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Chancellor Emeritus, USC Spartanburg, now Upstate, US Army (Vietnam, '62-'63), ex-journalist, Greenville Symphony ED, Wofford BA history, USC Columbia Ph.D. Int'l Studies. Author, "Joint Ventures: A Life Enriched by the Good Will of Others."