Terry

One thing

is clear

With Terry

de Giere:

He’s now

and he’s here

In a great

atmosphere

He’s talented,

skilled,

He helps us

to build

Till our dreams

are fulfilled

And nature

is thrilled

As everyone

knows

He handles

POs:

Where the need is

he goes —

Talk of

Good Joe’s!

He takes

photographs

And tones them

in halfs.*

Up go

all graphs

Whenever

he laughs

When the coin

came to toss

He chose

an odd boss

Its name:

MS-DOS

No Mac —

it’s his loss

He’s stayed,

and he’s played

Give thanks

for his aid

May bliss

be conveyed —

Not a moment

delayed

We’re happy

he’s here —

Terry

de Giere

We feel

good cheer

On this day

each year

* Half-tones – Terry’s job in the press was to convert photographs to half-tones — images that reproduce the continuous tone imagery of photographs in dots of varying sizes and spaces so it can be printed.