild a SuperHub in Blytheville plus there wasn't as big a pool of college kids to man the growing hub.
Mike Farrah6/26/2013
They should have looked at Jonesboro as it boomed and continues to do so. Of course, I would never have met your cute secretary in the corner office...so I 'm glad the deal fell through
Subject: FedEx Biography page http://fedexlegends.info/bio/bioa.html
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/26/2013
FedEx Biography page
http://fedexlegends.info/bio/bioa.htmlIf you would like your name entered in the Biography section of the www.fedexlegends.info website, send the following information, or what you can remember to vorlonjb@yahoo.com and it will be posted as I have time.and if anyone has a photo of Jim Tollefson or Dave Dalton, send that alsoInformation:
Photo
Name
Empno
year at FedEx
who hired you and into what department
package count if you remember when you started
any brief memories of your time at FedEx
Subject: good article about the Marine Corp/FWS/Federal Express http://www.usni.org/userfiles/file/%20Sept/AT ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/27/2013
good article about the Marine Corp/FWS/Federal Express
http://www.usni.org/userfiles/file/%20Sept/ATC%20Sept%2008.pdf
Jim Gonka6/28/2013
Semper Fi Fred! Maybe he'll join us here some day!
Subject: Article: How Rick Runyon came up with Purple for FedEx's logo and jet paint scheme
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/28/2013
Article: How Rick Runyon came up with Purple for FedEx's logo and jet paint scheme
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: Who was the first Managing Director of Telecom @ FedEX?
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/28/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Who was the first Managing Director of Telecom @ FedEX?Who was the second MD of Telecom?
Carl Wayne Hardeman6/28/2013
Winn? just a guess
Jim Bentley6/28/2013
Larry Lake, John Schwarzman
Marie McVay6/28/2013
Larry Lake, WRS
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/28/2013
Marie has the Correct Answer:
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
Larry Lake stayed but a couple years. He was replaced by Winn Stephenson who remained MD, until around 1986 when he was promoted to VP of Telecom. Reporting to him as VP were MDs Jim McKinney, Jim Colson, Jim Whitworth, Jim Moore, Randy Roy & Ray Grantham, although Ray was transferred to MD over truck mx. And Jim Whitworth was transferred to SIS as I remember.
Subject: From Carl Hardeman: Just wondering if anyone else is having trouble getting their first retirement c ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk6/30/2013
From Carl Hardeman:
Just wondering if anyone else is having trouble getting their first retirement check. they say they have to recalculate and its nothing i have done. i have been told june 20, july 20, july 10, and possibly aug 1 but it could be aug 10. WTH
Jack Brown6/30/2013
I may have to do with the volume that are being processed.
Linda Cook Thorn6/30/2013
Received my first one a couple of weeks ago. Received my statement advice for the one to be deposited on the 1st of july yesterday.
Marcie Littles Moss6/30/2013
Me, too, Linda. No problems here.
Dan Elliot7/1/2013
Oh yes, me too Carl, it's been a headache!
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/1/2013
from Kandi Tippit: All is good here I have received 2.
Be Healthy, Be Happy
Kandi Tippit NHP CHC
Natural Health Practitioner, Certified Health Coach
Website: http//www.treatwithnature.com.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/1/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz?Who was the leader over the first call center in Memphis?Who started and led Zap Central Customer Service?
Marcie Littles Moss7/1/2013
Man, I should know that.
Subject: Where in the World is Everett Meadow?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2013
Where in the World is Everett Meadow?Went grocery shopping and ran into Everett Meadow in Lakeland. Everett had just retired in is living in LaGrange, TN.He is enjoying retirement and staying very busy.Everett was a Manager in Telecom when I first met him. When Dennis Jones had his first all management meeting, there was a group singing contest. Everett & his other friends from Telecom took first prize.
Shirley Lovelace Williams7/2/2013
Everett was a manager for one of the many Directors I worked for and I believe it was Denise Wood.
Sammie Helton Butts7/2/2013
I worked for Everett in Telecom many years ago. You always felt the cold hand of death grip your heart when he would call you up and say, "Ah...could you step around to my office?" It was never a good thing. Lol... Or, maybe it's just that it was never good for ME! Lol...
Molly Hale Moss7/2/2013
I worked for Everett for a number of years, and Sammie I agree, just the words "step around" could ruin a perfectly good day.
Molly Hale Moss7/3/2013
Wow, I just remembered, Everett used to call our voice mail on our birthday's and sing Happy Birthday to us He did have a great voice.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2013
FedEx Trivia Quiz:Before there were PC's there were Word Processors. In 1980 FedEx looked at Wang , then Jacquard before deciding on Wang. Wang could double as a 3270 CRT screen, Jacquard could not.1. Who was the sales rep for Wang when we bought them, who later came to work at FedEx?2. Who was the young FedEX programmer who wrote the initial programs for Wang, then went to work for Wang, and later returned to FedEx? JLB wanted to promote the young programmer to keep him, but there were so many programmers with more experience that he decided he couldn't leapfrog those older programmers. JLB said, 'let him go get more experience at Wang...then we will hire him back and promote him...."The two people above are of course different people.
Gary Phillips7/3/2013
1. Dick Winter?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
Not Dick W.
Buddy Johnson7/3/2013
1. Jim Candler
2. ???
Charles Morgan7/3/2013
Mark Depperschmidt
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
Answers: Buddy is correct, the Wang rep who came to work at FedEx was Jim Candler.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
The young programmer who left FedEx then returned was Brent Ross.
Subject: FedEX Trivia Quiz, for those that are familiar with the Telecom department:
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
FedEX Trivia Quiz, for those that are familiar with the Telecom department:1. Who was the first Senior Manager of Network Engineering?2. Who was the secon Senior Manager of Network Engineering?
Gary Phillips7/3/2013
2' Roy Beard.
Gary Phillips7/3/2013
Chuck Jowers was a sr mgr but I think he only worked with a small group on the Flying Tigers prkject. I don't think he was officially a part kf nrtwok eng.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
Roy Beard was the 2nd Senior Manager. And Chuck was a mgr in Telecom reporting to the first sr. mgr of network engr.
Marie McVay7/3/2013
Randy Roy and Roy Beard...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
from Jill Bradbury: In reply to the trivia question, I worked for Terry Cox in (Data) Network Engineering in'84-85, & Antony Kong came over from Ops Research (under Joe Hinson) in'85 to become our Sr Mgr. That was during the time we were housed in the double-wide trailer behind 2955 Republican (good times, especially if you had the desk closest to the restrooms, the day then men's room, um, 'flooded', shall we say). Antony went over to Satellite Systems (Zapmail) to work for Gil Mook in late '85 & several of us followed.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2013
Answer: John Schwarzmann was the first Senior Manager of Network Engineering. Reporting to him were(I think) managers: Gary Ragsdale, Jim Moore, Ancel Hankins & Chuck Jowers. I think the second Sr. Mgr was Roy Beard, but forgot about Antony coming over. It seems like when Winn Stephenson was made MD over Telecom, he reorganized and made Roy Sr Mgr of Engineering, and Randy Roy the Sr. Mgr over Network OPs...but my memory clouds with each passing year......
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