Memories

Paul Whiting - Mentor - Colleague - FRIEND 1983. A year or so after joining Hayden Labs as a HiFi rep. David Hughes asked if I would like to join the Pro Audio dept. which consisted of Trish, Annie, Edwina and a dark haired young man with a Pancho Villa moustache, Paul Whiting. It soon became appare

Dear Paul, Where ever you are, I would like to share moments that always have been special to me. We first met in 1981 in Wenebostel. Almost 40 years ago ! We were both attending Hans Kuhn's periodic "Wireless Technology" training classes. You were 27, I was 25, both at the early stages of our c

Dear Paul, It has taken me a while to write this, as I still cannot really believe that you are no longer with us. You looked so well when we met at the end of January. We first met back in 1985 when I was joining Hayden Labs and you were in the process of being promoted to Sales Manager and we wor

I have been wanting to write this for a while now but have not had the strength. The numbness that consumes me over your sudden loss is indescribable. I have been so blessed to have you in my life for 36 glorious years, I wanted you for another 36! My parents thought the absolute world of you and gr

You and I became acquainted during my visit to KG to meet Professor Sennheiser for signing the employment contract in 2007, and have remained good friend ever since. We remember your visit to Tokyo for the opening ceremony of SEJ in 2008. I will keep many good memories with you forever and please R.

When I joined the BBC from school back in 1965, the then Head of Technical Operations gave my intake a lecture. One thing he told us was “You will make many acquaintances in this business but very few friends”. Paul Whiting was one of the very few real friends I made during my career in television.

Such a wonderful boss who soon became a great friend and mentor . Soon we were off with a small group of us to set up Sennheiser UK at Loudwater.. with a short stint organising orders from Paul’s garage! Paul made everything fun, work hard and play hard. We all loved him dearly. The Sennheiser crew