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Furloughed From San Diego State U., CIO Flies Relief Missions to Haiti

By admin | February 10, 2010

Furloughed From San Diego State U., CIO Flies Relief Missions to Haiti

Rich Pickett is in tears.

The San Diego State University chief information officer has been flying people and supplies back and forth to Haiti since last week. Now, as he talks to a reporter by phone from Florida before stepping into “the bird” for yet another flight, it’s the image of one child that leaves him struggling to speak. 

He had taken down some balls on one flight. A fellow relief worker distributed one to children. “She noticed that

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