Byron Tharpe

Background

Tharpe, Byron was born on December 10, 1953 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States. Son of Glenial and Mary Alma (Jenkins) Tharpe.

Education

Student, Elizabethtown Community College, 1971-1972, 74-75; student, University Kentucky, 1975-1976, 82-83; Bachelor, University Tulsa, 1995; Master of Arts, University Tulsa, 1997.

Career

Real estate sales, Preston Realty, Elizabethtown, 1976-1978; general manager, Holiday Inn-South, Elizabethtown, 1978-1979; night manager, Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, 1979-1981; front office manager, Holiday Inn-East, Louisville, 1983-1984; assistant contractor, Prince Murat Hotel, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1984-1985; contractor, Best Western Inn at the Mart, Denver, 1985-1986; contractor, Louisville Inn, Ltd., Clarksville, Indiana, 1986-1987; general manager, Century Management Systems, Hapeville, Georgia, 1987; contractor, Lamberti and Associations, Inc., Dallas, 1987-1988; president, chief Executive officer, M.K.I., Inc., Elizabethtown, Kentucky, since 1988; controller, Peabody Hotel, Memphis, 1988-1990; controller, American PAK Hotel Group, McLEan, Virginia, 1990-1991.

Achievements

• Byron Tharpe has been listed as a noteworthy Company executive, consultant, computer dealer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member MENSA.

Connections

Father:

Glenial Tharpe

Mother:

Mary Alma (Jenkins) Tharpe