Oreos and Dubonnet: Remembering Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller (Excelsior Editions)
Joseph H. Boyd Jr.(1938–2013)joined Nelson Rockefeller’s first campaign for  governor of New York in 1958 while still a student at Colgate University.  After graduation, he served the governor during all four terms in office—as  personal aide, campaign staffer, assistant to the governor, advance man, chief  of advance, appointments officer, and legislative liaison. In 1972, he ran  unsuccessfully for Congress from the east end of Long   Island, subsequently returning to the Rockefeller administration.  Later Boyd was a lobbyist for the northeastern region for Pfizer Corp.Charles R. Holcombcovered the Rockefeller administration for a  decade as a legislative correspondent and political reporter in Albany, New York  for the Gannett Newspapers. He began his newspaper career as a reporter for theBaltimore Evening Sunbefore moving to  Gannett’s RochesterTimes Union.  Later he served as publisher of theIthaca  Journaland then as Director of Communications to Governor Hugh L. Carey  during his second term in office. He subsequently worked at a New York financial public relations firm,  Adams & Rinehart, before establishing his own firm, Holcomb Associates. He and  his wife,  Joan, live in Huntington, New York.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.