1952

Our copy of After Market Distribution arrived with a picture of a surprised, but happy Jack Creamer receiving a big trophy. As president emeritus of the Automotive Warehouse Distributors Association (AWDA) Jack was a member of a committee to select the Automotive Leader of the Year. The committee picked someone, but after Jack left, they reconvened and picked Jack. Diane, Jacks wife since 1952, and two daughters and two sons flew in to add to the surprise. He was called "one of the most respective executives in the automotive aftermarket." Fresh out of the Marine Corps, Jack started in the aftermarket in his father's parts distribution business in metropolitan New York in 1955. In the mid-1960s the business was sold. Jack remained for a time with the purchaser and then struck out on his own in a daring move to Kansas. There he became president of Martin Fromm & Associates, which managed numerous trade associations. In 1978 he left Fromm and returned to Connecticut to open Distribution Marketing Services, specializing in marketing consulting, mergers and acquisitions and executive placement. He was also elected president of AWDA, 40 years after attending his first meeting.

Jack and Diane moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, two years ago to a vacation home to which they had been commuting for 10 years. The move was triggered by the discovery of a tumor in Jack's neck, now safely and completely removed. Jack has returned to golf, though not yet to his twohandicap level, and he has reopened his business office in Arizona with one of his sons. Another son is in Paris and one of his daughters is in London. Two of his 10 grandchildren speak to him in perfect English and two more in perfect French.

If it weren't for Paul C.T. Loo, we wouldn't know Hawaii existed. In a recent publication from our farthest-flung state, Paul was identified as one of the top 250 people in the islands. Paul is now senior vice president of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter which, by virtue of merger, is Hawaii's oldest and largest investment firm. He is a past president of Honolulu Stock Exchange, one of four original founders of Hawaii Pacific University and husband of Violet and the father of two children and who knows how many grandchildren. He is former chair of the Hawaii State Ethics Commission and serves on numerous civic and business boards. His membership in the Outrigger Canoe Club is one of his most eye-catching achievements: adventuresome and romantic.

John Rosenwald was the recent target of a tremendous story in The New York Times under the caption: "When Rosie Asks, New York's Elite Can't Say No." The story concluded with John's priceless rules for making "The Ask." A couple of the treasures are: "Don't give till it hurts; give till it feels good," and "Courting major donors is like catching big fish on light tackle: pull too hard and the line breaks." His record is in the billions.

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