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Quiet, unassuming, and impeccably dressed. That's our Zachary Rosenberg. He now works at Horizon Media in LA which was just named Independent Agency of the Year. Read all about it by clicking here.

Yes, today, January 9th, for one day only, it's David Butler's birthday. David was one of the greatest of all of Chiat/Day's copywriters. (He's retired now and living happily in sunny, batty Austin, Texas, with his wife, Margie.

I had known this at one time, but had forgotten that Dave is the son of one of the great cartoon voice artists of all times: Daws Butler. From his profile on Internet Movie Database. (And notice the resemblance.)

Daws Butler spent the greater part of his career as one of the premier voice-over actors in Hollywood- providing the voices for such well- known characters as Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick-Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Jinks the cat, Dixie the mouse, Augie Doggie, Peter Potamus, Wally Gator, Hokey Wolf, Super Snooper, Blabber Mouse, Cogswell Cogs, Elroy Jetson and many others.

Another one of Chiat/Day's legendary creative directors is retiring from Ogilvy. There is a large series of tributes to Steve on Facebook. Look for FRIENDS OF STEVE HAYDEN.

chiat/day was my first big job in advertising, hired by lee clow and chuck silverman. i returned two more times on long, long freelance gigs that may as well been staff. i learned how to do ads thanks to chiat/day. i was ballsy enough to walk up to jay one day soon after i was first hired and ask him what makes chiat/day work. he told he had two responsibilities at chiat, to provide "the right environment and the right opportunities". the rest was up to us pain-in-the-ass creatives.

Steve, I was cleaning out some old storage boxes and amongst the junk I found some gold. See the enclosed photo of a t shirt from circa 1989. My recollection is that they were given to all Australian staff to celebrate a visit from Jay. The amazing thing is it still fits me. I thought you may like to see if it sparks any memories from readers of the Jay/Day website.

My personal regards to Adam's lovely and gracious wife, Julie, and to their children (all grown up now) Adam and Clair. Adam just got married to the gorgeous and talented Amy. I've had the pleasure of entertaining Adam, Amy and Clair when they made various pilgrimages to New York City.

If anyone else has Chiat/Day memorabilia, please send a photo of it (preferably with you in it to me. My email address is in the masthead up top.

Steve Alburty
Your humble Jay/Day editor

P.S. You can leave a comment for Jeff just by clicking on the comment button at the bottom right of this item.

I received a donation today from Bill Moreland, who's lived in Vancouver for the last 20 years. Bill was one of C/D's first employees, and you will find more of his story here.

About three years ago, I drove across the country and spent an evening and reminiscing with Bill and Chuck

Thank you, Bill!!!

(Until I can find the real thing, this is a photo of the David Butler who was the Governor of Nebraska from December 15, 1829 – May 25, 1891. Thank you to OUR David Butler for donating to the site. Dave now lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Margie, where the bats fly out from under the Congress St. Bridge every night.

And more donaton kudos to Chuck Phillips, who has been one of the biggest boosters of this site. Chuck was Employee #1 of Chiat/Day and ran the Toronto office for many years. Now he lives in Malibu where he dotes on his grandson. There is no better photo that captures Chuck than this one.

A quirky BBC Documentary about our own Man of the Year, Steve Jobs. I must say that one of the smartest distillations Jobs made of his own intentions was "the intersection of the humanities and technology."

Click here to watch it on YouTube.

Nat is a gifted creative director and copywriter. He's also written several books of humor. "Secrets of the Superoptimist," "The Do-It-Yourself Constitutional Amendment Kit," and "The Book of Extremely Common Prayer." You can read all about them here.

As for Fred, he is a marketing and advertising consultant in the Bay Area, but for 10 years he was founder, Chairman, and CEO of Goldberg Moser O'Neill. And, of course, for eight years he was President of the San Francisco office of Chiat/Day San Francisco.

I was in Boston last week and had a piece of luck: Ted Nelson had a dinner cancellation and he took me out to dinner at the hottest restaurant in Cambridge, Oleana.

Ted was an account planner, then account supervisor, in the New York office during the golden years at 79 Fifth.

Now he lives in one of the most beautiful towns on the Eastern Seabord, Newburyport, MA, with his wife, Jenny, and their two children Kate and Carl-Robert. (They're about an hour north of Boston right on the Merrimack River.)

Ted founded and runs Mechanica, a brand development firm. They do Product Development, Naming/Brand ID, User Experience, Site Development, Environment, Social Media, and Events...spanning the entirety of the overall Brand and User Experience.

Their offices are awesome - very sort of Gehryish - and if you're ever been to Newburyport, you understand why he chose it.

The man gets up at 5 and runs every day, which explains why there appears to not be an ounce of body fat on him.

Congragulations, Ted. And thanks for the free food!

P.S. This will make you green with envy: they don't pitch. Either the client gets it or they don't.

(You can leave a message for Ted by clicking on "Comment")

NY alum Charlie Bidwell is an amazing photographer and now some of his images have been placed on clothing and are available for sale on fab.com. Click here to see his clothing collection.

(You can leave a message for Charlie by clicking on "Comment")