IADD Diecutter/Diemaker of the Year - Well Worth the Wait

In his career, Larson has been both a diemaker and a diecutter, serving in key positions with family businesses from 1955 to 1986. During nearly 50 years in the business, he has always been involved "hands on" in some phase of the business.

Larson first began working in the industry when he was only five years old. He would tag along to his father's shop, the Boston Cutting Die Company, and sweep the floors, pick up empty coke bottles, and collect the working mens' soiled rags. As he got older, he began working in the shop on weekends and during summer breaks from school. When he enrolled in Northeastern University's College of Business Administration, he took part in the school's co-op program. "I would attend Northeastern for ten weeks and then work ten weeks at my father's facility," Larson says. "Each time I did this my father would have me do a different job, whether it be working the machinery or going out on the road in sales." He considers himself quite fortunate to receive such a "good, basic upbringing in the business."