[Letter from Kenneth N. Hill to Harris L. Kempner, October 23, 1963] Page: 1 of 4
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INDUSTRIAL NATIONAL BANK
OF P R O V I D E N C E
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
KENNETH N. HILL October 23, 196
VICE PRESIDENT 1 6
Mr. Harris K. Kempner
H. Kempner Cotton Company
11th Floor
U. S. National Bank Building
Galveston, Texas
Dear Harris:
I think that by now you will have received an up-to-date
list of the members of the class which Brooks Potter has sent
to each member of our Committee. I am suggesting that if each
of you could give me, within a couple of weeks after receiving
the list, the names of twenty-four nominees for the Permanent
Class Committee and ten nominees for the Nominating Committee.
I would tabulate the names submitted and send the results back
to each member of the Committee. By that process, repeated if
necessary, I am hoping that final lists of twenty-four names
and ten names - twice the number of those to be elected - might
evolve which we would jointly be willing to submit for considera-
tion by the class.
You will notice in Brooks' letter an intimation that
our own names as members of the Nominating Committee might
be included among the nominees for the Class Committee. This
raises a somewhat awkward question and, while our instinct
might be that to do so would be immodest, I am wondering
whether or not if at the outset we establish a policy of
including all of the expiring Nominating Committee that
wouldn't at least be setting a precedent for a routine and
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Hill, Kenneth N. [Letter from Kenneth N. Hill to Harris L. Kempner, October 23, 1963], letter, October 23, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1420799/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rosenberg Library.