FORMER CEO APRIA HEALTHCARE
WHY: Retired from Apria as chief executive in 2008 after almost 11 years with the company. Résumé includes Unocal, Times Mirror, PepsiCo. Former chairman of the Segerstrom Center, has served on board of Brandman University. Has also served as chairman of New Majority.
NOTABLE: Was an assistant to White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman during the Nixon administration.
QUOTABLE: Worked at Disneyland in youth, met future wife, Dee, there. “Working at Disneyland was the best summer job imaginable. I worked with outstanding people who came from colleges across the nation. It was like going to school without having to go to class.”
