Bobby Sherman
After graduation I attended Harvard College. I majored in American History and Literature and graduated in l962. I went directly to Harvard Law school, graduating in l965. I was married in l964 to Edith Ordway Clifford of New York City (divorced 1987) , and have two sons Daniel (36) and Charles (31) by that marriage. Both sons work in New York City and live in Brooklyn. No marriages, no grandchildren.
I started work in l965 with the Wall Street law firm of Dewey, Ballantine in l965 and did general corporate and project finance work. After 5 1/2 years I received a generous offer from a client who controlled a number of large public companies to become Vice President and General Counsel of his largest public company, a Fortune 500 manufacturing corporation named Wallace Murray Corporation. Wallace Murray was headquartered in New York City. This company had approximately 30 manufacturing plants in the US, South America and Europe and significant business relationships in Japan. This was an immensely interesting job involving international travel, large financings and acquisitions and as it turned out, significant business responsibilities. In addition to running the legal department I was assigned two electronic manufacturing divisions to run. In l980 this company merged into Household Finance Corporation. I resigned from Household in l982 to join some former colleagues at Dewey Ballantine in the Project Finance Group at PaineWebber's investment banking department.
At PaineWebber, our group raised financing for large stand-alone projects such as electrical generating plants, paper mills and communications satellites. In 1990 I left to become President of McDonnell Douglas Capital Corporation, a subsidiary of McDonnell Douglas Corporation engaged in aircraft and other capital equipment leasing. This was somewhat of a sick company when I took it on, but I was able to make it profitable and sell it for them. After this sale I had had enough of the corporate world, and started a shopping guide publication business in Bergen County, NJ which I ran until I retired in 2004.
Bobby and Linda
I was remarried to Linda Sudderth Carley, a native of Greensboro, NC and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, but who, like myself, lived in New York City. Linda has two daughters by her first marriage. Our life centered around New York City, a beach house on Fire Island, NY and international travel. Upon retirement, we moved to High Point, NC, a town adjacent to Greensboro. We travel frequently and have been to South Africa, Peru, Brazil, Italy and Scotland since retiring. We spend part of the summer on Fire Island. I am a member of an organization that is active in preservation of our American History heritage and have been a member of its book award and speakers committee. I have also been involved in Harvard recruiting. I play tennis several times a week and have a great deal of time for reading, which is truly my favorite pastime.