Bruce “Willie” Williamson is moving on to new professional challenges after having completed a six-year assignment as president of the Sterno Group, with the successful divestiture of the company from Blyth Inc., and merger with Candle Lamp Co., LLC. Bruce has enjoyed a career in the consumer products and food industries with such notable companies as Procter & Gamble, Pepsico and Sara Lee. He earned an M.B.A. from the Booth School of Management at the University of Chicago directly after Dartmouth. A native of Illinois, Bruce and his wife of nearly 32 years, Alice, live in Glencoe, north of Chicago. Alice has a master’s in family counseling and trains Christian missionaries from around the world. Daughter Jessy (29) lives and works in Chicago, and son John (27) is in graduate school studying for a master’s in family counseling. Bruce’s personal passion is his work on the Chicago board and national advisory board of the Salvation Army.


As always, be safe.


—Rick Sample, Retreat Farm, 1137 Manakin Road, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103; samplejr@msn.com