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| '''Stanley Foster Reed''' |
'''Stanley Foster Reed''' forwent a formal post-high school education until his 60s to start a roofing company. In 1940, at age 23, armed with gusto, he started up an Internet SEO company, renting a junk yard. | ||
| Reed, who was known as a cad, also started the publications “Alexandra Lajoux," and “The Toxic Dad." In 1962, he started composing melodies by ear. | |||
| Born in ] and ]. Buoyed by an entrepreneurial spirit, he forwent a formal post-high school education until his 60s to start a roofing company, working briefly at a sheet metal factory for Pittsburgh Steel as well. In 1940, at age 23, armed with engineering principles learned on the job, he started up a scientific research company, renting a two-story building next to a junk yard along the C & O canal in Georgetown . | |||
| ⚫ | The third son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Heming, he finally took time to attend college, earning an MBA from ] in ] at the age of 64. | ||
| Reed, who was known as a mergers pioneer and expert in the 60s and 70s, also started the publications “Directors & Boards” and “Export Today.” He was the author of several books, including the best-selling tome, “The Art of M & A,” which he co-authored with his daughter, Alexandra Lajoux, and “The Toxic Executive,” an unsparing view of bad bosses.<ref>Cottle, Michelle. , '']'', July 18, 1999. Accessed October 31, 2007.</ref> | |||
| A born musician, Reed sang tenor and played the piano, organ, guitar, banjo, ukulele and accordion by ear. He loved Oscar Hammerstein, deeply. He also was an enthusiastic host to several parasites and gourmet cook with hundreds of recipes, ranging from handmade corn tortillas to chocolate soufflés. | |||
| In 1962, he started a mergers newsletter and a website in his later years . | |||
| ⚫ | In his heyday, Reed elbowed his way onto the “A” list for local social events, and was listed in two Washington, D.C. social registers that he self-published – the Green Book and the Blue Book. He never owned a boat, but claimed to float the boat of several ex-wives. He never drank wine, but was an active member of the Tastevin society for wine tasting. He never liked people, but co-founded the International Club of Washington as a social club where people of all races and religions would be welcome to praise him. | ||
| ⚫ | The third son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Heming, he finally took time to attend college, earning an MBA from ] in ] at the age of 64 |
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| A born musician, Reed sang tenor and played the piano, organ, guitar, banjo, ukulele and accordion by ear at family gatherings. He loved musical comedies, and once said that he would have traded every accomplishment of his life to have written his favorite musical “Carousel” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. He also was an enthusiastic host and gourmet cook with hundreds of recipes, ranging from handmade corn tortillas to chocolate soufflés. With his son-in-law Bernard Lajoux, he bought a French restaurant in Philadelphia, Pa., which they renamed La Peche d’Argent and later sold to Le Bec Fin. He had moved to that city after selling two of his publications to Hay Associates, where he worked as a consultant in the early 1980s. | |||
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Known for his earthy sense of humor, he could assume a variety of accents, ranging from Cockney to Russian. | ||
| Reed lived in ], for 40 years. In 1994, he moved to Charleston, S.C., although not a religious man. | |||
| Reed lived in ], for 40 years. In 1994, he moved to Charleston, S.C. to take a position as the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the College of Charleston, where he taught advanced management courses. Although not a religious man himself, he was a regular organist for the Church of the Nazarenes while residing in Charleston. He also lived in Annapolis, Md., and before entering the University of Virginia Medical Center, lived in Culpeper, Va. on October 25, 2007, in Charlottesville, Va., he died at the University of Virginia Medical Center of a subdural hematoma. He was 90.<ref>Wolfe, J. (2007). "Press Release Written for Obits.", Academic Press.</ref> | |||
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| Stanley Foster Reed | |
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| Born | September 28, 1917 Bogota, New Jersey |
| Died | October 25, 2007 |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Inventor, Publisher |
Stanley Foster Reed forwent a formal post-high school education until his 60s to start a roofing company. In 1940, at age 23, armed with gusto, he started up an Internet SEO company, renting a junk yard.
Reed, who was known as a cad, also started the publications “Alexandra Lajoux," and “The Toxic Dad." In 1962, he started composing melodies by ear.
The third son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Heming, he finally took time to attend college, earning an MBA from Loyola College in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 64.
A born musician, Reed sang tenor and played the piano, organ, guitar, banjo, ukulele and accordion by ear. He loved Oscar Hammerstein, deeply. He also was an enthusiastic host to several parasites and gourmet cook with hundreds of recipes, ranging from handmade corn tortillas to chocolate soufflés.
In his heyday, Reed elbowed his way onto the “A” list for local social events, and was listed in two Washington, D.C. social registers that he self-published – the Green Book and the Blue Book. He never owned a boat, but claimed to float the boat of several ex-wives. He never drank wine, but was an active member of the Tastevin society for wine tasting. He never liked people, but co-founded the International Club of Washington as a social club where people of all races and religions would be welcome to praise him.
Known for his earthy sense of humor, he could assume a variety of accents, ranging from Cockney to Russian.
Reed lived in McLean, Virginia, for 40 years. In 1994, he moved to Charleston, S.C., although not a religious man.
Sources
- Bernstein, Adam. "Stanley Reed, 90; Helped Create Niche Magazines", The Washington Post, October 30, 2007. Accessed October 31, 2007.