Background
Alvine, Robert was born on August 25, 1938 in Newark. Son of James C. and Marie Alvine.
entrepreneur Financier Industrialist leader philanthropist business owner
Alvine, Robert was born on August 25, 1938 in Newark. Son of James C. and Marie Alvine.
Bachelor, Rutgers University, 1960. Postgraduate, Syracuse University, 1969. Graduate Program for Management Development, Harvard Business School, 1972.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University New Haven, 2000.
With Celanese Corporation, 1960-1977. Bus.gen. manager nylon products Celanese Plastics Company, Newark, 1967-1969, business general manager polyolefin products, 1969-1972. Senior director marketing and operations and general management Celanese Piping Systems and Fabricated Products Company, Hilliard, Ohio, 1972—1974.
Senior vice president, general manager commercial Celanese Polymer & Speciality Company, Louisville, 1974—1977, Uniroyal Corporation, 1977—1987. Senior vice president & chief officer Uniroyal Tire Company Worldwide, 1977—1980. Senior vice president strategic planning, corporation development marketing, mergers and acquisitions and capital planning Uniroyal, Inc.
Worldwide, 1977—2006, president, Chief Executive Officer, 1980—1987, Uniroyal Merchandising Company, 1977—1987, Uniroyal Development and Research Company, 1980—1982. Chief Executive Officer, president, chief operating officer Uniroyal Engineered Products & Services, Worldwide, 1982-1987. Founder, owner, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, I-Ten Capital Corporation, Woodbridge, since 1987.
Founder, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, I-Ten Management Corporation, Connecticut, 1987, Aim Capital Group, Woodbridge, since 1987. Chairman, principal investor, chairman board Wedge Computer, 1987—1991. Entrepreneur, principal, senior operating partner and portfolio business leader, investment committee executive Charterhouse Group International, Incorporated, New York York City, 1988—1996.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, principal shareholder Charter Power Systems (now C&D Technologies Inc.), Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, 1988—1995. Vice-chairman, Chief Executive Officer, major shareholder Associated Press Parts Manufacturing Company, Toledo, 1989—1996. Principal, director, chairman International Automobile Products Holdings Corporation, New York City, 1990.
Principal, board member Cryogenics Inc., 1990—1995. Principal owner, chairman Premier Subaru, Branford, Connecticut, since 1999, Premier Realty LLC, since 2000, Global Automotive Reins., LLC, since 2005, Premier International Motors Cars LLC, 2008. Principal Uniroyal Holdings, Waterbury, Connecticut, since 1985.
Trustee Uniroyal Liquidating Trust, 1985-1995. Senior operating partner, investment committee Desai Capital Private Equity Investors, 1998—2009. Chairman compensation committee, strategic committee, executive committee, chairman special committee, chairman pension committee, audit committee, finance committee, governance committee, board EDO Corporation, 1994-2009.
Trustee Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, Sacramento, California, since 1995,, chairman board governor trustees, Bar Harbor, Sacramento, since 2006. Chairman Jax Resource Systems, 2003-2006. Chairman executive committee, since 2006.
Executive committee capital campaign, development committee, Audit Finance Committee, since 1998. Compensation and Personnel Committee, finance committee, audit committee, member board directors Kaman Corporation, 2005-2010. Member personnel compensation committee, 2005-2008, finance committee, since 2005, audit committee since 2008, advisory board and investment committee Polaris Fund, New York City, 1996-2000.
Board governors University New Haven, since 1998, chairman audit committee, chairman executive committee, chairman commission on future of University New Haven, 1997-1999, chairman board governors, 2000-2006, chairman executive committee, 2000-2006, chair university presidential search committee, 2003, chairman emeritus, since 2007. Principal designer and founder Henry Lee Institute Forensic Sciences, 1997, chairman board directors, since 1998. Advisory board member state court bonding commission Bond Holder Special Committee, 1982-1985, member distinguished panel reviwer National Technology Center United States Missile Defence Agency and National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 2009, member, Audit Institute International, since 2007.
With signal corporation United States Army, 1961-1968, active duty Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962-1963.
Board directors National Theater of the Deaf, Chester & Hartford, Connecticut, 1993—1998, trustee, 1994—1998, chairman board directors, 1995—1998, honorary chairman, since 1998. Board directors Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, 1994—2003. Trustee Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, since 1993, executive finance committee, chairman business development committee, strategy committee, finance committee, audit committee, committee board, Compensation Human Resources Commission, since 2008.
Member advisory board Arts Sciences Council, Dean's Cabinet, Rutgers University, New Jersey. Member Navy War College Foundation, since 1989, The Naval Institute, Association Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. Member school business advisory board University New Haven.
State chairman United Way Campaign, 1975. Honorary trustee Parent's television Council, since 2001. Sustaining member Boy Scouts American, 1975.
Charter member Bloomfield High School Education Foundation, 2005. Member Audit Committee Institute. Connecticut state chairman Congressional Business Advisory Council, 2002.
Member Republican Presidential Task Force, President's Roundtable, Citizens Against Government Waste, Presidential Legion of Merit, Audit Finance Development & Corporation Committee. Designated audit committee expert Audit. Committee, Finance Committee Compensation & Human Resources Committee.
Member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, European American Chamber of Commerce, United States Chamber of Commerce, Audit Institute International, Audit Committee Institute International, International American Veterans of World World War II, Korea, Vietnam Veterans Service Foundation, Disabled Veterans National Foundation, National Paint and Coatings Assn, Society Chemie Industriale, Manufacturing Chemists Assn, Battery Council International, Rubber Manufacturers Association, National Association Corporation Growth, National Planning Institute, World Affairs Council-Connecticut, American Institute Management, Association Governing Board of University and College, National Advisory Council, President's Association, National Association Corporation Directors (founding charter member), Society Plastics Engineers (senior. Past director), Society Plastics Industry (senior Industry Legend Honor for plastic milk, juice and water bottles 1971), Concerns for Police Survivors (founding member), United States Vets Association, National Museum United States Army, United States Naval Institute, Newcomen Society of America (state chairman 1994, chairman Connecticut committee), Council of Americas, National Maritime History Society, National Trust for History Preservation, New Haven Colony History Society, Southern Connecticut Ellis Island Foundation (charter member), United States Navy Memorial Foundation (charter founding member), United States Senatorial Inner Circle, World War II Memorial Foundation (founder National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, charter member United States Army Memorial), Commanders Club, National Campaign for Tolerance and Wall of Tolerance (founding member), Marine Corporation Heritage Foundation, World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, Colonel Rutgers Legacy Society, Harvard Business School Club Connecticut & New York, Harvard Business School Alumni Association, Rutgers Alumni Association, Columbus House, University New Haven Legacy Society, Harvard Business School Club New York and Connecticut, Renaissance Club, Oaklane Country Club, American Legion (Commander), Sigma Beta Delta (honorary member Bis. Management and Administration 2001), Chi Phi.
Married Diane C. Marzulli, May 6, 1961 (divorced 1995). Children: Robert James, Laurie Anne.