Leslie C. Quick III

August 1, 2005 by Leave a Comment

Leslie C. Quick III is a founding partner of Massey, Quick & Co., a wealth management firm in Morristown, NJ. For the previous 28 years, he held various executive positions at the Quick & Reilly Group, Inc., which in 1998 was acquired by Fleet Financial Group, and which was consequently acquired by Bank of America in 2004. Quick is a trustee of Oak Knoll School in … [Read more...] about Leslie C. Quick III

Leslie C. Quick III

August 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Leslie Quick is the chairman of Fleet Securities, Inc. and president and CEO of U.S. Clearing. Previously, he had been president and COO of The Quick & Reilly Group Inc. (Quick is pictured seated left with his late father, Leslie Quick, Jr., and three brothers. See list for profiles on Christopher Quick, Peter Quick, Thomas Quick.) In 1998, U.S. Clearing became part of … [Read more...] about Leslie C. Quick III

June 28, 1861

Australian explorer Robert O’Hara Burke, born in Co. Galway, died on this day in 1861. Burke, who had migrated to Australia in 1853 after a short military and police career, and was appointed to lead the Victorian Exploring Expedition in 1860. He partnered with William John Wills as surveyor and the party set out with the goal of discovering a south to north route through Australia. Burke was inexperienced in bushcraft, and ultimately the expedition failed with the death of seven members including himself.