Eaton Corp. helped transgender employee

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Eaton Corp. helped transgender employee
By Maureen McDonald
   
http://crainsdetroit.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080414/SUB/804140308/1068

Audrey Hopkins, 47, became the first transgender individual hired into Eaton Corp.'s 100-member information-technology group in October 2005.

Her name and capabilities were already known to her boss and many staff members who had worked with her in her former identity as Dave Hopkins, a 20-year consultant and troubleshooter for advanced computer manufacturing systems.