Lemuel Ricketts Boulware; G.E. Labor Negotiator

Lemuel Ricketts Boulware, 95, whose tough “take-it-or-leave-it” style of negotiating union contracts for General Electric became known as “Boulwarism.” A teacher and author, Boulware handled labor relations for G.E. from 1947 to 1960. His “Boulwarism” involved listening to union demands, comparing wages and benefits at other companies and making one offer from which management would not budge. On Wednesday in Delray Beach, Fla., of the complications of old age.