Murder Victim. One of the victims of the DC Beltway Sniper, he was killed at a gas station near Fredericksburg, Virginia. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan; graduated from Hillsdale College in Michigan in 1971 and from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in 1973. He worked as an executive in Scott Paper Company, but, to the surprise of many, left the corporation in 1980. He was the co-founder and president of MATAH Network, an organization formed in 1997 to encourage African Americans to support black-owned businesses. He was in Virginia on business. A resident of Germantown, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, he was a dedicated family man and was often found playing basketball with his wife and six children.
Murder Victim. One of the victims of the DC Beltway Sniper, he was killed at a gas station near Fredericksburg, Virginia. He grew up in Detroit, Michigan; graduated from Hillsdale College in Michigan in 1971 and from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business in 1973. He worked as an executive in Scott Paper Company, but, to the surprise of many, left the corporation in 1980. He was the co-founder and president of MATAH Network, an organization formed in 1997 to encourage African Americans to support black-owned businesses. He was in Virginia on business. A resident of Germantown, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, he was a dedicated family man and was often found playing basketball with his wife and six children.
Bio by: Beth Painter
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