Comdisco Names Robert Lackey Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer.Business Editors ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001 Comdisco, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CDO (Collaborative Data Objects) A programming interface from Microsoft for accessing MAPI-based e-mail, calendaring and scheduling servers. Originally called "OLE Messaging" and "Active Messaging," CDO wraps the Enhanced MAPI library into a COM object that provides the ), a technology services firm, announced today that it has appointed Robert E. T. Lackey, 53, senior vice president and chief legal officer. Lackey succeeds Jeremiah Fitzgerald, 48, who recently retired. Lackey comes to Comdisco from Burns International Services Corporation, where he had been serving as vice president, secretary and general counsel since 1997. From 1991 to 1995, he was the vice president, secretary and general counsel for Transamerica Commercial Finance Corporation and, from 1985 to 1991, he worked in various legal and management positions for Heller Financial, Inc. Lackey holds a Juris Doctor The degree awarded to an individual upon the successful completion of law school. Juris doctor, or doctor of Jurisprudence, commonly abbreviated J.D., is the degree commonly conferred by law schools. degree from DePaul University DePaul University[1] is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois, USA. , Chicago, IL, and a Masters in Business Administration from Northwestern University Northwestern University, mainly at Evanston, Ill.; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1855 by Methodists. In 1873 it absorbed Evanston College for Ladies. , Evanston, IL. He completed his undergraduate studies at DePauw University DePauw University, at Greencastle, Ind.; coeducational; United Methodist; est. 1832, chartered 1837. The school opened in 1838 as Indiana Asbury College, and in 1884 the present name was adopted. , Greencastle, IN, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science. Fitzgerald, who joined Comdisco in 1978, had been serving as chief legal officer since October of 1999. "Bob Lackey brings valuable experience to Comdisco and I look forward to working with him as part of our management team," said Norm Blake, Comdisco's chairman and chief executive officer. "Jerry Fitzgerald served with distinction over many years at Comdisco and we wish him all the best in his retirement." About Comdisco Comdisco (www.comdisco.com) provides technology services worldwide to help its customers maximize technology functionality, predictability and availability, while freeing them from the complexity of managing their technology. The Rosemont, (IL) company offers a complete suite of information technology services including business continuity, managed web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , storage and IT Control and Predictability Solutions(SM). Comdisco offers equipment solutions to key vertical industries, including semiconductor manufacturing and electronic assembly, healthcare, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and manufacturing. Through its Ventures division, Comdisco provides equipment leasing and other financing and services to venture capital-backed companies. The company's revenue for the twelve months ended March 31, 2001 was $3.8 billion. Comdisco is a registered trademark of Comdisco, Inc. Other company names are trademarks of their respective organizations. |
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