CEO of Xerox; served as chairman of United Way of America; served as treasurer of the Democratic National Committee from 1974 through 1976; served on the Board of Trustees at New York Stock Exchange, Citibank, Union Carbide Corporation and Knight Ridder; worked initially for Lehigh Navigation Coal Sales Company in the USA before making the switch in 1954 to Xerox; taking over the presidency of Xerox in 1966, significantly changed and altered the direction and goals of Xerox Corporation; by 1979, he had built up Xerox revenues to $7 billion a year and its annual earnings to $563 million.

Businessman; president and CEO of Textron's Burkart/Randall division in St. Louis from 1968 to 1980; his career began with The A. O. Smith Corporation, first in their Milwaukee headquarters and then, from 1953 until 1964, as Vice President and General Manager of A. O. Smith's Glasscote Products Division in Cleveland, OH; in 1964, joined Textron, Inc. in Providence, RI where he served as a Group Vice President from 1964 until 1968; served in the Navy for the duration of World War II; his last assignment was as Naval Commander of Iwo Jima where he stayed until 1946; as Naval Commander, was present for the Japanese surrender at Chi Chi Jima; at retirement, had achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander with the courtesy rank of Commodore.