Background
Kasser, Ivan Michael was born on December 9, 1940 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1956. Son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Aranyi) Kasser.
Kasser, Ivan Michael was born on December 9, 1940 in Budapest, Hungary. Came to the United States, 1956. Son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Aranyi) Kasser.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960. Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961. Doctor of Engineering, University Grenoble, France, 1964.
Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1968.
Financial analyst W.R. Grace & Company, New York City, 1968-1971. President Technopulp, Inc., Montclair, New Jersey, 1971-1981. Chairman Booher Lumber Company, Syracuse, New York, 1972-1981.
President Holualoa Management Corporation, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, since 1985, Holualoa Arizona, Inc., Tucson, since 1991. Chairman salary commission, 1989-1992. Vice chairman A.L.L., Inc.
Education counselor Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Member American Hungarian Association (board directors), Kona Family Young Men’s Christian Association (board directors 1988-1991), Aloha Performing Arts Center (board directors, finance committee chairman 1990-1991), Kasser Art Foundation (board directors), Arizona Theater Company (board directors since 1996).
Married Lynn von Kersting, February 2, 1974 (divorced September 1979). Married Beth Louise Chadwick, August 4, 1985. Children: Violet, Michael.