Jon loved sharp wit, horrendous puns, and intellectual brain teasers. He was amazing with word games. He’d stroll by the desk at lunch time, and utter an acronym. Your job, should you choose to accept it, was to translate the acronym. For example, FYF stood for “Feed your face” and SGF, a more difficult one, […]
I remember Jon‘s gift of poetry. I remember that he wrote a Christmas poem referencing people in the PP&C group; and we loved it. (I am 90% certain that he rewrote “Twas the Night Before Christmas“). I remember Jon in a video illustrating the appropriate way to pronounce “Altria.” I remember Jon was a “jokester.” I’ve heard Steve St. Mary […]
I knew Jon for only two years, but in that short amount of time I feel like I gained, and now have lost, a brother. I had the office next door to Jon when I worked in PP&C. When I first arrived, I knew I had stumbled into a very special place. Jon, Steve St. […]
A father’s day treat By 2001, I had known Jon for 23 years. That was the same year Jon became my boss and most of the men in the group decided to become cross dressers (for a day). Some people were a little uncomfortable with the mere thought of a temporary gender change. But not […]
Jon was very gifted in his work. He brought great intelligence, creativity, and knowledge to his work. That’s why I wanted him to work with me and I was very fortunate that he agreed to join my team. Jon brought all of the things that I have mentioned and more to his job. Jon had the ability […]
Jon loved practical jokes and was always coming up with ideas on who to mess with and how. The only trouble was that he never wanted to play the joke himself. He would spend hours trying to convince someone else to play it. When they finally broke down and agreed to do it he made […]
My memories of Jon were always about how much he loved his family. He was so proud of you and the kids and loved showing off his family. All the admins on the row loved to see him coming with his new pictures/stories. As soon as he finished showing us the latest pictures, we started […]
I met Jon when I came to work with the Philip Morris industrial engineering group, first as an intern, and then, as a bay engineer after I finished school. Jon was my mentor all through that period. Sometimes officially, sometimes not, but the advice was always very, very good. Those were the years when PCs […]
One aspect of your Dad’s role as Manager of Production Planning was to help with the annual game plan. This was a name given for setting the future 5-year strategy of the company. Your Dad met with executives to prepare presentations for top level executives with ultimate buy-in by the CEO. These presentations took endless […]
As far as what I knew about Jon….he mainly talked to me about your Mom and all of you. He said he felt like he won the lottery the day he and your Mom got married. He would tell me stories about each of you and he was so proud of his family. He loved […]
Celebrating Jon 