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Bill Multack
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- Miami Beach, FL
- United States
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Hyde Park High School Association, Inc.
HPHSAA, Inc. is comprised of alumni from all graduation classes, who are donating expertise, energy and time to share their interest in supporting the students of Hyde Park Academy. We are an evolving group that supports positive progress in students, and lifting the reputation of Hyde Park Academy. E-mail: hphsaainc@sbcglobal.net See More
Robert Robinson left a comment for Bill Multack"Bill,
Thanks for the response about the photo. I still have a copy, but I have referred several people to the picture on the old HP site. So I was just curious about its disposition. Hundreds of pictures? Sounds like you need…"
Bill Multack left a comment for Robert Robinson"I actually still have all of the photos, etc. from the old site. One of these days I will try to get them all onto the new site, but there are hundreds of photos. I have many of the elementary photos like the one you sent, and have to…"
Robert Robinson left a comment for Bill Multack"Bill,
Before you migrated HP to the current site, I had sent you, and you had posted, a photo of the 1954 Bret Harte graduating class, w/names. What happened to that?
Bob"
Bill Multack commented on Webmaster's photo
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"I'm not sure if this solution will help you since I am the Webmaster and have access to some options that you might not. On my screen, above and to the right of the photo is an Options button which has options for Edit Details and Add…"
Bill Multack commented on Owen L. Mayer's photo
Glen Goldman, Merry Selk, Dave Prosten
"Sorry, didn't see the picture title. I have been in contact with both Merry and Glen Goldman. I'll be seeing him in Amsterdam in October."
Bill Multack commented on Owen L. Mayer's blog post No Title"Thanks, Owen. I know it's time consuming, but worth it to preserve the photos. Everyone will enjoy looking at them. Generally the resolution on websites is lower than what you need to print, so don't worry too much about…"
Bill Multack posted an eventClasses of '59 Birthday Bash Reunion at East Bank Club
August 6, 2011 all day
We’re celebrating our upcoming 70th birthdays in grand style with a Birthday Bash on Sat., August 6, 2011 at the East Bank Club in Chicago. The festivities will also include other activities during the weekend. If you haven't received reunion newsletters, please contact hpclassof59@gmail.com so we can give you all the exciting information. Hope to see you in August. Beth Hankin Berman(on behalf of your HP ’59 Reunion Committee) See More
Bill Multack commented on Owen L. Mayer's blog post More oldie pics soon"Looking forward to seeing them. I will eventually move the rest of the photos from the old website - probably after my wedding later this month."
Bill Multack posted a pageUpdate your profile photo
1. On the right side of every page you will see your name with your
controls underneath. Click on Settings.
2. Select Profile in the left column if it isn't already
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Profile Information
- Current Home {City, ST}
- Miami Beach, FL
- Attended HP {No, Attended, or Graduate}
- Graduate
- High School Graduation Year {yyyy}
- 1963
- June, January, or August
- June
- Elementary Schools Attended
- Parkside, O'Keeffe
- Education after High School
- University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana - BS Accounting, 1968
- Business
- Retired in 2000 as Chairman, CEO, and President of Fedco, Inc., a chain of discount drug stores and related wholesale companies throughout south Florida.
- Spouse
- Jill
- Kids {Name, Birth Year; ...}
- Spencer, 1975
- Biography
- After graduating from HP, I knew that I wanted to work for IBM designing computers. That fall I was off to U of Illinois Champaign-Urbana to get a degree in electrical engineering. After two years of doing math problems until I was blue in the face, I decided that maybe engineering was not for me (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics cinched it). I had already taken all of the computer classes offered at the time, and switched to ‘Jewish Engineering’ and received a degree in Accounting in June 1968. It took five years, but I wasn’t in a hurry to graduate for reasons known to all of us as ‘Nam’.
After graduation I was hired by IBM in data processing sales. My career there was very successful, but too short for my liking.
