PPB February 2020

IN MEMORIAM: Craig Olmstead Craig Olmstead, a member of the Ennis, Inc. national sales team representing the Rocky Mountain region, passed away on December 18. He was 68 years old. Ennis, Inc. is the parent company of several industry suppliers, including Folder Express (PPAI 354129, S1), Independent Folders (PPAI 111993, S2) and Admore, Inc. (PPAI 111144, S10). Olmstead, born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, moved to Colorado in 1975. He worked as a pressman at Woehrmeyer Business Forms and later at Denver Forms, where he eventually rose to vice president of manufacturing. He joined Adams McClure and Ennis in 1998, where he served as regional sales manager. “During his more than 40 years in the printing industry Craig held many jobs, but for the last nine years his hard work, determination, and, most importantly, his love of working for his customers allowed Ennis of Colorado to become the company it is today. I know Craig loved his job and with the outpouring of calls and visits before his death, I hope he got to feel how much he meant to those he impacted,” says Mike Allen, general manager of Ennis of Colorado. Outside of the office, Olmstead enjoyed skiing, golf, the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers. Olmstead is survived by his wife Cindy, grandchildren Jonah, Justice, Julia, Josiah and Grace; brother Ronnie White and his wife Faye, sister Robin Wilholt and her husband Gordon; and mother Susan Lewter, along with many other relatives and friends. IN MEMORIAM: Joseph Segel Joseph Segel, founder of ASI as well as the Franklin Mint and the QVC television shopping network, passed away on December 21 in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. He was 88. Segel was also one of the inaugural inductees into the PPAI Hall Of Fame in 1977. Always an entrepreneur, Segel sold business cards at 13 and enrolled in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania when he was 16. He was a 20-year- old teaching Marketing 101 at Wharton when he started ASI. Working his way through college, he encountered the same issues challenging other industry newcomers—what products are available? Since manufacturers were disguised by line names, how does one find out who makes these products? By subscribing to ASI services, such as the Advertising Specialty Register and the Consolidated Catalog, distributors could identify products and sources. Segel is also credited with the launch of The Counselor trade magazine—now Counselor —among his accomplishments with the company. ASI was one of 22 companies Segel founded in a 50-year career, with business interests ranging from publishing, aviation and software, to hospitality, behavior modification and photography, among others. Segel sold ASI to the Cohn family, its current owners, in 1962, and remained with the company as an executive for several years. In 1964, he founded Franklin Mint, originally manufacturing sterling 92 | FEBRUARY 2020 | CONNECT