Executive Sketch: Matheson Leads NRECA In Era of Big Change For Utilities

Jim Matheson, chief executive officer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, is in The Guinness Book of World Records.

In conversation he points that up, as though it dwarfs his other achievements. He won his fleeting celebrity at East High School in Salt Lake City, when he was 17, with the largest game of musical chairs: 1,789. Alas, his record has been surpassed but his achievement is enshrined in the 1979 edition of the world records book.