Mr. Thomas A. Kershaw, Proprietor

75 Chestnut is owned by Mr. Thomas A. Kershaw, a resident of Beacon Hill since 1964 and owner of the Hampshire House on Beacon Street since 1969.

Over the 30 years in the restaurant business, Kershaw has been involved in operations in Boston, Marblehead, and Salem and has served as the President of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, and Chairman of the Board of the National Restaurant Association.

His many awards include: Restaurateur of the Year (1984); Humanitarian of the Year, Project Triangle (1994); Man of the Year, Greater Boston Association of Retarded Citizens (1996); Distinguished Eagle, Boy Scouts of America (1999); and the Boston Patriot Award by the Freedom Trail Foundation (2001).

In addition to running his businesses, Mr. Kershaw runs the Frog Pond Recreational Facility on Boston Common. Through the not-for-profit Boston Common Frog Pond Foundation, the facility provides outdoor ice skating in the winter, a wading pond for toddlers in the summer and a reflecting pond in spring and fall. A snack bar and café is available throughout the year.