Bob Goodwin
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Bob was a supervisor over me, but never seemed that way. He gently got us all to get the work done. He'd gently joke a lot and would tease me by always referring to Kansas as terra incognita.
When he had free time in the evening, he'd sometimes paint, but he often went downtown to Chinatown, offering his services as a literacy volunteer.
Until the counter moved, Bob had another duty that he inherited when Lee Hyland left. He typed the news. In the hallway outside the counter, there was a display window. Someone from the mailroom would run over to CBS News and bring back a wire service news summary to the upstairs office. Bob would then use a typewriter with ½" letters and type those headlines onto posterboard strips. These were inserted into a special holder and then placed in the display window, just in time for the noontime rush. Hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of businessmen would walk by, getting a news update on their way to lunch. This task ended when the counter moved, as the new counter did not have such a display window in the building lobby. Instead, there was a 2-story high tapestry by Picasso in the lobby of the new Exxon building.