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...Weston Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures Julie A. Buckler was extended an offer of tenure yesterday. Though she has yet to officially accept, Buckler says she plans...
...Weston ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS...
...Britain the Westons are often referred to as the family that invented sliced bread. The founder of their retail business was a Canadian emigre, Garfield Weston, who created individually packaged loaves. His son Garry built publicly traded Associated British Foods (ABF) during the postwar years and acquired dozens of assets, including British Sugar and the luxury London store Fortnum & Mason. During Garry's 33 years at the helm, ABF's value soared by a factor of 30, and it is currently the biggest family-controlled company on the London Stock Exchange, with annual sales of $7 billion...
Before he died last year at 74, Garry Weston installed the firm's first top manager from outside the family. But each of Garry's six children is involved in the firm. Guy, 42, the eldest son, runs the holding company, Wittington Investments, which owns 54.5% of ABF. In 2001, Wittington bought back the 10% of Fortnum & Mason that it didn't already own. The second son, George (it's a family tradition for sons to be given names starting with G), 39, is deputy chairman of ABF, and Garth, 34, is chief of the company's Ryvita crispbread subsidiary...
Peter H. Brooks ’06, a midshipman from Weston, Mass., challenged the image of the “militaristic, hair-trigger people” that he says many associate with ROTC...