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Posted: February 20, 2009
Bill McCormick 2009
Name: Bill McCormick
Title: President/Owner
Company: First Choice Fitness Corp.
Location: Setauket, NY 11733
Birthplace and year: Altoona, Penn., 1946
Family: Wife, Bridget; son, Ryan; daughter, Mackenzie
College: Villanova
First job outside of real estate: School teacher/coach
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Distribute high quality commercial grade fitness products. We plan to evolve and do other health-related activities.
Hobbies: Golf, reading, writing, spending time with family
Favorite book: "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"
Favorite movie: "Dead Man Walking"
Persons you admire most (outside of family): Every working man and woman
Key to success: Be humble enough to evaluate all ideas when you think you know the answer.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Writing on several levels
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