About a week ago, I ordered a book called Dormont to read with a friend. I grew up in a borough of Alleghany County, Pennsylvania named Dormont.
It is in the South Hills and was about 1 square mile in size with a population of around 12,000. I had been searching for the name of the Rexall Drug Store where my brother Kirby Stiening had been a clerk, when I stumbled on this obscure book. I knew within a couple paragraphs that I had to get the book.
I did not know who the author was or why he wrote the book, I just knew he was a good writer and every sentence dripped with anecdotes and real people and places where I grew up.
Mr Smith is currently 75 years old. It turns out from his description of the house he grew up in that he must have lived no more than a few houses away from where I grew up, albeit a 14 year difference in our ages.
Raymond W Smith was formerly the CEO of Verizon and (as of 2011) is the chairman of Rothschild, Inc, the banking conglomerate that rules the world.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_W._Smith
Knock me over with a feather.
By the way Ron Paul is also an alumni of Dormont High School, six years older than Mr Smith. It would be interesting to be in a room with the two of them.
Smith’s is definitely one of the best resumes I’ve ever seen.
All more so when you read about his humble beginnings. Cream rises to the top
>”is the chairman of Rothschild, Inc, the banking conglomerate that rules the world.”<
Holy Cow. Man, alex says the 'rothchilds' ( and bank) are bad news.
Small world sometimes.
parrott