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I am a part of all that I have met : the memoirs of Burke Nicholson of Balvenie / H. Burke Nicholson, Jr., with Mary Juliet Nicholson.
Lippincott Library HC102.5.N49 A3 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicholson, H. Burke, Jr., 1917-2007, author.
- Nicholson, Mary Juliet, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nicholson, H. Burke, Jr., 1917-2007.
- Nicholson, H. Burke.
- Nicholson, H. Burke, Jr., 1917-2007--Family.
- Coca-Cola Company.
- Businessmen--United States--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Employees.
- Families.
- United States.
- Coca-Cola Company--Employees--Biography.
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Biography.
- Atlanta (Ga.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 205 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- Burke Nicholson was many things: Son of the South. Golfer. Scottish Baron. World traveller. Philanthropist. Husband. Father. However, he played one role that defined him more and informed the other aspects of his life differently than all of the others: visionary Coca-Cola executive. The chronicle of his life is in large part a firsthand account of Coca-Cola's development into and emergence as the globally recognized brand it is today as he experienced it as one of the pioneers on the international side of the business. The history of Coca-Cola cannot be told without him, just as his life cannot be recounted without the soft drink. The two are profoundly intertwined. Having started out in his late teens working on Coca-Cola delivery trucks in London while he waited for sessions at the London School of Economics to begin, he rose through the ranks to ultimately become Chairman of Coca-Cola Europe. During his long and storied career, he was afforded opportunities most "Buckhead Boys" could only dream from negotiating behind the Iron Curtain to having an audience with the Queen of England. Although his memoir is perhaps ostensibly a historical narrative and a tale of engagement on the battlefield of business, it is also a great love story, the relation of a lifelong romance. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part 1
- Chapter 1 Early Life in Atlanta 1
- Chapter 2 Canada 13
- Chapter 3 England 19
- Chapter 4 New England and New York City 31
- Chapter 5 World War II: The South Atlantic Command 43
- Chapter 6 The United Kingdom after the War 49
- Chapter 7 Holland 53
- Chapter 8 Switzerland 59
- Chapter 9 Belgium 63
- Chapter 10 France 69
- Chapter 11 Back in Belgium 79
- Chapter 12 London One Last Time 93
- Chapter 13 Reflections on Our Life Overseas 133
- Part 2
- Chapter 14 Home to Atlanta 139
- Chapter 15 Life in Atlanta 141
- Chapter 16 Travels 151
- Chapter 17 Wing Shooting 165
- Chapter 18 Scottish, Clan, and Heraldic Matters 177
- Chapter 19 Family 185
- Chapter 20 Life After Juliet 193.
- ISBN:
- 9780881464719
- 0881464716
- OCLC:
- 859061562
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