Harris, “Hershey” Rosen, of Providence, former CEO of the iconic RI company, School House Candy, will be a featured author at the free RI Authors Expo. Rosen’s book, “My Family Recrod Book” addresses the importance of pre-planning and organization, both in business and for one’s family and personal life.

Rosen applies the advice he received in his first year at Harvard University in that the goal is not to memorize information, but rather to learn where to get it. As the CEO of School House Candy for 40 years, he first developed his system to locate any item housed in five factories, covering 600,000 square feet. Rosen was also a Financial Control Officer in the U.S. Army, where he received a Letter of Commendation for improvement to its worldwide accounting system. In semi-retirement, Rosen went on to become a mediator and settled over 200 disputes for the state of Rhode Island and The Community Mediation Center of Rhode Island. He also team taught management courses at the University of Rhode Island, where the co-professor said he “enthusiastically challenged the textbook with real-life experiences, to the delight and edification of the students.”