Mark French:  

After H.S., I attended Marquette University for a semester and then traveled west to California where I attended Loyola University of Los Angeles and graduated in 1976. During these years, I made trips to the Pacific...visited my father in the Philippines, worked at U-Tapao Air Base in Thailand, toured the Philippines, Hong Kong and Japan, and developed my tennis game. I was in fraternity in college and made a lot of great friends. After college, I went to work as a bank examiner for the OCC (US Treasury) and then became a banker in Beverly Hills. Nice title but no money! In 1979, I relocated to Dallas, TX and went to work for the US Chamber of Commerce raising $s from major companies. I met my wife there, and had a great three years working, playing tennis, and resuming my passion for skiing. In 1982, I married and returned to D.C. with the U.S. Chamber and ran a major capital campaign for them. In 1987, I left the Chamber to become VP and then Sr. VP of American Trucking Associa...Expand for more