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Irascible Mentor

By Beth Schulman

Email exchange, 3/10/05: Me to him: “I think of you every day as I look at the Chalmers Johnson book on my bedside table that I am too tired to read.” Jimmy replies: “Read the book … and push mine [The Long Detour].” How apt. Right to the end, a dear and irascible mentor. Jimmy instructed all new ITT staff to… return to article

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