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Longtime friends face public scrutiny

Bank of America’s travails put Boston duo into spotlight

Charles Gifford (left) and Thomas May have withstood other tests together; now they now face congressional scrutiny over their role as directors during Bank of America's Merrill acquisition. Charles Gifford (left) and Thomas May have withstood other tests together; now they now face congressional scrutiny over their role as directors during Bank of America's Merrill acquisition.
By Megan Woolhouse and Steven Syre
Globe Staff / November 8, 2009

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Charles K. Gifford and Thomas J. May seem like an unlikely pair. A product of a patrician family and Princeton, Gifford is the more garrulous, long the civic face of Boston’s business community. May is from middle-class Connecticut and modest Stonehill College, and despite his outwardly quiet demeanor, is known as a formidable executive. (Full article: 1435 words)

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