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IBM alumni gather in Grand Central
By BILL FALLON

Photos Provided by Anna Morris

From left, Anja Hilgendag, Ross Pollack and Anna Nash.

 

The east and northeast balconies of Grand Central Terminal hosted 400 former and a few present IBM workers Nov. 12 as part of “The Greater IBM Connection,” a new business and social networking initiative.

From left, John Patrick, Alfred Clapp and Chris Bishop.


The company boasts 50,000 alumni in the region, with Fairfield County, Westchester County and the Hudson Valley well represented in that number. Grand Central’s Metrazur Restaurant provided drinks and food for the 5:30 to 9 p.m. event, which featured a range of presentations from company history to a roving magician.

 

Jack Goodman, left, and Bill Hughes.



From left, Adam Lewis, Paul Horn, Shari Aser and Larry Phipps.

The confab took over two of Grand Central Terminal’s balconies.


Speakers at the event included Paul Horn, retired senior vice president of IBM Research, and Marc Lautenbach, general manager of IBM Americas.

Ethan McCarty, IBM’s program manager for alumni relations.


Any questions about why IBM is called Big Blue are erased with word the company has 1 million alumni worldwide. Now, “Greater IBMers,” as they are known, have their own Web site: www.greateribm.com.

 

 

Retired IBM Research Senior Vice President Paul Horn, left, and Marc Lautenbach, general manager of IBM Americas.

 

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