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HEWS
NEWS
KOHAMI HOSTS
HOSTS RECEPTION
RECEPTION AT
AT NEW
HEW FACILITY
FACILITY
KONAMI
R.A. Green
Green announces
announces one
one of
of the
the winners
winners
R.A.
of the
the Wayne
Wayne E. E. Hesch
Hesch Scholarship
Scholarship
of
Foundation Raffle
Raffie at
at the
the AMOA
AMOA show.
show.
Foundation
game. The
The other
other grand
grand prize
prize winners
winners
game.
received
similar
prizes.
received similar prizes.
Twenty-five other
other ticket-holders
ticket-holders took
took
Twenty-five
home
prizes.
The
raffle
raised
more
home prizes. The raffle raised more
than $72,000
$72,000 for
for the
the Hesch
Hesch
than
Scholarship
Foundation.
Scholarship Foundation.
TAYLOR NEW
NEW ATARI
ATARI SALES
SALIS
TAYLOR
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Konamo staff
staff members
members gather
gather in
in the
the new
new conference
conference room.
room. i
Konamo
VP, BREAKS
BREAKS RETURNS
RETURNS TO
TO
VP,
K
U.K.
U.K.
M
M
office and
and warehouse
warehouse in
in Wood
Wood
office
Dale,
Ill.,
the
first
night
of
the
AMOA
Dale, Ill., the first night of the AMOA
show.
show.
Charter buses
buses took
took guests
guests from
from the
the
Charter
H
yatt
R
egency
to
the
new
Hyatt Regency to the new
25,000-square-foot facility
facility that
that includes
includes
25,000-square-foot
executive
offices,
a
conference
room,
executive offices, a conference room, a a
large warehouse,
warehouse, and
and a a gym
gym for
for
large
employees.
employees.
addition to
to showing
showing off
off its
its
In In addition
expanded
facility,
K
onami
formally
expanded facility, Konami formally
introduced its
its new
new driving
driving game
game WEC
WEC
introduced
ichael C. C. Taylor
Taylor has
has been
been
ichael
appointed
vice
president
of sales
sales
appointed vice president of
for Atari
Atari Games
Games Corporation.
Corporation.
for
Taylor
replaces
Shane
Breaks,
who has
has
Taylor replaces Shane Breaks, who
returned
to
his
native
England
to
take
returned to his native England to take
responsibility
responsibility
for
Atari's
for Atari's
European
European
sales. Breaks
Breaks
sales.
will
work
in
will work in
conjunction
conjunction
with David
David
with
Smith
out of
of
Smith out
A
tari's
London
Atari's London
office.
office.
Before coming
coming
Before
to
Atari,
to Atari,
Taylor worked
worked
Taylor
Michael
Taylor
as
OEM
Michael Taylor as OEM
marketing
marketing
manager
for
Ryan-Mcfarland
manager for Ryan-McFarland
Corporation, a a computer-compiler
computer-compiler
Corporation,
manufacturer
in
Southern California.
California.
manufacturer in Southern
His
accounts
there
included
IBM,
His accounts there included IBM,
AT&T,
and
Hewlett-Packard.
Taylor
AT&T, and Hewlett-Packard. Taylor
brings more
more than
than 13
13 years
years of
of
brings
computer-industry
sales
experience
with
computer-industry sales experience with
him.
him.
PLAY METER/November
METER/ ovember 1986
1986
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onami, Inc.,
Inc., hosted
hosted a a reception
reception
onami,
for
AMOA
attendees
at
its new
new
for AMOA attendees at its
LeMans.
LeMans.
Fumiharo Hishikawa
Hishikawa (right)
(right) chairman
chairman
Fumiharo
of Konami Japan, and Kiyoshi Mizumaki.
of Konami Japan, and Kiyoshi Mizumaki.
Frank Bundra,
Bundra, Konami
Konami vice
vice president.
president.
Frank
in his
his new
new office.
office.
in
Fumiharo Hishikawa,
Hishikawa, chairman
chairman of
of
Fumiharo
Konami's
Japanese
parent
company,
Konami's Japanese parent company,
accepted the
the Wood
Wood Dale
Dale city
city flag
flag from
from
accepted
the mayor,
mayor, who
who welcomed
welcomed Konami
Konami to
to
the
the
Wood
Dale
business
community
the Wood Dale business community
and thanked
thanked the
the company
company for
for locating
locating
and
its offices
offices in in the
.the Chicago
Chicago suburb.
suburb. Ben
Ben
its
Har-El,
president
of
Konami,
introduced
Har-El, president of Konami, introduced
Todd Miles,
Miles, assistant
assistant to
to the
the Illinois
!Uinois
Todd
governor,
who
extended
the
governor's
governor, who extended the governor's
thanks and
and good
good wishes.
wishes.
thanks
Staff
members
welcoming visitors
visitors
Staff members welcoming
included
Har-El,
Frank
Bundra,
Steve
included Har-El, Frank Bundra, Steve
Kaufman,
and
Frank
Pelligrini.
The
Kaufman, and Frank Pelligrini. The
reception featured
featu red a a band
band and
and a a
reception
buffet.
buffet.