I used to snicker in journalism school when our professor explained that the obituary section was one of the best read parts of a daily newspaper. The joke went that people check the column just to make sure their name isn’t in it. While I never developed that habit, I do find myself drawn to the obits in major newspapers because they offer some great lessons from the storied careers of business legends who have, sadly, passed on.
One such remembrance that ran recently was for Herb Kelleher,...
