Celebrating two decades of practical advice in these pages.
We were never officially married but we exchanged vows in 1984, during a coffee break at a convention seminar I was presenting in northern Virginia. Jerry Tucker was working for Supply House Times and was preparing to originate a new trade magazine (Plumbing & Mechanical) that would be beneficial for the plumbing and mechanical trades.
He asked if I would consider putting my “practical management” message into words and I said, “I do.” I was introduced to Jim Olzstynski, PM's editor, with whom I've enjoyed a pleasant relationship for all of these years. Our first issue was exactly 20 years ago in March of 1984.