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Franklin Seiberling receiving an award in 1997 for 20 years continuous service in data processing at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics—awarded by R. Edward Howell, CEO and Director of the UIHC at that time |
Webmaster Franklin Seiberling sits at home with cats, computer and shortwave radio. Poster in back reads, "An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind" - a quote from Mahatma Gandhi.
The name, Copy Exchange, dates from the '70s and '80s, before the advent of E-mail, when it was popular in the workplace to pass around and exchange Xerox copies of pictures, jokes, and articles that were intended to be shared by many. Indeed a Xerox copy that became popular — copied many times over, with gradually degrading print quality — could often be spotted in offices across the country.
The Copy Exchange is small, very nonprofit organization based in Iowa City, which relies on a few volunteers for disseminating peace and justice information. Our past projects include placing graphics and literature on Iowa City Public Library kiosks, and cosponsoring local public lectures on progressive issues. The Copy Exchange started in the mid '80s, producing a newsletter that included copies of progressive articles and political cartoons that had been sent in by mail. A small crew of us would sort through the submitted material, cut and paste together the final newsletter, run it off on the small Copy Exchange Xerox machine, address and mail.
The webmaster of copyexchange.org is Franklin Seiberling, a long-term resident of Iowa City. A University of Iowa graduate, Franklin worked actively for the George McGovern presidential campaign in the early 1970s. He worked his way up to the position of Computer Programmer Analyst in the early 1980s at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where he continued to work until retirement in 2002, after making somewhat of a name for himself in the workplace as the office poet and the writer useful subroutines and functions.
