Walter: Richard E. “Dick” Morley (RIP,) the founder of Bedford Assc. (later Modicon, Inc.) was a client. Dick went to M.I.T. but dropped out before he graduated. Not sure if he was ever a Reitman student proper but he was certainly a big fan.
We were both members of the old IEEE-Man-Machine Systems Group, (today it's the Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society.) Pretty sure that's where I first learned the Reitman name and school of thought.
PS: Showed your lyrics to the cousins. Two comments: a. Prohibition era Paducah was already too big for the “one horse town” moniker but b. Still too small for “fifty dollar bill” bribe. That would buy one the entire 1933 McCracken Country Sheriff's Dept., lock, stock and beer belly. (or so a friend of a friend of a friend tells them ;)