Networking Breakfast

This month’s speaker will be Dick George ’56. Dick is the father of Dr. Karen G.O. ’78, Rick ’81, Mimi, and Michelle and has 11 grandchildren, two nieces, and one great-niece.  He and his wife, Chris, celebrated their 64^th anniversary in December. He is also the son of Roy George, Gilmour’s varsity boys basketball coach in 1959 and 1960.

Dick boarded at Tudor House for his first two years at Gilmour and was on Gilmour’s first winning sports teams. He earned 15 varsity letters, set the Northeast Ohio basketball career scoring record, and was awarded the Gilmour Trophy and Hoynes Trophy. He was inducted into Gilmour’s Athletics Hall of Fame’s first class and attended the first Gilmour networking meeting. Dick went on to attend Princeton, where he majored in English and graduated cum laude in 1962. At Princeton he lettered in varsity football, basketball and track.

  

Dick is an entrepreneur and has had several successful career pursuits. He was the CEO of Roy George Music & Vending Corp. for nearly 50 years and sold it in 1998. He was the co-founder of Ohio Music & Amusement Assoc. in 1975. He was co-founder of Phonetel Technologies, a private pay phone company that went public in 1994. He served as VP of sales for Century Small Business Solutions, which went public in 2004. And in 1998, Dick started a utility business as an Independent Certified Utility Consultant and an agent for four brokerage firms.

Dick became certified to officiate Ohio high school football, basketball, baseball and softball games. He is a member of the 4th degree of the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Kirtland’s Divine Word parish, Madison Country Club, and is a co-founder of the Laker Anchor Club.  Dick’s hobbies include duplicate bridge, handicapping and wagering on sports, and he is an avid reader.

Dick will be speaking about his utility business, his Gilmour experience and how Gilmour has impacted his life.