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wbjournal.com | June 22, 2026 | Worcester Business Journal 7 A Reflection on the American Dream Euro-American Worldwide Logistics • Worcester, Massachusetts I n 1966, a young Navy veteran named Neal Lucey looked around Central Massachusetts and saw something most people missed: opportunity moving in every direction, but no one in Worcester positioned to move with it. e son of Irish heritage, raised with little in the way of means but a great deal in the way of grit, Neal had already done the hardest thing the American Dream asks of anyone - he had served his country in the Second World War and come home determined to build something of his own. at year, with more ambition than capital, he founded his first logistics company, paving the path that lead to Euro-American. It is a particularly fitting story to tell in this year, as our nation marks its 250th anniversary. e American Dream has never been a promise of ease. It has been a promise of possibility, that a person of modest beginnings, willing to work and willing to adapt, can build a life and a legacy that outlasts them. My grandfather lived that promise out loud. He started where Worcester's economy started: on the rails. From rail service, Neal expanded relentlessly, acquiring the Grafton & Upton Railroad in Grafton, then building out warehousing, trucking, and eventually air freight forwarding. Each step was a bet on Central Massachusetts itself, and on the conviction that a region this connected by rail, road, and air, deserved a logistics partner that could move anything, anywhere. What began as one man's enterprise became an engine for the Neal and Miriam Lucey businesses around it. For 35 years, my parents, David and Karen Busenburg, carried that vision forward, stewarding the company through decades of change while never losing sight of the values Neal built it on: do honest work, keep your word, and treat every shipment as if the customer were standing in the room. at ethic is the quiet inheritance of a family business and the part that never appears on a balance sheet but determines everything else. Today, my brother Marc and I have the privilege of leading the company into its next chapter. Marc, as Vice President of Global Logistics, oversees an international network my grandfather could only have imagined in 1966. And the company has evolved once again, this time into the life sciences. As an ISO-certified, GMP and GDP-compliant third-party logistics provider, Euro-American now safeguards the temperature-sensitive medicines and therapies that biopharmaceutical innovators across the country are racing to bring to patients. From cold chain storage to U.S. customs brokerage to global freight forwarding, we handle cargo where attention to quality is a matter of human health. at evolution, from a railroad in Grafton to ultra-cold storage for the next generation of medicine, is itself a very American story. Reinvention is not a betrayal of where you came from; it is the truest form of loyalty to it. Neal never stood still, and neither have we. e same instinct that told him Worcester needed a logistics company in 1966 tells us today that Central Massachusetts is poised to become a hub for the industries that will define America's next century. We intend to grow right here, in the community that raised this company, expanding our footprint to meet that future head-on. Few things make me prouder than the realization that the values do not change even as the cargo does. e grandson of Irish roots now leads a company entrusted by global pharmaceutical leaders, and the through-line from there to here is exactly the thing this country is celebrating this year. Hard work compounds. Reputation endures. And a family that keeps its word can build something that lasts generations. In this anniversary year, I find myself thinking less about how far we've come and more about the people who made the journey possible. To Neal Lucey, who started with little and gave us everything. To my parents, who protected what he built. To Marc and to the team who carry it forward every day. And to the next generation, who will inherit not just a company, but a belief that in this country, with enough determination, ordinary beginnings can still lead to extraordinary places. at belief built Euro-American. It built Central Massachusetts. And 250 years on, it is still the best of what America has to offer. With gratitude and pride, Eric Busenburg President & General Manager Euro-American Worldwide Logistics S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S I N G S E C T I O N | America at 250 Neal and Miriam Lucey S P E C I A L A D V E R T I S I N G S E C T I O N | America at 250