Hawker Beechcraft Honors 61-year Employee
Associtated Press - Sun 11:30 AM 06/03/2012
Hawker Beechcraft has honored its longest-serving employee, who started working at the company's Wichita's plant when Harry S. Truman was president.
Hawker Beechcraft has honored its longest-serving employee, who started working at the company's Wichita's plant when Harry S. Truman was president.
Marvin Abbott retired from Hawker Beechcraft on Friday after 61 years with the company. He turns 80 in November.
The Wichita Eagle reports that Abbott started on the factory floor in 1951 pushing a hand truck for less than a dollar an hour. Over the years, Abbott rose into management ranks, where he stayed 37 years. Then as Beech was bought by Raytheon and sold again and renamed Hawker Beechcraft, Abbott moved to a stockroom job.
Matt Martin, vice president at Hawker Beechcraft Defense Company, said at the reception that Abbott is the kind of guy who if he ever won the lottery he'd still show up for work.
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IamMe
Sunday 3 June 2012 22:55 Report this comment
Will they do this for the mexican employee that has worked this long decades for now?
horsisaz
Monday 4 June 2012 11:02 Report this comment
Who cares what they do in Mexico.^Your sentence makes little sense.
troy
Monday 4 June 2012 12:40 Report this comment
Wonder how many times Marvin has had to go stand at the curb and hold a picket sign? I'm surprised the union would allow a 71 year old man work.