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Spitters resigned as Memorex's President, Chief Executive Officer, and as a Director of the Company effective April 26, 1974, the date of the Annual Meeting.
Honors.
Spitters received an honorary degree from Santa Clara University and a Distinguished Alumni Award from Western Michigan University. He served on the Santa Clara University Board of Trustees, and on the Board of Directors of ALZA Corp., The Children's Health Council, and The Embarcadero Publishing Company, publisher of the "Palo Alto Weekly
Laurence Spitters
Laurence "Larry" Spitters is an American industrialist and investor who co-founded Memorex.
Spitters began his career as an investment banker with Blyth & Co. in 1954 and worked on Wall Street before transferring to Blyth's office in San Francisco, California. During his tenure at Blyth he was a member of the underwriting and investment banking department and was engaged in the origination, underwriting, and syndication of issues of corporate securities for public distribution, private placement of securities with institutional investors, and evaluation of companies