MBA "cum-laude", Harvard Business School. Double Majors in Finance and Marketing.

Awarded the R.H. Macy Scholarship in retailing.

AB with "Highest Honors" in Economics and Business Administration, Whitman College.

Named Alumnus of Merit in 1983. Served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Overseers.

Served as infantry platoon leader and Administrative NCO, Office of the Chief Chemical Officer, in General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters. Received the Distinguished Unit Citation and Certificate of Commendation for work on atomic bomb effects (Hiroshima and Nagasaki) and for handling disposal of stocks of Japanese chemical warfare weapons.