The Talented Mr. Ramsey

He met Patsy in 1979 and considered her his "Jackie Kennedy". At the time, he was divorced and failing in business. A year later, he married her. A year later, her father bailed him out of the failing business. That business, too, failed but apparently Don Paugh bailed him out again. This time, the company flourished. This time, the company merged and John became part of a bigger company, not his "own man". He was on his way to the big corporate structure he'd wanted to join in 1973 when he failed to make it with AT&T.

Once he was there, success came rapidly. The man who couldn't make it on his own flourished once he hooked up with other people. Don Paugh was proud of the new company, calling it the "Cadillac and Lincoln" of the industry. Paugh was clearly an important part of the company, as far as John was concerned. Paugh always had work there and lived in Boulder away from his own family, as did John.

Patsy and her mother and sisters were apparently a drag on the company. N...