Background
He was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Education
He graduated from Emory University in 1948. He received an Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School in 1956.
Career
He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1950 to 1952. He was a reporter for The Atlanta Journal from 1948 to 1950. He worked for the Westinghouse Electric Corporation from 1956 to 1960.
He worked for McKinsey & Company, serving as Partner in New York City and London, and Chief Executive Officer, until he was Managing Director when he retired in 1977.
That year, he was appointed Deputy Special Trade Representative and Ambassador in charge of the United States. Delegation to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in Geneva. In 1979, he was appointed Assistant to the President of the United States and White House Staff Director under President Jimmy Carter.
He served as President and Vice Chairman of the Bendix Corporation from 1981 to 1983. In 1983, he founded the Avenir Group, a private investment bank.
Philanthropy
In 1991, together with Os Guinness, he co-founded the Trinity Forum, a Christian non-profit organization, where he serves as Senior Fellow and Trustee Emeritus.
He has donated to The Fellowship. He has donated money to scholars at Harvard University, Yale University, the University of Chicago, Duke University, Emory University, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. Some of his donations have gone to David North. Hempton at Harvard, Jean Bethke Elshtain at Chicago, or Sarah Coakley at Cambridge.
He also funded a sabbatical for Stanley Hauerwas, during which he wrote Hannah"s Child: A Theologian"s Memoir (2010).
Personal life
They reside in Birmingham, Michigan.
Achievements
Membership
In 1981, he also became a faculty member of the Harvard Business School and served as Senior Counselor to the Dean until 1987. He has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the United States. Council of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Club of New York, the Center for Inter-American Relations, the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York and the French-American Foundation.
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