Background
Garbacz, Gerald George was born on October 12, 1936 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of George and Violette (Derbeck) Garbacz.
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Garbacz, Gerald George was born on October 12, 1936 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of George and Violette (Derbeck) Garbacz.
Student, Dartmouth College, 1954-1955; Master of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, 1965; Bachelor of Science, United States Naval Academy, 1959; postgraduate, United States Naval War College, 1978.
Assistant to vice president corporation planning, Cummins Engine Company, Columbus, Indiana, 1965-1966;
executive director finance planning and analysis, Cummins Engine Company, 1967;
assistant to secretary defense (White House fellow), 1968-1969;
director corporation planning, Boise Cascade Corporation, Idaho., 1970-1972;
vice president finance, treasurer, Phillips Industries, Dayton, Ohio., 1972-1974;
operations assistant, W.R. Grace & Company. New York City, 1974-1975;
vice president, W.R. Grace & Company, 1975-1980;
president Baker & Taylor division, W.R. Grace & Company, 1980-1983;
senior vice president, W.R. Grace & Company, 1983-1986;
executive vice president, W.R. Grace & Company, 1986-1992;
chairman, chief Executive officer, Baker & Taylor, Inc., 1992-1994;
chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Nashua (N.H.) Corporation, since 1996. Board directors Southern N.H. Regional Medical Center.
Chairman, Board Of Directors Cerion Technologies,1996-1998. Instructor Indiana U., 1967-1968, University of California at Los Angeles, 1972-1974. Consultant Department Defense, 1969-1970.
Regional selection panelist President's Commision on White House Fellows, 1971, 72, 79-81, 84-86. Endowment trustee American Library. Association, 1994-1997.
Trustee Gettysburg College, since 1995. Director White House Fellows Foundation, since 1995, chairman, 1997-1998. Member President's Commision on White House Fellows, 1997.
Chairman Idaho steering committee Common Cause, 1972. Board overseers Amos Tuck School Business Administration, Dartmouth, 1970-1976. Elder Boise (Idaho) Presbyterian Church, 1967-1969, Southwestern Presbyterian Church, Centerville, Ohio, 1971-1972, Wilton (Connecticut) Presbyterian Church, 1978-1981.
President, board trustees Presbytery of Southern New England, 1995-1996. Major United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1959-1982. Member Business and Industrial Association New Hampshire (board directors since 1997), United States Naval Academy Alumni Association Clubs: Dartmouth (New York ).
Married Jane E. Snyder, July 1, 1961. Children: Geoffrey, Gregory.