Word: skillman
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...husbands and wives may have radically different ideas about the subject. "Married couples can be relatively in synch with one another when it comes to making decisions about how they want to live today--where to go to dinner or where to take the next family vacation," says Jon Skillman, president of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Co. "Yet surprisingly, husbands and wives do not necessarily see eye to eye on their expectations for retirement...
...self-employed or in a job that doesn't have a standard retirement age, you may be more apt to delay thinking about these issues. "It's often an imminent retirement date that provides the catalyst to start planning," Skillman says. Getting laid off or accepting an early-retirement package can force your hand. But don't wait until you get a severance check to begin planning...
...Skillman, the former security guard, remembers his days at Harvard fondly, recalling the annual Employee Appreciation Day (later axed by the Office of Human Resources...
...Skillman recalls, Rudenstine honored him alongside his colleagues for his 25 years of service at a special ceremony at the Law School...
...would come and tell us how much he appreciated the work we were doing,” Skillman says. “There were janitors, guards and everyone there who had 25 years of service. He’d tell you how grateful he is for us taking care of the students and the buildings. He was sort of patting us on the back...