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Ross McBride
After graduation in the summer of 1965, I went to work for Birmingham
Trust National Bank and attended Cumberland School of Law at Samford University
at night. With the encouragement of fraternity brother Rob White, I went
to work for IBM. After 21 years as a manager in several branches of IBM
as well as a Director of Facilities Services for the entire Dallas - Fort
Worth HQ locations, I early retired in 1988.
In early
1992, I went to work for Alcon Laboratories, Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas
and, after 9 years, retired a couple of years ago as the Senior Director,
Global Corporate Services. Since then, I started my own corporate services
consulting business in the corporate travel, corporate major event management
and corporate facilities management arena. I recently added planning golf
trips for small groups to any sites in the United States. Oh, golf; I
still find time to play golf only about three or four times a week. I've
been able to keep my handicap under five and play in numerous senior tournaments
throughout Texas.
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I was
married to Amanda (Chi Omega, '64) for ten years with two kids, Lisa
and Scott. I have now been married for 20 years to Tracy (Native Texan),
15 years younger than me, and we have one boy, Sean, a senior in high
school. Tracy is a marketing rep with IBM selling mid-range computers
to large IBM customers in the southwest area.
Looking
back, I think college, without Phi Gamma Delta, would have been a miserable
experience. I knew Russell Cunningham from before Auburn in Birmingham.
Rob White was one of my first roommates and was a true friend for years
after college. Boy, you look back and realize that many of us almost
died together in a fire (thanks, Gary, for alerting us). We grew up
together. Many important lessons were learned. I didn't think so much
about it then, but Phi Gamma Delta played a major part in my successful
future.
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