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Richard Reeve

Is it certain that Richard Reeve was a CEO?

Currently, wiki says: "For over 25 years his paternal grandfather, Colonel Richard Henry Reeve, was CEO of the Prudential Life Insurance Company." Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/books/f-d-reeve-poet-and-translator-dies-at-84.html

From the source: "Franklin D'Olier Reeve was born into a well-off family in Philadelphia on Sept. 18, 1928, to the former Anne D'Olier and Richard Henry Reeve, who was the chief executive of Prudential Financial for 25 years."

1. This sentence sounds suspiciously close to Still Me. Unfortunately, there is a typo in the book. Christopher about his father: "Franklin had come from a prominent Mainline Philadelphia family. His grandfather, Col. Richard d'Olier, was the CEO of the Prudential Insurance Company for more than twenty-five years." It should say Franklin D'Olier, not "Richard D'Olier".

I kinda think NYT got confused by "Richard". In that same obituary, they make a correction about another fact, so they're not flawless.

2. Richard Reeve was the husband of D'Olier's daughter Anne (D'Olier also had a son). I can't find any other source about D'Olier's family working for the Prudential. Besides, Anne divorced Richard and remarried.

3. A few other places online say that Richard Reeve was CEO, but it seems like they all use NYT/wikipedia as the source.

Do you think this line should be removed from the article? Or at last be replaced with "his great-grandfather was the CEO of the Prudential" because at least this one is supported by multiple reliable sources? CJC-DI (talk) 18:01, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll change the line to "great-grandfather" for now. It's not a huge change, but it's supported by various sources. I wrote to NYT, but who knows if they'll ever respond since the article is so old. CJC-DI (talk) 13:55, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your hard work on this! Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 17:23, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I received a reply from NYT. They said the article is too old to verify it.

"Thank you for your note. We make every effort to correct errors when they are brought to our attention in a reasonable period of time. After that, I’m afraid, our general policy is not to alter them.

With an archive of published material dating back to 1851, The Times would be hard-pressed to put out the best possible news report today and the best possible paper tomorrow if we devoted our time and finite resources to re-reporting old articles. So, as both a practical consideration and a matter of policy, we unfortunately have to resign ourselves to the continued existence of some errors in our digital archives." CJC-DI (talk) 06:30, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]