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I graduated in 1965 with a BA in Economics. Thanks to the brothers that voted me President of Scabbard and Blade (particularly John Harris, who nominated me) , I received a Distinguished Military Graduate award. That entitled me to pick my branch, which, like Tim, was Military Police. I credit that as a fork in the road that led me to spend the bulk of my Army career on Okinawa, instead of Vietnam.
In 1967, I went to graduate school at UCLA, where I received an MBA. Then I accepted an offer to join WED Enterprises, the design and engineering branch of Disney, to support the construction of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I was in Glendale, where the planning took place.
Five years later, when the park opened, Disney didn't know what to do with the young MBA's they had hired, and I eventually wound up in their tax department. Which I hated.
I then joined Collins Foods International, the parent for Sizzler Restaurants and the largest franchisee of Kentucky Fried Chicken. I was there for 12 years in various capacities before taking a CFO position for the Russ Reid Company, an advertising agency specializing in fundraising for non profits, such as World Vision, St. Jude Hospital, City of Hope, etc.
After 5 years, I took a similar position for a creative agency in Santa Monica, which lasted only a year until it imploded. Then there were the dark days of 1989-1993, where jobs in my field were non-existent. So I became a realtor. Bad timing there, too.
After finding another ad agency opening I had a 7-year gig with another direct response agency. Etc.
In 2002, I joined IHOP in the Finance Department, designing and implementing the analytics needed to support their Marketing folks. I retired in 2011.
