Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov CBE
What a wonderful and talented man he was!
Sir Peter Ustinov
Many, many years ago I was a salesman with IBM UK; their office products division. I found it a wonderful job in a great company and was very happy. The annual reward for meeting one’s sales targets was the 100% Club. I seem to recall that at one of these lavish events, one of the guest entertainers was Peter Ustinov. Indeed, somewhere deep in my belongings is an autograph of the great man.
Anyway, as a nice alternative to the posts on Learning from Dogs this past week, here’s a wonderful compilation of interviews of Sir Peter taken by ‘Parky’ otherwise known as Sir Michael Parkinson – ah sweet memories!
Paul Handover
I was also an IBM salesman at the same time as Paul, who I remember very clearly, good salesman; yes I agree with his comments, a great time to be working for such a great company.
John Bloomfield
May 11, 2011 at 07:13
John, what a wonderful surprise to see your comment. Many thanks for dropping by. As it happens, I’m mulling over an article about a really famous ex-IBMer, Benoit Mandelbrot who was an IBM Fellow Emeritus, as this link reveals https://researcher.ibm.com/researcher/view_project.php?id=1753
Anyway, trust all is well with you.
Paul Handover
May 11, 2011 at 08:48