Bob Nourse around the age of 50 lost the family business. He had his brother managed it until Mongomery Ward found another vendor. It was over quickly.
Jim Handy, later hired by Bob, recalled that “Bob found himself on a profound search personally (What am I really about?) and professionally (What do I do?)”
TEC (The Executive Committee) remains the name used by several of the partners of Vistage
which is the name in the US except for Michigan and Wisconsin (where Bob Nourse started TEC in 1957).Vistage/TEC is the world’s largest CEO membership organization with over 14,000 members in 16 countries.
Lee Thayer
speaks of the Vision having the man. This was most true in the case of Bob Nourse.The following is excerpted from Robert Nourse’s typed autobiography and family history: History of the Nourse Family, Volume II. It speaks to the spirit behind an idea of one man that has continued to grow over the past 50 years.
