Q: You'd also written how carefully she begins to cultivate the powerful .
. . and she remembers all the names of the officers who served with her husband
and when he rose to influence she never hesitated to kind of call in a debt.
YOUNG: I think what Pinky began to recognize is, as her husband rose in the
ranks, she as the socializer could also prove to be a great assistance to her
husband's career and later on to her son's career by making note of the people
that they worked with and associated with and who she could contact for
assistance. And therefore I visualize Pinky in the office with three by five
cards putting down names of everyone and their children and their
grandchildren's names and if any of these people ever rose to influence, she
indeed would write to them. I'm often disappointed that more of her husband's
papers didn't survive because I have a feeling that they also wrote to him for
assistance. I don't think Pinky is as unique in this networking as everyone
tends to emphasize. I think in organizations like the military and even, you
know universities, there's this tendency to network and to condemn Pinky for
being a networker is somewhat unfair.
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