Author

Professor

Businessman

Corporate Experience

• Bell & Howell Company, Skokie, IL. Chairman/CEO (1990-1998)
  
  
• WhiteStar Enterprises, Chicago, IL. Chairman/CEO (1988-1992)
  
  
• USG Corporation, Chicago, IL. Executive VP (1984-1988)
  
  
• Masonite Corporation, Chicago, IL. President (1981-1984)
  
  
• Mead Corporation, Dayton. OH. Group VP (1974-1981)
  
  
• Hart Marx Corporation, Chicago, IL. Corporate VP Mfg. (1963-1981)
  

Corporate Board Memberships

• Non-Executive Chairman of Context Media Company
  
  
• Past Director of Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. Pleasantville, NY
  
  
• Past Director of Intermatic Company, Spring Grove, IL
  
  
• Forest One Inc., Schaumberg, IL
  
  
• Former Director of Proquest Company, Ann Arbor, MI
  
  
• Former Director of Packaging Dynamics, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Past Director of the Harris Bank Corporation, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Past Director of Material Sciences Corporation, Elk Grove Village, IL
  
  
• Past Governor of the Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago, IL
  

Consulting Activities

• Motorola Inc.: Schaumberg, IL
  
  
• Nationwide Insurance: Columbus, OH
  

Community Activities

• Director: Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL
  
  
• Life Director: Field Museum, Chicago, IL
  
  
• Past Director: Fund for Educational Advancement at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL
  
  
• Past Board member of the American Cancer Association, Atlanta, GA