Fred T. Reid
A Vermont native, Fred T. Reid worked in lumber mills before taking a job at a machine shop. At age 25, he moved to Hartford where he worked at Pratt…
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Prizefighting Boxer Giulio “Johnny Duke” Gallucci was a professional prizefighting boxer in the 1940s. He fought at Madison Square Garden twice, one of his greatest thrills as a boxer. He…
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Caldwell Colt was the son of gun manufacturer Samuel and his wife Elizabeth Colt. Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Manufacturing Company Educated at Yale’s scientific school, Colt designed his first firearm…
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Morgan G. Bulkeley was president of Aetna Life Insurance. During his 43-year tenure, he grew Aetna into one of the nation’s most successful financial institutions. Its assets rose from $25…
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