Horace Whittlesey

Wonderful Read and Life Bio fellow kindred spirit compadre Don Merlot. Miss the many Sundays and several years that you and Denise joined me and my Mom for Dimsum in Tampa. Big abrazos with much love from magical San Miguel, Horace

Posted on: Jun 09, 2024 at 7:43 PM

Little Billy Richardson's (tha'st what everyone at Chapultepec GolF Club called him which my Paternal grandfather founded)  father William Richadson ran Citibank Mexico Branch during the 30's, 40's and 50's. When Mexico's Peisdent  Cardenas  ordered all foreign banks to shut down in the mid '30s, Citibank's GM William Richardson  refused to shut down Citibank's five Mexico City Pso bank branches and was allowed to continue as the sole foreign bank operating Mexican bank branches.  My Dad in the late 30's quit his job as GM of Phllips Radio in Mexico and asked Wm Richadson who was a frtiend of the family for a loan to set up his own electronic business.   Wm Richarson Sr.kindly gave him the loan whcih my father paid back a year later from my Father's new successful cmpany Trans Radio Disc that became the Mexico representative for many American electronics and stereo music comanies including Ampex tape recorders, Fisher AM-FM radio tuners and McIntosh music amplifiers.--Horace Whittlesey 

Little Billy Richardson's (that's what everyone at Chapultepec GolF Club called him which my Paternal grandfather founded)  father William Richadson ran Citibank Mexico Branch during the 30's, 40's and 50's. When Mexico's President Lazaro Cardenas ordered all foreign banks to shut down in the mid '30s, Citibank's GM William Richardson refused to shut down Citibank's five Mexico City Peso bank branches and was allowed to continue as the sole foreign bank operating bank branches in Mexico.  My Dad in the late 30's quit his job as GM of Phllips Radio in Mexico and asked Wm Richadson, who was a friend of the family, for a loan to set up his own electronics-home music business.   Wm. Richarson Sr.kindly gave him the loan whcih my father paid back a year later from my Father's new successful company, Trans Radio Disc, that became the Mexico exclusive sales representative for many American electronics and music equipment comanies including Ampex tape recorders, Fisher AM-FM radio tuners and McIntosh music amplifiers.-- Horace Whittlesey 

Welcome Dearest Sandy. Many besitos from magical San Miguel, even during the coronavirus pandemic surge, Horace (horacewhittlesey@gmail.com)

Nice photo of you and your lovely wife Janne....you're one of the few of our classmates to have celebrated a 50th wedding anniversary. Heartfelt congratulations. Big abrazos, Horace