GE spokesman Hess, 59, dies.(Obituary Robert Hess)(Brief Article)(Obituary)

Plastics News, November, 2005

GE Plastics spokesman Robert Hess, 59, died Nov. 14 at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., due to complications from a stroke. Hess, who lived in Lanesborough, was born in Cleveland. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio, in 1969 and began his public relations career in 1972 at Carl Byoir and Associates.

He was with Borg-Warner Chemicals Inc. when General Electric Co. acquired that firm in 1988, and he became a communications leader for GE Plastics. Hess, active in his community, created GE's Share-to-Gain community volunteer program. He helped GE raise more than $1 million in funding for Pittsfield and Berkshire County and he was a board member of the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce. Hess is...

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