[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Joseph I. Cunningham, August 22, 1963] Page: 1 of 2
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August 22, 1963
Mr. Joseph I. Cunningham
The Taft School
Watertown, Connecticut
Dear Mr. Cunningham:
I have your letter of the 19th and am very glad indeed
to tell you about young Bill Alpert.
I have known the boy and his family for quite a number
of years now. He is an exceptionally intelligent, eager youngster. He has a
wide range of interests and almost any subject is grist for his intellectual mill.
He is somewhat of a nervous type but not exceptionally
so and has apparently been quite successful in his trips to summer camps and,
as far as I know, gets along very well with his peers in school.
Mr. Alpert is an engineer by training. He now works
for this Company in an executive capacity. He and Mrs. Alpert are both very
good citizens, active in various civic activities - both charitable and commer-
cial. Mr. Alpert, amont other things, is Vice-President of the Chamber of
Commerce and a member of the City of Galveston Planning Board, etc.
My own children and nephews went to Deerfield, the Hill,
and Choate so when I tell you that I think this boy will fit very well in the school,
it is said with some knowledge of the type of surroundings in which he will find
hims elf.
Any other information I can furnish will be given gladly
on request.
Sincerely yours,33
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