>> I came to Rollins to primarily for 3 reasons.
I wanted to stay in Florida.
I wanted to study business.
My dad was a Wharton grad and so we looked at places all
over the United States and also wanted to play tennis.
And, so, Rollins was the only place I ever applied,
was the only place I was really ever interested.
So, it was a really easy choice for me
because it combined everything that I wanted in one place.
I actually had part of my Rollins connection I had a friend of mine
and one of the beautiful parts about being at Rollins is the relationships that you have
with the people because its small and intimate you develop some really strong relationships
and it was a friend of mine from college that I had been in businesses classes with.
And, he was working at E.F. Hutton at the time and so he suggested I had a job that I liked
but I knew it was not going to be a long term job.
I actually only had 2 jobs, that one and this one.
And, I knew I wasn't going to stay there for the long run and so he suggested that I come over
and work with him at E.F. Hutton and that we join a team -- that we become a team.
And, so, I went over to interview but they did not hire me and so I was turned
down there though they said it was that there wasn't space.
And, so, he suggested that what I do is get a job somewhere else with another brokerage firm
and then work the 2 years until the contract was up and then join him
over at EF Hutton and again do the same thing.
And
when I interviewed a lot of places in town and I eventually came on with Merrill Lynch
and interestingly I never went to E.F. Hutton, and he got out of the business
and is now an attorney and I stayed with Merrill Lynch for more than 25 years.