Bio

You along with two others were founding members of the Olivet College wrestling program in 1964. In three years on the mat, you compiled a 14-3 record. At Olivet, you were also a letterman on the men’s golf team. You served as a captain, were voted Most Valuable Player and earned All-MIAA honors in 1966.

You graduated from Olivet with a degree in English. During your professional career, you lived and worked in more than 10 countries. You worked in advertising, and coauthored a book called ‘Bachelor’s Guide to Sydney’. You met and married your wife, Anne, before moving back to the United States to enroll in the American Graduate School of International Management, now called Thunderbird School of Global Management, in Phoenix.

You were then recruited by British American Tobacco Company to manage three of its brands worldwide. You were promoted to Vice president responsible for the Middle East and Africa, and were based in Brussels for eight years. You later became President of the Company’s Japan and Korea operations based in Tokyo where you worked for nine years. In 1999, you transferred to Jamaica as CEO of Carreras. At Carreras, you specialized in managing the company’s tobacco, hospitality and insurance divisions for more than six years before retirement.

Olivet honors you and is proud to induct you into the Olivet College Athletic Hall of Fame this 11th day of October, 2013.