Restaurateur
Robert L. Corbin
"From Bus Boy to President" might be the title of the success story of Robert Corbin, '49, who was named "Restaurateur of the Year" on December 7th by the Miami Valley Restaurant Associa tion in Dayton. A bus boy during his student days. Bob went to work in 1953 as personnel manager of Foodcraft Management Corporation (then called the Silver Dome System), which at the time operated a couple of hamburger places and did industrial catering. He became general manager within a few weeks and later executive vice president. In 1964 he bought a controlling interest and became president of the firm, which is said to do more than $4,000,000 worth of business annually. Foodcraft now operates cafe terias at Culp's Far Hills; Culp's Midtown; the Talbott Terrace and the 500 Room in the Hulman Build ing; and furnishes luxury facilities at the Seven Nations in the Im perial North Motel, Helen of Troy off Interstate 75; the Kings Inn, Columbus; Holiday Inn, Chillicothe; and the Blue Dolphin in Mansfield. The Restaurateur of the Year was cited for many accomplish ments, not only in his own busi ness, but for the food industry as a whole, such as his presidency of the MVRA, his chairmanship of the International Food Service Manage ment Guild; the MVRA political
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action committee and the Ohio State Restaurant Association's pro gram committee. In September he and Mrs. Cor bin (Edith Peters, '49) traveled to Paris, where Bob presided over a five-day conference of the Interna tional Guild. They also traveled in several countries to purchase paintings and other art objects to enhance the international atmos phere of his restaurants. They had previously made a restaurant tour of Europe in 1962. The Corbins are the parents of two daughters. Bob is active in community af fairs, is a member of Agonis Club, a director of Walnut Grove Coun try Club, serves as chairman of the Pastor and Parish Committee of Normandy EUB Church, and has served as president of the Miami Valley Otterbein Alumni Associa tion.
At Otterbein Bob was president of his freshman class, his fratern ity and the Interfraternity Council. A member of the varsity debate team, he won the Grand National Intercollegiate-Oratorical Champion ship with a speech on public safe ty. At Armco he has developed two special courses to teach ef fective speaking, and is the author of a speech text, "Effective Pre sentation." He is married to the former Doris Kelk, '55, and they have three daughters. Bob's firm will specialize in management development with emphasis on personal motivation and communications, and will also represent "Success Motivation In stitute, Inc."
Consultant It is "business for himself" for Robert E. Moore, '54, who re signed a fine position as manager of corporate insurance at Armco Steel to devote full time to his own management consulting firm— R. E. "Bob" Moore Associates, lo cated in West Middletown, Ohio. Bob entered the industrial engin eering department at Armco in 1956 after two years with the Quartermaster Corps in Japan, and became one of the youngest corpo rate managers at Armco in 1964.
Elmer N. Funkhouter, Jr.
Vice President
Robert E. Moore
In a move to further implement its diversification into new fields of business and expand its interna tional activities, the American Can Company has announced the ap pointment of Elmer N. Funkhouser, Jr., '38, as vice president and general manager for these opera tions. He will direct activities of American Can's international op erations, as well as those of M&T Chemicals Inc. and Impact Graph ics, Inc., wholly-owned subsid iaries. Mr. Funkhouser's activities will add emphasis to the company's plan for growth in new fields, as