Monday, March 11, 2013
Charlie, since you are the one we know, I want you to tell you how much Bob's HBS and Air Force friends thought of him. I will report to your Vanderbilt classmate, Walter, now President of Berry Companies, Inc. (One of Walter's sons, Adam, also went to Vanderbilt and on to SMU in Dallas for his MBA. Walter went to Indiana for his.)
I have made certain the Harvard Business School knows about Bob's death, and I have been keeping up with his deteriorating health through Janet Ladley. I last talked to him last spring when we were preparing for our 60th HBS Reunion. At that time I also talked to his valet a time or two when Bob would be napping.
We had a great time together in Sacramento in the Air Force--what we called Operation Good Deal! That is where I got to know him best. He met Nancy during that time, as you know.
You have my condolences.
Fred Berry
<fberry@berrycompaniesinc.com>
P.O. Box 829, Wichita, KS 67201
316-858-8108
(704) 218-9955