Hans Snook Executive of a wireless paging business (which subsequently became part of the Hutchison Whampoa Group). In 1992 Snook was despatched to the UK and closed Hutchison's Rabbit phone system; and instead turned efforts to developing the UK's fourth mobile phone network. On April 28, 1994 Orange was launched. Within five years Orange had developed an enviable reputation as well as a growing international presence. Mannesmann of Germany purchased Orange Plc, in a failed attempt to challenge Vodafone as the World's leading mobile phone company. This set off a chain of events which resulted in France Télécom taking ownership of Orange,
Lee Snook Lee Snook Dr. Lee Erin Snook, Associate Professor, baritone, is chair of the Vocal Division at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. He teaches Studio Voice, Vocal Pedagogy, and Enjoyment of Music. Snook holds a Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance degree from Michigan State University. He joined the Washburn University Music Department faculty in 1990. Snook was a member of the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists and was soloist with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, North Arkansas Symphony, Springfield (Missouri) Symphony, Jackson (Michigan) Symphony and Jackson Opera, Battle Creek Symphony, Saginaw Symphony, and