The London Lounge

I was going to post some pictures of Eugene in the boring-business-people topic, but I think this man deserves his own thread. Look at the way he wears his hat...

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In so doing, Mr. Black spent two-thirds of his time traveling the world. His British-tailored, 6-foot-2-inch frame, topped by a tilted Homburg, appeared at one time or another in most of the bank's member nations.
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http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/21/world ... all&src=pm

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNA ... 06,00.html








































Eugene R. Black, president of the World Bank. Pictures from the 1950s.