Trailblazer li already had the distinction of being teh first player from an asian country to reach a grand slam singles final at the australian open in january .
The trailblazer has been santander , but its relentless effort to make its systems exactly the same everywhere is being emulated by citigroup , hsbc and standard chartered .
The reverend al sharpton , a leading us civil rights campaigner and friend of jackson for 35 years , said the star was a " trailblazer " and a " historic figure " .
For a time both hayden 's deputy director and his chief of signals-intelligence programs worked at saic a company that won several hundred million dollars in trailblazer contracts .