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> Name: Diane Showers Title: Company:
> State: Email: ladyxxxxxx@y... Phone Company:
> Comments: Verizon is the bloodiest, deadliest and most criminal
> corporation in the world! As a battered wife I was forced to quit
my
> job at CBS and flee to South Carolina. My husband worked for the
> telephone company in Philadelphia. I discussed the abuse with his
> supervisor who aided me and encouraged me to leave right away. He
> said not to worry about money because you are his wife. I arrived
> safely and about a week after my arrival with my two children, I
was
> in the shower when my aunt's friend came running across the road
and
> said an operator was on the phone for me from Philadelphia. I was
> paralyzed with fear. The line had been traced and I was forced
back
> to Philadelphia for more beatings. I managed to leave again and my
> husband committed suicide. I was out of my mind. The phone company
> never acknowledged their role in the death and was able to beat me
> out of his pension and other money. I was told not to contact Mr.
> Raymond W. Smith, CEO at the time because he was "too rich" to
talk
> to me. I am very interested in doing anything I can do to help
this
> site.
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Mr. Smith was [not] CEO of Bell Atlantic or Verizon in 1983. He was CEO of Bell Atlantic from 1989 - 1998 and was with Verizon [after 1998] and as of 2002.
Question. [Did the husband mentioned above work for Bell Atlantic or Verizon until the time of his death in 1983? Is her post about 1983 or a husband after 1991? Smith wasn't CEO of Verizon during 1983, Is she posting about another husband during Smith's tenure at Verizon and/or after 1998
"Raymond W. Smith: Ma Bell to Global Telecom Innovator
Join us for an interview-style program with Tim Race, New York Times
Editor of media and information technology, and Raymond Smith,
former Chairman and CEO of Bell Atlantic, now Verizon. Hear about
the travails and successes of Mr. Smith along his career path from
engineer at AT&T to corner office at Bell Atlantic in a live, in-
person interview by Mr. Race and listen to and participate in a
discussion between Mr. Race and Mr. Smith about current and future
telecom challenges and opportunities for investment and development.
Raymond W. Smith is the founding partner of Arlington Capital
Partners. He is also Chairman of Rothschild, Inc. and Chairman of
Verizon Ventures. [On December 31, 1998], he retired as chairman of
New York-based Bell Atlantic after [ten years] as the corporation's
top officer. During that time, Smith re-fashioned Bell Atlantic into
the largest communications firm in the country, positioning the
company globally in the expanding markets of the future. Under Mr.
Smith's leadership, Bell Atlantic acquired NYNEX in 1997 and
announced the acquisition of GTE in 1998, two of the largest
transactions in business history.
This event took place on Wednesday, May 8, 2002 at The Harvard Club,
27 W. 44th (between 5th & 6th Aves.), New York. It was organized by
Wellie Chao of the Harvard Club Program Committee."