Career Highlights and Awards

  • 1980

    Recipient of the IFMA Foodservice Operator Of The Year Silver Plate Award And Golden Plate Award

  • 1981

    Elected chairman and president of Armour and Company

  • 1981

    Elected CEO of the Greyhound Corporation

  • 1982

    Elected chairman of the Greyhound Corporation

  • 1982

    Trinity College Doctor Of Laws Honorary Degree

  • 1982

    Announced streamlining of Greyhound bus operations

  • 1983

    Established Premier Cruise Lines

  • 1983

    Announced Closing of Armor Food Company Plants

  • 1983

    Successfully negotiated end of Greyhound Lines drivers' strike

  • 1983

    Sold Armour and Company to Congara

  • 1985

    Purchased Purex Industries' consumer products division

  • 1985

    Recipient of the Wall Street Transcript Silver Award - Diversified Multi-Industry Companies

  • 1985

    Recipient of the Wall Street Transcript Silver Award - Best CEO Survey

  • 1986

    Recipient of Leaders Magazine Award - CEO Of The Year

  • 1986

    Sold Greyhound Capital Corporation

  • 1987

    Purchased General Motors' North American transit bus and parts business

  • 1987

    Named president of the Greyhound Corporation

  • 1987

    Purchased Dobbs International Services, Inc.

  • 1987

    Introduced Liquid Dial antibacterial soap

  • 1988

    Purchased 20 Mule Team Division household products business from U.S. Borax

  • 1988

    Divested bus service operation in the U.S. with sale of two regional bus lines

  • 1988

    Northwood Institute Outstanding Business Leaders Award

  • 1989

    Travelers Express Company, Inc. acquired Republic Money Orders

  • 1990

    Purchased Breck hair-care products

  • 1990

    Recipient of the Officer Of The Royal Order Of The Crown Brussels, Belgium

  • 1990

    Recipient of the Forbes Magazine Top Business Speaker Of The Year

  • 1990

    Company name changed to The Dial Corp

  • 1991

    Johnson & Wales University Honorary Doctor Of Business Administration In Food Service Management

  • 1991

    Acquired Crystal Holidays, Limited

  • 1991

    Honored as a "Captain of Achievement" by the American Academy of Achievement

  • 1992

    Western International University Honorary Doctor Of Commercial Science

  • 1992

    Spun off Greyhound Financial Corporation

  • 1993

    Acquired Renuzit air-freshener brand

  • 1993

    Dobbs International Services, Inc. purchased United Airlines Flight Kitchens

  • 1993

    Greyhound Exposition Services, Inc. (GES) purchased United Exposition Services Co.

  • 1993

    Public offering of shares of Motor Coach Industries Int'l, Inc. through an IPO

  • 1993

    GES Exposition Services, Inc. acquired Andrews, Bartlett & Associates, Inc. and Geico Convention Services, Inc.

  • 1994

    Announced two-for-one stock split

  • 1995

    GES Exposition Services, Inc. purchased Giltspur, Panex Show Services Ltd. and Stampede Display

  • 1995

    Recipient of Ellis Island Medal Of Honor

  • 1995

    Exhibitgroup purchased Giltspur

  • 1996

    GES Exposition Services, Inc. won contract for Atlanta Olympic Games

  • 1996

    Separated Greyhound Lines of Canada from The Dial Corp

  • 1996

    Spun-off of Dial into two separate companies: The Dial Corp - consumer products; and Viad Corp - Services

  • 1998

    Recipient of the 1998 Pioneer of the Year from Nation's Restaurant News

  • 1999

    John W. Teets Park Dedicated

  • 2008

    Milton Friedman Transformational Leader Award