Roger “Rod” D. Meade 10436 Owen-Brown Road Columbia MD 21044 410.992.5424 Cell phone: 410.913.4742
Business address: Sodexo, Inc. 9801 Washingtonian Boulevard Gaithersburg MD 20878 301.987.4578 roger.meade@sodexo.com Education: two-year boarding student; A.B. history, Dartmouth College ’65; J.D., William and Mary ’75 Military Service/Branch: U.S. Navy Roger Meade and Sherry Black 1966–1971, Naval Service; damage control officer, destroyer in Vietnam, UDT/SEAL teams platoon commander 1968–1971 Occupation: senior attorney Family: spouse, Sherrie Black; children: Cullen, Roger, Tyler, and Masha; grandchild, Lucia (3) What I’ve done and where I’ve been: Won coveted “iron man” award in UDT/SEAL training 1968; Apollo recovery officer, U.S. Atlantic fleet 1969–70; trail specialist with NLRB 1975–1984. Partner with nation’s largest labor employment law firm 1984–2008; currently, I am senior labor counsel with Sodexo, Inc. (125,000 employees in U.S.A.) Favorite memory from my Loomis years: Living in Ely House spring term of senior year One piece of advice I would give to a new Loomis Chaffee graduate: Take more seriously the academic challenges presented by college — too often the temptation is to take greater advantage of the social scene (following no social life at Loomis) than is warranted.