Mike Barbie Passes Away
“The whole campus loved him because he was calm and easygoing,” remembers coworker Karen Pierce. “He showed everybody respect. He valued you as a person and showed respect for you, and I think because of that, everybody really loved him and appreciated him. He was very sincere.”
Hired by the University of Richmond in 1969 to run a multilith, Mr. Barbie went on to become manager in the 1980s. He steered his 11-employee in-plant into the digital, multi-color world, and introduced a card system for the campus copiers.
Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.
