[2] Cox graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Business School.
In 1960 he was promoted to vice president and general member of the real estate division.
[5][6] They soon sold the hotel to Dison Corp. for a reported $2 million amid threats that the city would take over the property because of tax defaults.
[7][8] In 1965 they purchased the remainder of B&M's North Station properties, which included the Boston Garden.
[10] Linnell and Cox also developed a number of industrial parks along Route 128.