Tag Archives: Careers and Professions

The Boss: For OrphanAid Africa’s Chief, a Life-Changing Journey

MY parents came from a working-class area in the north of England. Being bohemians at heart and wanting to follow the sun, they quit their jobs in London in the mid-1960s and moved to the Mediterranean coast. I ... Read more

The Boss: Founder of Rand Construction Didn’t Care for Teaching

I GREW up in Grosse Pointe Woods and Bloomfield Hills, Mich. My father, who immigrated from Germany in 1925, worked in the automotive industry for 35 years, retiring from Chrysler. He was a brilliant inventor ... Read more

In Disgrace, Yet in Demand as College Teachers

After a sex scandal forced Eliot Spitzer from the governor’s mansion in Albany, he turned up at City College, teaching a course called “Law and Public Policy.” After another sex scandal forced ... Read more