Background
Halliday, John Meech was born on October 16, 1936 in St. Louis. Son of William Norman and Vivian Viola (Meech) Halliday.
Halliday, John Meech was born on October 16, 1936 in St. Louis. Son of William Norman and Vivian Viola (Meech) Halliday.
Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1958; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1964.
Director budgeting and planning, Automatic Tape Control, Bloomington, Illinois, 1964-1966;
director planning, Ralston-Purina, St. Louis, 1966-1967;
vice president subsidiary, Ralston-Purina, St. Louis, 1967-1968;
director international banking, Ralston-Purina, St. Louis, 1967-1968;
vice president, Servicetime Corporation, St. Louis, 1968-1970;
associate, R.W. Halliday Associations, Boise, Idaho., 1970-1987. Vice president Sawtooth Comm. Corporation, Boise, 1970-1973, Commander Corporation, 1979-1981.
President, Chief Executive Officer, board directors ML, Ltd., San Francisco, since 1979, H.W.L. Inc., San Francisco, 1985-1993. President Halliday laboratories, Inc., 1980-1991. Executive vice president, board directors Franchise Finance Corporation American, Phoenix, 1980-1985.
Board directors, vice president Harvard Business School Association Northern California, 1980-1987. President, Chief Executive Officer, board directors Cycletorl Diversified Industries, Inc., since 1992. Guest lecturer University of California Berkeley, since 1991, California Business-Higher Education Forum, 1995-1998.
Member Senator Bill Lockyer's Ad-Hoc Business Advisory Group on Corrections, 1995-1996.
President Big Brothers San Francisco, 1978-1981. Trustee, president University California-Santa Cruz Foundation, since 1988, member Pres.Circle, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, since 1997. Member ad hoc committee on corrections California State Senate, 1995-1996.
Fellow board visitors and fellows viticulture and enology University California, Davis, since 1999. Sponsor undergraduate research symposium University California Santa Cruz, since 2002. Board directors, charter director circle Seymour Marine Discovery Center, since 2002.
Member Restaurant Association (vice president 1969-1970), Olympic Club (San Francisco).
Married Martha Layne Griggs, June 30, 1962. Children: Richard M., Elizabeth Halliday Traut.