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us purchased the retirement business
from the parent company. The
next 20 years was an invigorating
time of risk, innovation, growth
and success. Today, LCS, as it is
now named, is one of the largest
diversified providers of retirement
housing and services in the U.S. I
served on its board of directors for
15 years and retired in 2015 as one
of its five largest shareholders.
How is Ga. Tech a part of your Joe and his wife Melissa while relaxing in Italy.
life today?
As I was approaching retirement initiated in the 1970s and before. On a personal
a few year ago, I began to realize how much note, it meant a lot to me to catch up with many
the Tech experience (good and bad) affected people who influenced me, plus to meet brothers
my life. I am very grateful for the impact Tech from slightly different eras who I didn’t know
had on me. As a result and despite living so far back then.
from Atlanta, I have attempted to reconnect in
a variety of ways. I’ve been a football season What advice can you give the alumni and
ticket holder for a decade now. The Alumni young actives about success?
Mentor Program is an important part of my Never regret the past. In my mind, there
time student to a full-time employee and met my life. In the last couple of years, I’ve become a are only two reasons to look back—celebrate
the successes/blessings and learn from one’s
life-long mentor. I never finished grad school. I patron of the GT Track & Field program, a mistakes. Life will always have difficulties, but
used to regret it, until later in life, then I realized life’s passion. I’ve also become interested in the view the future as opportunities. The best times
that disappointment led me to a wonderful Flashpoint Program, a Tech-sponsored program of your life may not have happened yet.
alternative life. that supports start-up companies, through
How did having a mentor help shape investment, advice and resources.
your career? You recently returned from Italy – what Save the Date
He helped me understand how to apply the did you enjoy most?
skills I learned at Tech to a new industry, plus We had a wonderful time. Most of it was spent
softened up a lot of my personal on the Amalfi Coast where a day Join us for
habits at the time. I jumped would not go by without our
around the country gaining ration of gelato and limoncello.
experience, but always had The mountainside roads are not Homecoming
someone as a sounding board for the faint hearted. We also
for the next decision. During visited Naples and Capri, plus 2017!
my own career I have had the spent the final portion in Rome
privilege to mentor a number of and Vatican City. We travel a
individuals within my company good bit, so do not have a favorite
and within the industry. Even place. Instead, we tend to visit
now, I get great satisfaction places we have never been before.
in mentoring a GT ISyE grad Plenty of those! We did greatly
student through the Alumni enjoy being at the GT-BC game in
Mentor Program. My mentor Dublin last season. Flying back to
passed away a few years ago. I Boston with all the quiet Boston
hope I can have even a fraction College fans was particularly fun.
of the impact on others that he All of the grandkids are Tech Nothing better, except for a UGA
fans.
had on me. loss.
At what point do you feel your career What inspired you to coordinate a 10/21 vs. Wake Forest
became exciting? reunion for your era? Demon Deacons
In 1981, I joined a company called Life Care I’m not that inspirational; I was strong-armed
Services based in Des Moines, Iowa. They had into the job by the last reunion’s leadership Details TBA
been pioneering a relatively new concept of (tongue-in-cheek)! Seriously, it is an honor to
high-end, high service retirement communities. follow the efforts of Bob Nance ’67 and his Connect with Us!
It was exciting to be part of a development team team at the 2015 Reunion. It was agreed shortly
that was producing new and improved concepts after the event that we would do it again during facebook.com/gtdualumni @gtdu
each year. By 1994, I had risen to a senior vice Homecoming of 2018. The hope is to expand LinkedIn:
president role. Then, in 1995, a small group of the group by now inviting all brothers who were Delta Upsilon – Atlanta Area and Georgia Tech Alumni

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