UNT: Ready for Anything
In 1995, Friend was promoted to director. Soon after that, he was asked to take over UNT's mailing operation, and was able to successfully merge it with printing (see sidebar).
Then, in September of 2001, a serious setback in his personal life provided an unexpected impetus for change. Friend was diagnosed with cancer. For the next four months he was out of the office, undergoing treatment. Rather than give in to depression, Friend decided to use that time to do some hard thinking and planning.
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.