Resilient Profile

My mom grew up as an only child in the bucolic beer town of St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania.  At a very young age, she lost her father,  forcing her mother to go back to work at the local carbon company.  My…

If you accept the morality of going to war, the task then becomes to win at the least loss to your own side. –Richard Whittle Retired Colonel James G. “Snake” Clark is, and always will be, a United States Air…

This is the remarkable story of how Kentucky Fried Chicken came to dominate the Christmas Season in Japan.  It is the story of a nun, a failed businessman, and a dancing Santa Claus.  Sound like a joke you might tell…

There is something Dan Fradin wants you to know. “I’ve kicked a little ass.  But I’ve gotten my ass kicked plenty.” Haven’t we all, Dan! Perhaps it was the influence of “The Karate Kid”.  Perhaps it was “No Holds Barred.”…

I don’t want to change the world. I just want to make my corner a little better. –Aaron Burdett Berthin “Bertini” Boursiquot has seen it all.  Growing up in the Dade Community near Jacmel, about 60 miles from Haiti’s capital…

Maureen Keller Appel learned early in life that education is a gift.  And through all her setbacks and triumphs, she dedicated the rest of her life to instilling that education in others.   Maureen Appel grew up in a loving household…

David Brown Jr. faced the type of adversity that would leave most people bitter, devastated and angry.  But, remarkably, his entire ordeal had the opposite effect.  David has emerged from this tragedy with gratitude, perspective and empathy.  And instead of…

Reed Clark grew up travelling the world in the cradle of diplomatic elegance.  He dreamed of following his father in the Foreign Service, circling the globe from embassy to embassy.  That dream did not come to fruition.  But his new…