There's always a Massachusetts connection

Carly Carioli made that observation today on learning that Joseph F. Kahn had been anointed as the next editor of the New York Times. Kahn grew up in eastern Massachusetts, son of Leo Kahn, who co-founded Staples (based in Framingham) and Purity Supreme (he co-founded Staples with former rival Thomas Stemberg of Finast). Kahn's parents gave their son the middle initial of F, which doesn't stand for anything, but which meant his initials would be the same as JFK's.