Store manager, Red Lobster Inns, Lakeland, Florida, 1967-1969; supervisor, director operations, Red Lobster Inns, Lakeland, Florida, 1969-1972; vice president operations, Red Lobster Inns, Lakeland, Florida, 1972-1975; president, Chief Executive Officer, Red Lobster Inns, Lakeland, Florida, 1976-1979; president, General Mills Restaurant, Inc., 1979-1991; with, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, 1970-1995; vice president, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, 1976-1980; executive vice president, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, 1980-1991; executive vice president finance, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, 1991-1992; Chief Financial Officer, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, 1992; vice-chairman, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis, 1992-1995; chairman Chief Executive Officer, Darden Restaurants, Inc., Orlando, Florida, since 1995. Board of directors Tupperware Worldwide Economics Development Commission.
Member National Restaurant Association (former president).
Married.