General DataComm Appoints New Board Member.Business Editors MIDDLEBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2001 General DataComm Industries, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : GDC GDC Game Developers Conference GDC General Dental Council GDC Gouvernement du Canada GDC Georgia Department of Corrections GDC Global Data Center GDC Guglielmi Detachable Coil GDC Global Development Center GDC Institute for Genetic Disease Control in Animals ) announced today that it has appointed Robert E. La Blanc to its Board of Directors. Mr. La Blanc is President of Robert E. La Blanc Associates, Inc., an information and technologies consulting and investment banking firm that he founded in 1981. Mr. La Blanc gained his investment banking background during a ten-year tenure at Salomon Brothers
Salomon Brothers was a Wall Street investment bank. Inc., where he was a General Partner and founder of the firm's Telecommunications Team. In annual surveys of major financial institutions in the United States conducted by Institutional Investor Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. magazine, Mr. La Blanc was voted the leading telecommunications industry analyst for each of the six years from 1973 to 1978. Mr. La Blanc also brings with him a wide background in the telecommunications industry. He served as Vice Chairman for Contel Telecom Inc., a diversified telecommunications company providing service to over three million customers in 2,000 communities. Prior to that, he spent 13 years in technical, managerial, and financial positions within the communications industry, where he specialized in computer systems design, microwave, CATV (Community Antenna TV) The original name for cable TV. It used a single antenna at the highest location in the community in order to deliver a quality signal to homes in areas with hilly terrain or other interference. and data transmission systems, as well as long-and short-range technical and financial project planning. Mr. La Blanc holds a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College and a Masters in Business Administration from New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the . He is also a graduate of an extensive technical training program at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. Mr. La Blanc is the recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award given by the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration and has been named an Outstanding Engineering Graduate by the Manhattan College School of Engineering. In 1997, Manhattan College awarded Mr. La Blanc the Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters Noun 1. Doctor of Humane Letters - an honorary degree in letters honorary degree, honoris causa - a degree conferred to honor the recipient , honoris causa. About General DataComm Industries, Inc. General DataComm (NYSE: GDC) is a leader in the design, development, and manufacture of network access solutions for major service provider, government, and private networks. |
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