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