CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY?

About the Book

“Corporate Responsibility?” is somewhat unusual in that while it is a non-fiction book based on actual fact it reads more like fiction. It tells as story revolving around the acquisition of and subsequent reorganization of a major Wall Street firm and the impact this had on many good and loyal employees particularly employees over the age of 40. There is a discussion of how employees were terminated, how this affected their income and benefits and the difficulties they had in finding appropriate employment. The author’s personal experiences in dealing with executive search firms, employment agencies, temporary employment services, an outplacement firm, responding to employees had in finding jobs. As indicated at the beginning of the book this story was first prepared in draft form a quarter of a century ago but never published at that time. And, although times have changed, it is nevertheless felt that this is a story worth telling and that the book may be of interest not only to anyone who is a student of history of Wall Street but that it may also be helpful and informative to anyone seeking to find a job in today’s difficult employment climate.

About the Author

Mr. Hynson was born at Bronxville, New York on April 30, 1932. After serving in the Army in Korea during 1953 and 1954 Mr. Hynson began a career on Wall Street joining The First Boston Corporation where he worked from 1954 to 1975. He received a B.S. Degree in Banking and Finance from New York University in 1960 after attending evening classes. From 1976 to 1985 Mr. Hynson worked for the firm of Prudential-Bache Securities where he became a First Vice President in the Corporate Investment Banking Division. Much of Mr. Hynson’s investment banking career involved handling competitive bidding financings which raised billions of dollars for companies in the electric, gas and telephone industries. Mr. Hynson and his wife have traveled extensively up and down the east coast and eastern half of the United States and are currently living in Morganton, North Carolina. Mr. Hynson is the author of “So You Want to Own an RV?,” “My First Seventy-Five Years” and “Corporate Responsibility?”