Article: SAG HARBOR BIDS BON VOYAGE TO SOLOMON.(Harvey Solomon)(Brief Article)

NEW YORK -- When Harvey Solomon, president of Kellwood Co.'s Sag Harbor division, retires from the apparel industry on Feb. 28, he'll be leaving behind a 53-year legacy in a business that test scores told him he wasn't meant to pursue.

At Solomon's retirement party, held at Manhattan's Bryant Park Grill on Jan. 9, more than 300 colleagues, including Hal Upbin, chairman, chief executive officer and president of Kellwood; Robert Mettler, president and ceo of Macy's West; Hal Kahn, chairman and ceo of Macy's East; and Liz Sweney, president of women's apparel for J.C. Penney Co., gathered to wish the departing executive well.

Upbin said: "He truly ...

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