Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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GORDON W. BRYANT Place and date of birth: Boston, Mass. March 8, 1906. Other Colleges: Harvard Business School-M.B.A. 1930 Business: Charles E. Lauriat Co., Inc., Boston, Mass.,-Booksellers. Service Record: C. G. T. R.-1 year. I Residence: 176 West St., Braintree, Mass. Community Interests: Chairman Braintree School Committee. Trustee Braintree Public Library, Braintree Savings Bank: Director American Booksellers Association. Wife's Name: Marjorie S. Bryant. Children: Cynthia, born. Sept. 3, 1934, Thayer Academy, 19525 Wellesley College freshman. Judith, born Mar. 29, 1938, Thayer Academy, 1956 Butch, born Feb. 5, 1943. -l1a - He was a blind date on a chill evening in March of 1930. It was Ben Butler's fault in the very beginning because he introduced Gogo to Wellesley. But it was Paul Bunker who was principally to blame for he introduced Gogo to me. Yes, and Steve Trafton had a hand in the arrangements of that first fateful meeting, too. It's hard to understand now, but I was completely swept off my feet by this man whom I was to know for the next four weeks as Gogo Plaices . I figured I'd found a guy that was going to set the world on fire so when he popped the question I naturally fell all over myself to 21

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wife was more than happy over my decision, although for the first year or so I wasn't too sure. All of these events took place in the early and middle thirties. And in 1937 I made another change to become General Agent for the Metro- politan Casualty Insurance Company in the Accident, Health and Hospital field, a position I still hold. That same year I married Miss Cornelia Spencer of Belmont, Mass., and in December, 1937 our daughter, Nancy, was born. Later I became an insurance broker here in Massachusetts, and re- cently Was appointed General Agent in the Group Accident and Health field by the Boston, Mass. Ins. Co. During the past twenty-five years I have continued to play tennis, first at the Salem Country Club, later at Jackson Heights Tennis Club in New York, and then at the Tedesco Country Club in Marblehead, Mass. However, I must confess that I gave up Tournament Tennis at the ripe old age of 35, and now play just for the fun and associations. Hope to see you in June. 20

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acquiesce fsay yesj. We were married a few months later-September of 1931. e And then came the dawn! My embryo millionaire turned out to be pulling down S25 a week, which was reduced to 522.50 in the Spring of '32. By dint of much patience, a couple of raises .and some encouragement from yours truly, I finally get him up to where he figured it would be smart for him to report his income to Uncle Sam. But long before this happened he embarked on a program that has turned out to be the very best thing he ever did-that of fathering our three children: Cynthia, who is following in my footsteps and is now a Freshman at Wellesley-Judy, who has just entered Thayer Academy and is the star athlete of the family-and Butch, nine years old and son and heir to his estates. Gogo found after a while that family life got to be pretty drab sometimes so he launched himself into a career of public service via the Taxpayer's Association. Folks in Braintree discovered he didn't like No for an answer so they started saddling him with all kinds of thank- less jobs from Red Cross and Community Fund to Town Meeting Member, Trustee of thisqand that and Chairman of the School Committee. He got all the glory for these noble deeds but guess who did the dirty-work! Right in the middle of all this public service crusade he decided it was pretty humdrum working for somebody else, especially after his boss found it desirable to bring his robust sons into the business and adorn them with fancy titles. So he started looking around to see what he could see. And guess what he saw! Know anything about the book business? Ever hear of any-one making any money in the book business? Course you didn't-and you never will! Least, not as long as there are vultures callfed publishers who sell you books, then turn around and sell your customers for less! So now we own a bookstore. Yup, a nice big one-one of the biggest and one of the best-by gum. If you don't believe it, just come to Boston and l-ook around. Well, we're still hitched--and always will be. We're enjoying life in spite of publishers and everything. Now I see I've run over my 300 words so I'll have to sign off. Happy landings to you. By Marjorie S. Bryant dutiful wife of Gogo Bryant Cwritten by her husbandl 22