I just read the J. W. Marriott, Jr.'s book Spirit to Serve in fast forward, random indexed selection, and what not. I was curious to see what he had to say. I stole it from the room that I stayed in.
A few points of interest:
1. A&W Rootbeer, or rather a franchise in DC, was started by Willard Marriott (Senior) and his wife Allice. According to this site, it does not look like A&W stands for Allice & Willard.
2. The Marriotts mentioned above, moved to DC from Marriott Settlement, UT which is near Ogden, UT
3. Frist Hotel in Arlington, VA.
4. Forward written in Bethesda, Maryland? What does that mean? What is that all about? Does he live there?
5. Marriott contemplated buying Disney in the 1980s. Maybe it was a good move not to buy.
6. Church mentioned and Spencer W. Kimball quoted.
Posted by Michael at December 20, 2003 04:54 PM