Clarification

Communication World, July-August, 2005 by Al Wann

I loved the May-June issue and all the good history about IABC's first 35 years.

Just for the record, however, AT&T wasn't "dissolved for violating U.S. antitrust laws" [as reported in the timeline on page $7]. AT&T broke itself apart in 1981 as a means to end an antitrust suit that had gone on for a decade and cost shareholders (and taxpayers) many millions. You make it sound like AT&T was found guilty and broken up as punishment. That's not accurate.

Al Wann, ABC, APR, CRS, IABC Fellow

Ocean Pines, Maryland, USA