Sentence:  Throughout these exciting years I have <WSD>been</WSD> fortunate for , although I have never offered great financial inducements , talent has found its way to me : William Boal who so ably organizes business operations ; John Beach who guides circulation ; Irving Granville and Nelson Rector who travel widely calling on business firms . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)