Withington

"Dare to be Wise"

 Mark 

Withington-Hyland

 
Cultural Mix


England		 Withington: Paternal English family traditions up bringing.
My father (an argentine) and a great pilot fought in WWII for the R.A.F. (Royal Air Force). If you follow the below link you may see a
newspaper article when he and another eleven pilots received a recognition for their voluntary services as pilots in the war: (London in 2005). My Dad was able to go. http://old.clarin.com/diario/2005/04/08/elpais/p-02201.htm
I worked in London as a waiter in a French bistro owned by an Italian in 1975, picked grapes in a vineyard in France, unloaded fruit trucks at the fruit market in Italy, and unloaded fish at the Viarregio port, Italy,  while traveling for a year through seven European countries. Rugby toured in England and Wales in 1973 playing for Belgrano Athletic Club, Argentina. We won six outof seven games. My position was as fullback.

Ireland		 Hyland: Maternal Irish Catholic family up bringing.
My mother, Sheila, devoted catholic and a well deserved PhD in motherhood. Beloved sister of eleven siblings and mother of seven sons and daughters. I must say that the Irish genes are as strong in my family as my mother's and her siblings.

U.S.A.		 Lived, studied and worked in Washington D.C., Jacksonville, Florida, and Santa Barbara, California.
Completed both of my business degrees: a bachelor and a MBA degrees.
Drove around the whole country through 35 States in a 1968 Sedan de Ville Cadillac in 1978.
Worked in Peninsular Life Insurance in the actuarial division, as an intern, Jacksonville, Florida, when it ended they offered me to stay, but I had already made other plans with my girlfriend.
Learned to pump gas, up to 60 cars an hour by myself, at Finnegan's Automatic carwash and gas station, became a manager in 3 months working there, loved it. They took good care of me.
Auto salesman and sales manager (GM Pontiac/Ford/Porsche). Learned to sell cars, I was in between the top three salesmen every month, out of 10-12 salesmen.
Real Estate agent and broker in Washington D.C., thanks to real estate I was able to go back to school and finish both degrees, my MBA I completed in one year, working full-time too.
House and office building-investor and recycling constructor. Recycled a large four story victorian house downtown D.C. into an office building, which I rented out to Chicago Tribune Newspaper on the 2nd of January of 1987.
BSBA: Bachelor in Science of Business Administration with majors in Marketing and International Business. American University (1984).
MBA: Master in Business Administration, majored in Finance and Investments, and Telecommunications. The George Washington University (1986).

Argentina		 Home country (since the 50's).
Rugby player. 4th division captain. Full back. Belgrano Athletic Club.
Belgrano Day School. High school.
U.B.A. University of Buenos Aires, Economic Sciences (1970-73).
Management positions in top insurance firm, and general manager in reinsurance company.
Business Consultant.
Real Estate Consultant, Agent & Services in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Thoroughbred horses breeder and racing between 1989-1997.