Timothy MacBain:  

Life After graduating in 1971 I went to Wofford College. I completed one year at Wofford and then transferred to Stetson University in DeLand, FL. I should have graduated in 1975, but had the opportunity to run for the top spot in a fraternity (Sigma Nu). The term ran from January to December. I was fortunate to win the election, so I finished my degree program (Finance) in December of 1975. Since Stetson did not have a December graduation, I am part of the class of 1976. Prior to the actual graduation ceremony I took a job (Sales Trainee) with Deluxe Check Printers in their Jacksonville, FL facility. I trained there until they transferred me to a sales territory in Alabama. I lived in Birmingham for a couple of years calling on customers in the northern half of the state. I transferred to Atlanta with Deluxe in 1979. At that point I was looking for an opportunity in management. When I found none I got a Georgia Residential Real Estate license and began selling real estate in 1980. With interest rates topping out at 16 and 17% it was a tough market to sell homes. Deluxe called and asked me to come back. I went back in May of 1980 and worked as a manager in their Atlanta (Tucker) facility through 1988. 1980 was also the year that I met and married my wife Francy. She had been divorced for about a year and had a 10 year old son, Jason. We got married on 11-8-1980; a day that lives in infamy with University of Georgia fans. I tell the story that I started knocking on doors in the community (Hidden Hills) until I found a single women. She happened to be living in the 5th house from the entrance of the S/D. It was one of a few subdivisions in DeKalb County that had a golf course, a pool and tennis courts. On 1-1-83 our son Andrew was born. Francy was a tennis player, not a golfer; so I started playing tennis. I played in ALTA (Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association) for about 12 years. Francy played a fe...Expand for more