After graduating from Tottenville High School, my life’s journey took me to Boston University, where I graduated in 1962.  One morning during freshman psychology class, I noticed a pretty girl in the row ahead of me.  We did not exchange too many words, but a few weeks later at a BU football game we met again.  The rest is history; in 1964 Carol and I were married in Belmont, a town just outside of Boston.

After we were married, we lived for one year in Babylon, New York; moved to Evanston, Illinois for two years, where our elder daughter, Carolyn, was born in 1967; to Somerset, New Jersey for two years, where our younger daughter, Deborah, was born in 1969; and finally to Naperville, Illinois, where we have lived since 1969.

My business career started after college with a brief job in Manhattan, which I held until entering active duty with the United States Army in 1963. After completing active duty, I went to work for Shell Chemical, a division of Shell Oil Company, in Manhattan.  It was Shell that relocated us three times.  Having had our fill of corporate relocations, we decided to remain in Naperville, and I joined Arthur Young & Company, at that time one of the “Big-8” public accounting firms.

I finished my career with an18-year tenure at A. T. Kearney, Inc., a global management consulting firm, with its world headquarters in Chicago.  I served as vice president and corporate secretary.  As the firm’s chief administrative officer, I traveled extensively both domestically and internationally, with responsibility for corporate administration, global operations and real estate.  As corporate secretary, I was involved in Board of Directors matters, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions.  It was an exciting and challenging position from which I retired at the end of 2000.

In addition to my job, I was an active volunteer for my church.  I was a member of the parish council for 18 years, including serving a term as president.  At the diocese level, I traveled to parishes and conferences giving presentations on stewardship and lay leadership.  On the archdiocese level, I was a member of the National Stewardship Commission for four years.  I continue to serve my parish as a member of the Long Range Planning Committee and I also write articles and book reviews for the monthly parish newsletter.

My wife is a retired educator.  Carol taught at Massapequa High School, in New York, after graduating from BU.  In Naperville, she taught briefly in the public schools and then joined the faculty at Benet Academy, a private college preparatory high school.  She served as chair of the Business Education department, retiring in 1998, after a 20-year career. 

We have two grandsons, Jordan (1997) and Justin (2000), both of whom were born in Naperville.  Having my younger daughter and her family in the same town is a real joy, inasmuch as we get to spend a lot of time with them.  Our elder daughter lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia.  She and her husband do not have children.

I guess that brings me to retirement.  Carol and I stay busy by working out at a fitness center on week days, spending time with our grandchildren, doing volunteer work and traveling.  I read extensively and spend a lot of time at my computer.

It has been a wonderful journey full of life’s joys, and occasional sorrows, and we are thankful that we are still able to enjoy an active retirement.