Tom Enright:  

Life's been good to me. I met my wife, Pam Haupt (SFX '65) at Ciungan's Shrimp House bar on February 20, 1971. Love at just about first sight! We married at St. Francis Xavier church on April 28, 1972. Nicholas James was born on May 9, 1974 and Nathaniel John on July 28, 1976. When we were first married we lived on Third St., next door to Bill Subitich's (sorry for the spelling, Bill) parents. In 1974 we bought a house on High Street from Cecila Buday, the former Mayor's widow. Got elected Ecorse Treasurer in 1973 and a year later the Mayor, Charles Coman, Joann and Chuck's father, appointed me City Controller, which I was until 1978, when I finished Easter Michigan with a Management Degree. The job search took us to Baraga County (on the shores of Lake Superior south of Houghton, MI) as the County Controller in 1978. Later I moved over to the local hospital and was the Controller there for a couple of years. 1984 brought us back to Ecorse when the Mayor, Ken Slifka, appointed me Controller (I guess there must of been something about the title?) In 1986, with the City $4,000,000 in debt, I was the instrument that put Ecorse into Receivership (first time a U.S. city had that "honor" since the Civil War). Hated to do it but Ecorse was beyond stone broke and the politicians weren't doing the right thing, to be kind about it. The Mayor and Council weren't too pleased to have me around after that, so I went to work for a municipal bond attorney and learned the bond business. Joined a brokerage firm, First of Michigan, in 1989 and have been a Financial Advisor and Underwriter on municipal bond issues ever since......Expand for more