1985-Present

Speechwriting and public relations consultant.  Clients include Time Inc., Business Roundtable, Sprint Nextel, Allstate Insurance Co, Carngie Corp, Ford Foundation.

1981-1985

Chief Speechwriter, Time Inc., NY, for CEO J. Richard Munro.

1977-1981

Speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter, Secretary of the Treasury Michael Blumenthal, Secretary of Labor Ray Marshall.

1974-1977

Speechwriter for U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie.

1974

Speechwriter for Federal Energy Administrator John Sawhill.

1972-1974

Executive Director, Florida Commission on Human Relations, Tallahassee.

1970-1972

Freelance writer and author of Close to Crisis: Florida's Environmental Problems (New Issues Press, 1972)

1967-1970

Editor, News Bureau, Office of Information Services, FSU

Education:

• 1961 Graduated from Florida High;

• 1968 B.A. in History, FSU;

• 1971 M.A. in American Studies, FSU;

• 1971-74 Doctoral Studies, FSU.

Family:

• Wife Esther & 3 children
  Holmes, Robert Jr., Durwood.

Activities:

• Vice-Chair, National Association of Counties (NACo) Sustainability Leadership Team;

• member, NACo SAFETEA-LU transportation legislation;

• member, NACo Transportation Steering Committee;

• Board of Directors, Pipeline Safety Trust;

• member, American Legion Post 13 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3308;

• member, Congress for the New Urbanism;

• Tallahassee/Leon County Council of Neighborhood Association's 1993 Neighbor of the Year Award.

• member, Temple Israel

Military Service:

• Lieutenant Commander U.S. Naval Intelligence Reserve (retired 1983);

• Enlisted in 1961; active duty 1965-67; commissioned Ensign in 1968;

• Managing Editor, Naval Intelligence Quarterly;