Word: barakat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to Richard G. Barakat, an associate of the Division of Applied Sciences who left BBN because of the dissatisfaction with the new emphasis, the change has brought growing pains to the firm. He blames Chairman Stephen R. Levy for making sweeping changes in the company which alienated many employees...
...line research company," Barakat explains, "and when this new guy came in the pretty much made it clear to everyone that they were going to go into the computer business," an uncharted territory for BBN. While the computer division did not turn a profit until 1982, its early contracts have been encouraging, yielding a major deal to develop the MCI Mail communications system along with a boom in computer contracts with the Defense Department. Last year, approximately 80 percent of the firm's $85 million sales came through government agreements...
Lewellyn also had plenty of money for Kathryn Barakat, 35, a former hatcheck girl at a local club. He bought her a house and helped her buy a 1981 Cadillac and provided all the funds she wanted. Said she: "He wanted to marry me, and I was kind of dragging my feet, and so he decided to make me a very rich woman so that I could make up my mind and wouldn't have to marry him for money, and I wouldn't have to stay with my present husband because of the lack...
...broker is said to have bought many shares through accounts opened in the names of Barakat and members of her family. Barakat, who describes herself as Lewellyn's "pampered princess," told Government investigators that she knew nothing of the schemes. Said she: "When a guy buys you Cadillacs and two mink coats and diamond rings, and gives you an unlimited expense account, you kind of think that he has a lot of money...