Donnie Everett
There were many people who worked at Chiat/Day who had no specific job title. You may want to call them "Jay's Little Helpers." They purchased and arranged flowers, they shuttled art work, they ran errands, etc. Remember Rod Rhodes? Or Steve Klosterman? Or, the man pictured above - Donald Everett - who still wears his Chiat/Day t-shirts with pride. (That's a "Good Enough Is Not Enough" t-shirt on the left. He even posed in it for the photo on the right as a sort of mental plunger for our brains to help remind us of where we might have seen him the office!)
From 1993-1986, Donnie worked at 79 Fifth in the mailroom and purchased office supplies; but, says Donnie, "most people would remember me from being the domestic god. I CLEANED THE 4 and then THE 8 BATHROOMS among other things."
Donnie now lives in Boston and writes ...
Jay was one of the most amazing souls I have encountered in my life. He always treated me with the dignity and respect that I wasn't always sure I deserved. His example and that of many others at C/D has led me to be as mindful of others humanity and to remember that it is by example that we can make the world around us a little bit better place. I have always remembered and continue to remember Jay as a kind, caring, etc,,,, person but, what strikes me the most is how much an effect one man can have on another's life without knowing it.
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Donnie! What fond memories I have of you. Lots of nights. I finished many a media plan late at night with Donnie for company. So glad to hear from him.
does anyone know where Guy Pierre Jean is?
Posted by: Eve | January 21, 2004 08:41 AM
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention although Rod Rhodes was the resident artist, you may have seen my work around C/D. The walls. Literally, I mean the walls, around the cubicles. You know, where I'd put up your name plate when you started. Or when I took down your name plate when you left. The walls.Oh yeah, and Bob Jeffrey's first apt when he came to C/D. All white. My specialty. I apprenticed under al Biaggio.
Mario Guia, what happened to him? I cleaned his apt. Confidentiality agreement keeps me from,,,, I cleaned Jay's too.
My sense of humor isn't always appreciated. I am trying to jog a memory or two. Was it Jane Newman or somebody else who took up a collection for a Barnes and Noble gift certificate for the birthday of the bookworm who posed as an office cleaner? Now she represented C/D for me.
Posted by: donnie | January 22, 2004 12:51 AM
Donnie
You are the amazing soul. So glad to hear you are doing well.
Posted by: Adelaide Horton | February 1, 2004 05:24 PM
Eve--
This is Guy's daughter... I don't know if you'll get this but he died in December of 2001. I happened upon this site and remember you from when I was younger and how fond he was of you... just to let you know (FYI)... :)
Posted by: Kassel | March 6, 2004 07:31 PM