Obituary: James Challenger, 1925-2019

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James R Hagerty, Wild Idea Created Outplacement Services. Wall Street Journal, Sept 21, 2019.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jam ... ervices-11568989800

Note: The print obituary stops at the middle of the online version. The print ends with this paragraph: "His goal was to have his counselors on the spot to meet people immediately after they learned of their dismissals. The idea was to prevent them from doing something stupid, like bad-mouthing their former employers."

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(1) James E Challenger, Founder of Outplacement & Chairman of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Dies at 93. Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Sept 12, 2019.
http://www.challengergray.com/pr ... y-christmas-dies-93

My comment: Only the first half is worth reading.

(2) Steven R Strahler, James Challenger, an Early Player in the Business of Finding New Jobs for Laid-off Corporate Executives, Who Had a Talent for Keeping His Name in the News, Died Aug 30 at His Winnetka Home. He Was 93.. Craig's Chicago Business, Sept 9, 2019
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/ ... cement-firm-dies-93
(James "Challenger and two partners started an 'outplacement' firm they named after themselves in 1966, according to his son John, now CEO of Challenger Gray & Christmas")

My comment”
(a) There is no need to read the rest.
(b) Try as I may, I fail to find in the Web the names of the other two (named) partners.