Reunion

 October 1, 1990, Neenah-Menasha Daily Northwestern

The "isolated" outpost cities of Neenah and Menasha turned out to be profound for these gentlemen- not only in their quality of living, but for the revolutionary ways in which they learned their trade in the packaging business.  The business world after World War II was extraordinary in the excitement generated for new products, new media, and inventive new ways to harness the technological advances that were a by-product of war technology.  Avant garde ideas were massaged in unconventional training programs.  The result was an executive pool who could react to these new-fangled ideas being birthed daily and monetize them exclusively to their companies' advantage.  We don't often think of the Twin Cities as being ground zero for such free thinking, but here is the proof.