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DESCRIPTION:More Than a Store: Three Decades of Tumultuous Changes 1960-199
 0 Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz is President and CEO of Hazak Corporation\, Houst
 on\, Texas\, a Corporate Consulting company for Business Strategies\, Mark
 eting\, and Development with multi-industry and multi-national companies f
 or over thirty-five years. Formerly he has served on the Boards of Directo
 rs of: The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas\, Texas (Houston Branch Chairman
 )\, Continental Air Lines\; Morse Shoe Company\; Galleria Bank (Founding D
 irector) and Texas American BankShares\; National Retail Merchants Associa
 tion/ National Retail Federation\; The American Council for the Arts\; The
  Houston Symphony\;  Societe Viticole Europeene\; TungTex Apparel Manufac
 turing of HongKong \; DiCentral Corporation\; FreshBrew Group (Founding Di
 rector)\; Digital Documents Advisors\; the Greater Houston Convention and 
 Visitors Bureau (Chairman)\, the Houston International Festival (Co-Founde
 r).  He also served as Chairman of both the Houston and Harris County Ses
 quicentennial Committees\, the Houston Municipal Arts Committee\; Co-Chair
 man of the 1980 White House Conference on Small Business\, Southwest Regio
 n\, and Co-Chairman\, Texas Conference on Small Business.        
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
          Mr. Sakowitz continues to serve on the Board of Advisors
 \, Texas A&M Galveston\, TX.\; the Blue Bird Circle Foundation\, the Bay A
 rea Houston Economic Partnership Maritime Committee\, and as Co-Chairman o
 f the Board of Advisors of IM- Houston Interfaith Ministries.      
                                      
  He is a member of numerous civic\, arts\, business\, and charitable organ
 izations. Prior to forming Hazak consulting company\, Mr. Sakowitz was Pre
 sident and Chief Executive Officer of Sakowitz\, Inc\, helping to transfor
 m it into an internationally recognized fashion specialty retailer. He was
  a forerunner in initiating in-store marketing concepts of European ready-
 to-wear apparel boutiques in the United States\, launching the first Andre
  Courreges boutique\, following with Yves St. Laurent Rive Gauche\, Givenc
 hy\, Valentino\, and Ermenegildo Zegna\, and numerous distribution relatio
 nships and joint ventures with other European and Asian designers first in
  America. The extraordinary “Ultimate Gifts” of the annual Sakowitz Ch
 ristmas Catalogues\, delivered throughout every state in America and frequ
 ently abroad\, were covered by press and television media world-wide. He i
 s frequently called upon for media interviews and speaking engagements reg
 arding marketing\, supply chain and retail distribution\, business strateg
 ies and forecasts He also innovated the first wine department within depar
 tment stores\, and Fine and Rare Wine Auctions with Christie’s of London
 \, which continued to develop the wine market in the U.S. for over twenty 
 years (1967-88). Mr. Sakowitz has been the recipient of numerous local\, n
 ational and international awards\; among them are the Chevalier de L’Ord
 re National du Merit\, the Republic of France\; the Cavaliere del Ordine a
 l Merito by the Republic of Italy\, and the International Best Dressed Hal
 l of Fame.                                
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
                                      
            Mr. Sakowitz is a graduate of St. John’s School in
  Houston\, and Harvard University\, AB History and Government\, Cum Laude\
 ; and has been blessed with four children and eight grand-children..    
                                                  
                                  
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 tore: Three Decades of Tumultuous Changes 1960-1990</span></strong></em></
 span><!--EndFragment--></p>\n\n<p><strong>Mr. Robert T. Sakowitz</strong> 
 is President and CEO of <em>Hazak Corporation</em>\, Houston\, Texas\, a C
 orporate Consulting company for Business Strategies\, Marketing\, and Deve
 lopment with multi-industry and multi-national companies for over thirty-f
 ive years.</p>\n\n<p>Formerly he has served on the Boards of Directors of:
  <em>The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas\, Texas (Houston Branch Chairman)\
 , Continental Air Lines\; Morse Shoe Company\; Galleria Bank (Founding Dir
 ector) and Texas American BankShares\; National Retail Merchants Associati
 on/ National Retail Federation\; The American Council for the Arts\; The H
 ouston Symphony\; &nbsp\;Societe Viticole Europeene\; TungTex Apparel Manu
 facturing of HongKong \; DiCentral Corporation\; FreshBrew Group (Founding
  Director)\; Digital Documents Advisors\; the Greater Houston Convention a
 nd Visitors Bureau (Chairman)\, the Houston International Festival (Co-Fou
 nder). &nbsp\;He also served as Chairman of both the Houston and Harris Co
 unty Sesquicentennial Committees\, the Houston Municipal Arts Committee\; 
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 cle Foundation\, the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership Maritime Commit
 tee\, and as Co-Chairman of the Board of Advisors of IM- Houston Interfait
 h Ministries.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp
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 \, and charitable organizations.</p>\n\n<p>Prior to forming <em>Hazak</em>
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 er of <em>Sakowitz\, Inc\,</em> helping to transform it into an internatio
 nally recognized fashion specialty retailer. He was a forerunner in initia
 ting in-store marketing concepts of European ready-to-wear apparel boutiqu
 es in the United States\, launching the first <em>Andre Courreges</em> bou
 tique\, following with <em>Yves St. Laurent Rive Gauche\, Givenchy\, Valen
 tino\,</em> and <em>Ermenegildo Zegna\, and numerous </em>distribution rel
 ationships and joint ventures with other European and Asian designers firs
 t in America. The extraordinary &ldquo\;<em>Ultimate Gifts</em>&rdquo\; of
  the annual Sakowitz Christmas Catalogues\, delivered throughout every sta
 te in America and frequently abroad\, were covered by press and television
  media world-wide. He is frequently called upon for media interviews and s
 peaking engagements regarding marketing\, supply chain and retail distribu
 tion\, business strategies and forecasts</p>\n\n<p>He also innovated the f
 irst wine department within department stores\, and <em>Fine and Rare Wine
  Auctions</em> with <em>Christie&rsquo\;s of London</em>\, which continued
  to develop the wine market in the U.S. for over twenty years (1967-88).</
 p>\n\n<p>Mr. Sakowitz has been the recipient of numerous local\, national 
 and international awards\; among them are the <em>Chevalier de L&rsquo\;Or
 dre National du Merit\, the Republic of France\; the</em> <em>Cavaliere de
 l Ordine al Merito by the Republic of Italy\, and the International Best D
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