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I grew up in Darien in the third generation of Tylers. I graduated from Darien High School (DHS) in 1967 and attended Sacred Heart University before joining the Air Force in 1969, serving in Texas, Vietnam, and California as an Education Specialist and an Aircraft Cargo Loadmaster on C141’s in the Pacific. Following my military service, I attended the University of Connecticut, working summers as a shipyard laborer, casino cook, engineering intern, and independent painting contractor.

After graduating in 1977 with a Degree in Civil Engineering, I worked five years as a structural design engineer in Texas, Stamford, and New Canaan and became a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Connecticut in 1982. I then worked with Hardesty & Hanover Consulting Engineers, NYC for 16 years focusing on construction management and Resident Engineering. I served as the owner’s representative on major bridge rehabilitation and replacement projects which included the Yankee Doodle over the Norwalk River and two moveable bridges in the Bronx.

The next 25 years were spent with the Slattery Contracting Company (later renamed Skanska USA Civil NE) serving as Quality Manager for mega projects including the JFK AirTrain, Kosciuszko Cable Stayed Bridge, Reconstruction of the World Trade Center, and Moynihan Station on 33rd Street.  During this time, I became a member of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and served as voting member on Committees, becoming secretary and Chair of one of them as well as a contributing author, editor, and champion on several ACI publications.

I am a registered PE in Connecticut and New York and hold certifications with ACI, the American Welding Society (AWS), the International Code Council (ICC), and the American Society for Quality (ASQ). 

My wife of 38 years, Nancy Anderson Tyler, recently passed away. Nancy was raised in Fairfield. We spent most of our time together living in Darien. She was a pillar for our family, providing guidance and motivation for both me and our daughter Lindsay, and helping numerous family members. Some of our best memories were home renovation projects early on, time spent with her parents in Fairfield, family trips to Cape Cod, and many great weekends up at Dartmouth to cheer at Lindsay’s swim meets. Aside from her thoughtfulness and sharp memory, she also had a competitive spirit and a generosity that reached friends and teammates in the community. Both Nancy and Lindsay were active at the Middlesex Club and the Darien YMCA. 

My daughter Lindsay was Salutatorian of the DHS Class of 2011 and graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College. She was varsity swim team captain in her senior years at both schools. Lindsay now lives in Manhattan and works at Morgan Stanley as an Executive Director. 

I am recently retired and am in the process of restructuring my life after a 47-year career and a 38-year marriage. I intend to spend more time outside, get more exercise (and a bit better at golf), and finish the numerous projects I never had the time to get to. I enjoy yard work, history channels, anthropology, articles in the Science Times, Mexican food, and BBQ. My favorite sports to watch include baseball, football, and college basketball. I like country, folk, and blues (old stuff) and can play a little on guitar and harmonica (better harmonica than guitar). I look forward to seeing how I can contribute to the DMA.

I was born in Bronxville, NY and grew up in what is now known as Eastchester, but then it was part of Scarsdale, NY.  I attended Kent School and Marietta College (Marietta, OH), graduating in 1976 with a BA in Economics and Business Management.  

I began my career with NCR Corporation the week after graduation, in sales within their Systemedia Division (Business Forms and Supplies).  During my 37 years with NCR I had various roles which included sales, sales management, product management and product development.  

After NCR and I went our separate ways, I did sales work for a few years with small companies before retiring to become a caregiver for my wife.

While at Kent I was a member of two crews that rowed at the Henely Royal Regatta, in 1971 and 1972.  A British acquaintance commented “There are two ways to row at Henely; lose in the first round and enjoy the regatta-or win the damn thing!” That’s exactly what happened-we lost in ’71 yet in ’72 we completed an undefeated season (US Schoolboy Champions) with a Princess Elizabeth Cup win at Henley.

I continued rowing at Marietta, with an undefeated Freshman heavyweight boat (Small College Champions) and 3 years in either the Varsity lightweights or heavyweights. I also met my wife Pam while at Marietta, and we were married in 1975.

With NCR, we called Croton-on-Hudson, NY, Severna Park, MD and Centerville, OH “home” before moving to Darien, in 1988.  Our third son Mark was born here, while Peter was born almost 9 years earlier and Andrew 6 years earlier.

We have had three addresses in Darien the last two on-the-water, allowing me to take up rowing once again.  Beginning in 2006, I’ve competed in various ‘head’ races in my single scull, such as the Head of the Charles, the Schuykill, Head of the Fish and others. Currently I am also a member of the Vero Beach Rowing Club as well as Leander Club (Henley, England) and the Kent School Boat Club.

Since moving to Darien, I have been very involved in volunteer opportunities, from Darien Youth Hockey, Person-to-Person, and a variety of Outreach programs through Saint Luke’s Parish, where I am currently serving a second stint on the Vestry and am a member of its Executive Committee.  I am also a member of the Darien Sail and Power Squadron, serving as its Executive Officer.  I am the proud owner of my Mother’s 1966 Mustang and my 1969 Chris Craft powerboat, which is moored off of Noroton Yacht Club, where I have been a member since 1991.

My wife Pam was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2011, which quickly morphed into Lewy Body Dementia.  Because it was the right thing for me to do, I left my career to become her primary caregiver in 2015.  She passed away in 2021.    I would not trade those years for anything; I learned more about “love” than I ever imagined.

Today, I continue a heavy, heartwarming commitment to volunteer work, I continue to write and row, and I thoroughly enjoy having my two grandsons in Fairfield, CT.

My wife, Laura, and I moved to Rowayton a little over two and a half years ago from Healdsburg, California. We left Healdsburg, located in the Sonoma Country wine country, because the fires they were having there were beginning to look like annual events. We moved here to be closer to our only grandchild, grandson Sam, and his mother, Alison, who live in Chappaqua, NY.  We have another daughter, Amy, who will soon be moving back to the States from Belgium with her husband, A J, who is retiring from the Air Force as an intelligence officer who was on loan to NATO.

I was born in Oakland, California in 1941 but  grew up on a 12 acre property near Walnut Creek, CA on which we had 250 walnut trees. I graduated from the University of the Pacific, located in Stockton, CA in 1962 with a degree in international relations. It is at Pacific where I met Laura, my wonderful wife of 60 years.

After receiving my MBA from the University of California, Berkeley in 1967 we moved to Chicago where I began my career in venture capital at The First National Bank of Chicago. We moved back to California in 1972  when I joined Bank of America’s venture capital subsidiary. From there I became a partner at WestVen which was co-founded by Weiss, Peck& Greer and BankAmerica Corporation. I joined Hambrecht & Quist in 1981 where I and three partners ran its venture capital operation. In 1985, one of my H&Q partners, Grant Inman, and I co- founded Inman & Bowman which we successfully ran until 1998. After retiring, I made a number of private investments and participated in a number of volunteer activities including the Board of Regents at the University of the Pacific and board member of the Healdsburg Education Foundation.

Over the years, I have enjoyed golf in many places around the world, but I don’t play much any more. Being an avid golfer and a good golfer are two separate things, and I would describe my golf game as “30 years of beginning golf.” My wife and I started taking bridge lessons at the DCA shortly after moving here and are enjoying bridge very much. However, it is beginning to have that feeling of ” 30 years of beginning bridge.” We also enjoy travel, and reading is another of our common interests .