In 2007, at a party celebrating his 50th anniversary at Random House, he refused to entertain a discussion about his retirement. But in recent months he has scaled back his office hours somewhat, coming in at 8:30 a.m. but leaving by 4 p.m. One friend said Mr. Loomis is still capable of having two double bourbons at lunch and then working the rest of the day.
By the time the memo had gone out on Friday announcing that Mr. Loomis would be leaving the company, he was already in Sag Harbor out on Long Island, where he spends weekends with his wife, the writer Hilary Mills, and their 8-year-old chocolate Lab, Mudslide.
via Robert Loomis, Book Editor, Retiring From Random House – NYTimes.com.
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