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                              Avi Perry

                              MY LIFE IN PICTURES

                              At the age of 6 weeks

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                              Displayed proudly by my young parents

                              At the age of one year

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                              Am I cute or what?

                              At the age of 5

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                              I had mastered the tricycle way before the picture was taken

                              At the age of 9

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                              With my best friend on the left

                              At the age of 16

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                              In a Youth Regiment Course for section Commanders.

                              Looking sexy with the Uzi
                              and my approving classmate on the right

                              At the age of 17

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                              Between two of the most popular girls in my class. What a delight.


                              During a National Service Duty in the Gadot Kibbutz  at the foot of the intimidating Golan Heights (then ruled by trigger-happy Syrian troops)

                              At the age of 18

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                              On the school bus in a chilly Israeli morning, sitting next to the right corner of the picture

                              At the age of 19

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                              In the back of our truck with members of Lahakat Pikud Zafon, the army select troupe (more pictures of the troupe are available on this site. See the page dedicated to the Lahaka)
                              From left to right, bottom row, our truck driver, Gadi Yagil, Fefe. Second row from bottom left to right, Tzahi (Lipson) Liron, Dalia Yovel our cultural officer administrator from the headquarters (She was also my classmate in high school), Bilhah (Chorgel) Yagil, Gidi Piper. Sitting on the edge of the truck from left to right, Avi Perry, Tzipi, Koby Oshrat, Menashe Glaser, Elisheva, Yael, Dani Ben Israel

                              At the age of 22

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                              My first overseas trip from Israel to Europe as the accordionist of the Israeli Student Dance Troupe on tour in Switzerland and France.

                              Playing on the bus on the road to Paris


                              At the age of 30

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                              Teaching at Northwestern University, Graduate School of Management in Evanston Illinois

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                              At the age of 42

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                              Returning for a brief visit to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, 7 years after accepting a job in Bell Laboratories

                              At the age of 43

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                              Celebrating my 20th wedding anniversary with my beautiful wife

                              At the age of 47

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                              Shipping donated supplies to Romania following the revolution that toppled communist dictator Chaushesku

                              At the age of 47

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                              In Romania after delivering donated goods

                              At the age of 47

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                              On the "moon" with my daughter

                              At the age of 49

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                              Bored during a Bell Laboratories annual picnic.

                              I hate Baseball.
                              .. They all went to play.


                              I designed the T-shirt. The Dream Team is not my baseball team. This is my team of engineers who created the first Bell Labs European style Echo Canceller Product

                              At the age of 49

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                              The Bell Labs News, weekly paper, issued a report on our latest innovative creation--the European style Echo Canceller Product

                              At the age of 52

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                              Sitting in the middle first row wearing my favorite colorful sweater with a group of Bell Labs engineers responsible for the latest voice quality enhancement product

                              At the age of 53

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                              Representing the US and Lucent Technologies in the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) Standards Body In Geneva

                              At the age of 53

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                              With two delegates to the ITU , relaxing before dinner in Geneva following a long day of Standards meetings

                              At the age of 53

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                              Visiting Chamonix, France, and Mont Blanc after a week long of Standards meetings in Geneva.
                              Looks like my backyard, doesn't it?

                              At the age of 54

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                              A weekend break  in Kyoto, Japan where I attended a Standards meeting hosted by Mitsubishi.

                              Visiting a Japanese temple with the other delegates. I am standing at the bottom step.

                              At the age of 54

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                              In Madrid, Spain on a break from a business meeting with Telefonica with two of my colleagues

                              At the age of 54

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                              On the top floor of the World Trade Center in NY with my Dutch friend and Colleague, guiding him on the most memorable tour of his life.

                              At age 55

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                              With Yasser Arafat in London

                              Saying that he is a snake is an insult to snakes.

                              At the age of 56

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                              In China following a business meeting with China Telecom

                              At the age of 56

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                              In Istanbul, Turkey on a secret mission

                              At the age of 56

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                              Cannes, France

                              on a top-secret mission

                              Waving to the camera, not to the red-headed on the right who tries to steal my show

                              At the age of 56

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                              Visiting Monaco following a top-secret meeting in Cannes, France

                              At the age of 58

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                              Normandy, France
                              On the way from a Standards meeting in Brittany to a business meeting in Paris


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                              At the age of 58

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                              In La Defense, Paris, France following a business meeting with SFR

                              My 59th Birthday Celebration

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                              With the wife,  daughter and son-in-law.

                              Looks delicious

                              At the age of 59

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                              The Team at Lucent Technologies celebrates my birthday in front of my office door  before separating from Lucent and joining NMS Communications as a new business unit in the new company.

                              I am kneeling, holding a lollipop


                              At the age of 59

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                              Getting ready for dinner in New York on the eve of my team's acquisition by NMS Communications

                              Waiting with two of Lucent's attorneys for the Morgan Stanley team.


                              At the age of 59

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                              At NMS Communications in Framingham, Massachusetts
                              for a
                              Company's management meeting and celebration.
                              Presenting our program in song and dance. I am with the accordion while wearing a wig.

                              At the age of 59

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                              In Helsinky, Finland Before a business meeting with Nokia

                              At the age of 59

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                              In Paris, France after business meetings with France Telecom and SFR

                              At the age of 59

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                              In Stockholm, Sweden after a business meeting with Ericsson

                              At the age of 60

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                              Berlin, Germany

                              Following a top-secret meeting

                              At the age of 60

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                              On a mission in Krakow Poland.

                              At the age of 60

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                              In Auschwitz
                              Emotional and sad. There was little left of the 1940's death camp where my grandparents and uncle were massacred.

                              At the age of 60

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                              In front of the Warsaw Ghetto Memorial prior to an important business meeting

                              At the age of 60

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                              In Prague

                              At the age of 60

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                              In Bonn, Germany with the wife following a business meeting with T-Mobile

                              At the age of 62

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                              Arriving in Bulgaria for an important meeting

                              At the age of 62

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                              In Sicily for no reason.

                              (I made them an offer they could not refuse...)

                              At the age of 66

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                              In Southern Italy just for fun and more stuff

                              At the age of 68 (2011)

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                              With my two mischievous  grandsons who love making faces in front of the camera

                              Dr. Avi Perry