Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

Since the early 1920's Nance has been a signifi cant face in the executive suites of American indus try and business: at National Cash Register, Frigi daire Division of General Motors, Hotpoint (General Electric), Studebaker-Packard, Ford, Central Na tional Bank of Cleveland, and First Union Realty Investment Trust. During more than a half-century as a successful business chief executive, Mr. Nance has consistently supported higher education as trustee of his Alma Mater, Ohio Wesleyan Univer sity, as trustee-now life trustee-of Northwestern University, and as first chairman of the Board of Trustees o f Cleveland State University.

Since this article was written, Radio Shack has improved the TRS-80 in ways that make it more attractive for word processing. First, they have im proved the keyboard considerably. Keyboards on new units are entirely usable. Second, there is an official lower case modification that is installed by Radio Shack technicians, and it works well. Small Systems Software sells a version of the Electric Pencil that works with this lower case modification. Third, the cassette storage reliability has been improved so tapes are nearly always recorded suc cessfully. These improvements make the TRS-80/ Electric Pencil even more attractive.