There was still a war going on with a lottery for induction into the service. Lady Luck did not treat me as well as she had at IBM and I drew number 4! I imagined myself holding a M-16, covered in mud, surrounded by rice patties and guys with dysentery. My knees went weak. I hurried to a recruiting office hoping to get a direct commission. None was available, but I found a sweet deal with the Navy. They needed experts in data processing and I qualified. For this I got a 30 month enlistment, with a 95% chance of being stationed in Washington, D.C. or Hawaii, no basic training, and entering as a Petty Officer 1st Class (a rank that usually takes 14 years to get). The only thing that I cared about was the fact that I wouldn’t be using my passport.
I really enjoyed my time in the Navy although I never saw a ship my entire enlistment. Stationed at the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Arlington, Virginia, just up the hill from the Pentagon, my primary responsibility was to oversee the conversion from 5 smaller computers to a giant IBM 360. (I watched guys enter data). In addition, one of my unofficial duties was to preview movies deemed possibly “objectionable”, (e.g. Woody Allen’s “Bananas” and “Woodstock”) to be shown aboard ships and at Naval bases. Thankfully, it wasn’t your typical Viet Nam experience.
A year into my enlistment I traveled to Miami Beach to visit an aunt. I was introduced to Jodi Davidson and we were married three months later in August 1970.
I got out of the Navy in August 1971. My father-in-law gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse, and went into the family drugstore business (FEDCO Discount Centers). At that time there were four stores in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. In 1976 I started a new subsidiary, a private label vitamin company; the FDC label is very popular throughout Latin America. We grew the business to over 20 stores, and 5 wholesale divisions. I became president in 1983 and CEO and Chairman in 1996.
Unfortunately, Jodi passed away in July, 2004 after a courageous fifteen year battle with breast cancer. I am an active members in several charitable groups at Mount Sinai Medical Center (Miami Beach) and I have been on the Board of Trustees for over 10 years. In addition, I have served on the boards of two synagogues, and the on the Board of Directors of the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation. I also volunteer as a math tutor in inner city high schools and am now the Vice Chairman of Communities in Schools - Miami. I have been a member of Young Presidents’ Organization, and since I don’t qualify as young any longer, I belong to its graduate group World Presidents’ Organization. For recreation I enjoy scuba diving, skiing, playing bridge, hiking, and traveling.
I have a 3-year-old son, Spencer, who graduated from University of Miami School of Law. He was formally a prosecutor for the Broward County State Attorneys Office, but now is a judge in Miami-Dade County. He is married, and has a daughter - Jolie.
In November 2009, I met Jill Richman, and we got married in January, 2011. She was head of direct marketing for the Florida Grand Opera, and has a son the same age as Spencer. We split our time between Miami Beach and Vail, CO. (Updated 11/14/11)
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Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 11:51am on October 12, 2010,
Carlo Jones said… - Hope that's not the one with front & side views , with fingerprints below !!
Just kidding !!
Carlo
- At 12:06pm on October 12, 2010, Carlo Jones said…
- Bill ,
Can I get to Vail by train? I'm going to get a travel pass with a Pullman sleeping car, and
I've heard about flying into Vail , rather hairy from what I hear from some of my Jet Jockey friends !!
Carlo
PS I have a friend from my HS , that has a home their !! (you)
- At 3:31pm on October 16, 2010, Carlo Jones said…
- Bill , I added a few pictures myself !!
- At 8:22pm on November 10, 2010,
Zbigniew (Ziggy) Nitecki said… - Well, maybe it is...I suspect, though, that the teaching part is harder where you do it.
In any case, I thought the thrust of my comments was not the math, but the perks (getting around in the world) that go with it.
- At 7:30pm on December 27, 2011, Robert Robinson said…
Bill,
Before you migrated HP to the current site, I had sent you, and you had posted, a photo of the 1954 Bret Harte graduating class, w/names. What happened to that?
Bob
- At 11:42pm on December 27, 2011, Robert Robinson said…
Bill,
Thanks for the response about the photo. I still have a copy, but I have referred several people to the picture on the old HP site. So I was just curious about its disposition. Hundreds of pictures? Sounds like you need several assistants to help you out.
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