He knows of prodigal sons and promising granddaughters, of executives at family-owned businesses who will not learn for years that the brass ring was never going to be theirs.
"It is a real sad occasion," said Vincent J. Cannuscio, the supervisor of the Town of Southampton, who said that Ms. Czaplick's granddaughter Linda Kabot was his executive assistant.
She is survived by her sons, Anthony, a television director; and Robert, an entrepreneurial executive; and granddaughter Alexandra, who all live in Los Angeles, as well as her brother, Robert Beck, of San Diego.
Green, a granddaughter of the longtime baseball executive Dallas Green, had been the only girl on her Little League team.
Elena Ford, 35, a granddaughter of the former chief executive Henry Ford II, was named group brand manager of Mercury, a spokeswoman, Nancy Carollo, said yesterday.
Her granddaughter, Robin, is the museum's executive director.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by her daughter, Linda Johnson Rice, who is chairwoman and chief executive of Johnson Publishing, and a granddaughter.
A great-granddaughter of David L. Dodge, New York merchant and peace activist, and granddaughter of William E. Dodge, metals business executive (Phelps, Dodge & Company) and philanthropist, Grace Dodge donated about $1.5 million and years of leadership to her philanthropies.
The company board now includes her son Leonard, his son William (the current executive chairman) and Estee's granddaughters Aerin and Jane, both of whom have spent their careers working for the firm.
She is a granddaughter also of Joseph Roland Pratt of Minneapolis, who is retired and was executive vice president of Experience Inc., an executive consulting concern in Minneapolis.
"If you want to win there's no time for networking," said Angela Janklow Harrington, an executive at Dolce & Gabbana and the granddaughter of the director Mervyn LeRoy.
