Get to know Bill
Joined Cummings: 1970
Background: Tufts University, sales (Vick’s VapoRub and Gorton’s Seafoods), business operation (Old Medford Foods), entrepreneurship (founder of Cummings Properties, Cummings Executive Suites, and Beacon Grille restaurant; co-founder of Cummings Foundation and New Horizons retirement communities), publishing (author of self-published memoir Starting Small and Making It Big)
Town of residence: Winchester
Community affiliations: Giving Pledge (member) and Tufts Hillel (honorary director). Previous involvements include Jamie McKeown Boys and Girls Club of Woburn (director); Tufts Medical School (overseer); Tufts University (trustee); Winchester Hospital (director); Winchester Planning Board (elected member and chairman).
Recognition: Ernst & Young Real Estate “Entrepreneur of the Year” (1998); NAIOP “Edward H. Linde Public Service Award” (2013); Boston Business Journal “Real Estate Visionary of the Year” (2014); Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Academy of Distinguished Bostonians inductee (2017); Associated Industries of Massachusetts “Vision Award” (2018); New England Real Estate Journal “Lifetime Achievement Award” (2019); Boston Real Estate Times “Lifetime Achievement Award” (2023), among others. Bill and his wife, Joyce, have also received 10 joint honorary degrees from institutions including Tufts University, Salem State University, Roger Williams University, and UMass Amherst.
Hobbies: philanthropy, travel, and business