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Originally Processed With FOIA(s):
FOIA Number:
2005-0336-F
2005-0336-F
FOIA
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This is not a textual record. This is used as an
administrative marker by the George Bush Presidential
Library Staff.
Record Group/Collection:
George H.W. Bush Presidential Records
Collection/Office of Origin: Gift Unit, White House
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Free, Charles, Files
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08378
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08378-012
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Gift Unit Presidential Staff Gifts Received 1989: Bromley, D. Allen (DAB)
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WHITE HOUSE
STAFF GIFT RECORD
Send completed Form and Gift to Gift Unit, ext. 7133
[DO NOT DETACH COPIES]
To be Completed by Staff Member
STAFF MEMBER
DONOR
NAME (First, Middle, Last):
NAME (First, Middle, Last):
D. Allan Bromley
Richard M. Friedhoff
TITLE: Asst. to the President for SciencetiTLE:
and Technology; Director, OSTP
GIFT INTENDED FOR (mark
X
in appropriate box):
ADDRESS (Street, City, State, Zip & Country):
White House Staff Member (W)
Other (O) (e.g., family)
Visicom Corporation
RECEIVED BY (mark
X
in appropriate box):
3325 Wilshire Boulevard
Mail Room (M)
Presented Personally (P)
Staff (S)
Suite 700
Other (O) (Specify)
Los Angeles, CA 90010
DATE ACCEPTED AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF PRESENTATION:
ORGANIZATION/BUSINESS OF DONOR (Specify):
12/18/89; sent via mail
As above; private industry
REASON FOR NOT RETURNING TO DONOR:
DONOR CATEGORY (mark
X
in appropriate box):
would be an embarrassment to both
X
Personal Friend (E)
XXXXX Acqaintance
General Public (P)
Mr. Friedhoff and Dr. Bromley
Foreign Official (H)
VIP (V)
DESCRIPTION OF GIFT:
The Second Computer Revolution: VISUALIZATION by Richard Mark Friedhoff
and William Benzon. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989, 9x11" w/color
and b/w photos, 215 pages.
REPORT PREPARED BY:
DATE:
ROOM NO.:
EXT.:
Damar Hawkins
4/16/90
360
6272
To be Completed by Gift Unit and Counsel
ID:
DATE:
GSA #:
DISPOSITION (mark
X
in appropriate box):
8960079
4-23-90
CATEGORY CODE:
APPRAISED VALUE:
ARCHIVE BOX #:
X
Presidential Staff-Personal (PP)
Archives (AS)
0499
$ 49.50
Returned to Sender, Commercial (RA)
Destroyed (DS)
COUNSEL'S OFFICE DECISION:
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
Returned to Sender, Other (RC)
Other (OH)
Returned to Sender, Over Minimal Value (RB)
AVan Clean SIGNATURE: COMMENTS:
GSA Surplus, Turn Over to Government (GS)
5/16/90
Presidential Staff-for official display/use (PS)
Appraisal per White House Library.
Jun. 85
COPY A- GIFT UNIT
VISICOM
CORPORATION
3325 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel: 213-386-4152
Fax: 213-386-0635
Tlx: 3715341 VISIC
December 12, 1989
The Honorable D. Allan Bromley
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
Old Executive Office Building
17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, DC 20506
Dear Professor Bromley:
I do not think you will remember me but we met some years ago at an AAAS dinner, when I was a
fellow of that organization, and you were most kind in talking with me about my career interests and in
encouraging me. I was also a student at Yale when you were there as a professor.
May I now take this opportunity to send you a copy of my book which has been published this month?
As a Media Fellow of AAAS, working at CBS News for Walter Cronkite, I met Edwin Land of Polaroid
and eventually went to work there. At Polaroid, I became very interested in what I felt were the
tremendous implications of visual computing. Two or three years ago, Harry N. Abrams Publishers asked
me to do a book on the subject and I have had the most marvelous time trying to develop a fresh
perspective on this unbelievably rapid technological revolution. I feel very strongly that the visual
interface has eliminated a fundamental barrier to human understanding and modeling of complex
phenomena and will transform American science and technology. I am currently endeavoring to spread
the word in talks and public appearances including, in April, a lecture at the Smithsonian.
In any case, I was profoundly encouraged by your words at a formative time in my career and I have
been very much looking forward to the publication of my book so that I could send you a copy.
With best wishes for the holidays,
RichardMfiedh Richard M. Friedhoff
mh:RMF
Rec'd. 12/18/89, The Second Computer Revolution: VISUALIZATION
by Richard Mark Friedhoff and William Benzon. New York: Harry
N. Abrams, 1989. Dedicated "For Edwin H. Land," 9 X 11" with
color and b/w photos, 215 pages.