Early Life and Education
Bossidy was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on March 5, 1935 and has a twin brother, Tom Bossidy. Bossidy worked at the family shoe store growing up, had dreams of being a big league baseball pitcher. and once had a summer job of pitching baseball for a college league team in Quebec, Canada. When Bossidy was a senior in high school he had a 95+ mph fastball & a scout offered Bossidy a $40,000 contract to pitch for the Detroit Tigers. However, when the scout came to Bossidy's house with a check, Bossidy's mother wouldn't let him in the house insisting that Bossidy finish his studies at Colgate. While at Colgate He helped lead them to the college world series and was inducted into their sports hall of fame.
Bossidy graduated from Colgate University in 1957 with a BA in economics. He was a member of the Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Colgate. Bossidy was later conferred a doctorate of Humane Letters from Colgate.
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