6/19/21 (Saturday)

My deepest heartfelt condolences. 

I met your dad after he returned from being General Manager of Gillette Mexico to Gillette in Boston to head marketing in the Toiletries Division (sometime in 1972 I believe, maybe earlier).

I joined Gillette in marketing in October 1972 at age 26. On January 2, 1973 (1st day back after New Year’s holiday), my mother called me that morning from Mexico (my parents were on vacation) to say my dad suddenly passed away the night before, at age 58, from a cardiac arrest after golf. I quickly made plans to fly there with my wife that day, and was leaving the office within the hour.

Before leaving  your dad came in, said be just heard the news, said his condolences, and told me ‘not to worry about the trip… to look for Gillette representatives when we exited the plane, and that a driver, a translator, and an attorney would drive us from the Mexico City airport to Cuernavaca… and stay there as long as we were there to help!’

Needless to say it left a lasting impression on me throughout my career on the ‘people-side’ of business and ‘doing the right thing’, beyond many business & marketing-related skills I learned from Hal over the years.

He was a mentor, a friend, and a man’s man.

We kept in touch over the decades off ‘n on.

I left Gillette in 1978, and two of us returned in early 2001 as the new ‘Gillette turnaround team’.

Hal called me 4-5 times, before/after the turnaround was completed and before we sold to P&G, with growth ideas and his perspective, which was most appreciated even though he (like I) had left the firm decades before; but I was not surprised… ‘that was Hal!’.

I want the family to know that someone on the east coast also misses Hal, has very fond and lasting memories, and is a better person (and businessman) as a direct result of our relationship.

I will say a prayer tomorrow honoring Hal on Father’s Day.

Peter Klein/www.pkassoc.com

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11 febrero, 1929 – 2 mayo, 2021

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