OBITUARY<br>Benjamin M. Belcher Jr.; Retired Executive VP with Benjamin Moore
MONTVALE, NJ -- Benjamin M. Belcher Jr., retired executive vice president of Benjamin Moore & Co. and the great-grandson of company founder Benjamin Moore, died Oct. 3, 2001, in Southwest Harbor, ME. He was 66.
Mr. Belcher, who also had been a member of the Benjamin Moore board of directors, began his career with the company in 1961 at a manufacturing plant operated by Benjamin Moore & Co. Ltd., the company's Canadian subsidiary. After returning to the United States, Mr. Belcher worked his way through the management and executive ranks of the company and was elected vice president and a company director in 1975. He became executive vice president and a member of the company's Executive Committee in 1991, and retired in 1999 after nearly 40 years of service to the company.