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• FROM COURTROOM TO BUSINESS MEETINGS
• SUCCESS AT CENTEX
• KEEPS COMPANY ON COURSE
• MANAGEMENT STYLE: DIVERSIFY AND DELEGATE
• STEPS DOWN FROM CENTEX
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairman, Eagle Materials

Nationality: American.

Born: 1946, in New York, New York.

Education: University of Pennsylvania, BS, 1967; Villanova University School of Law, JD, 1971.

Family: Married Susan (maiden name unknown).

Career: Bracewell & Patterson, 1973–1975, lawyer; Southdown, 1975–1985, CEO and president; Centex Corporation, 1985–1988, president and COO; 1988–1991, CEO and president; 1991–2004, chairman and...