By Joseph K. Andonian

My career in licensing began in 1951 and overlaps the history of LES. I participated in at least one of the early discussions that gave birth to LES. It took place at a PLI seminar in New York City on the handling of surplus technology about 1960. The first president of LES (Dan Stice) and the first editor of les Nouvelles, Thelma Heatwole, took part in that meeting.