BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Bernard S. Appel May, 2007
President
Appel Associates HOME ADDRESS:
301 Commerce Street, Suite 1415 4917 Ranch View Road
Fort Worth, Texas 76102 Fort Worth, Texas 76109
Telephone: 817/338-9579 Telephone: 817/377-2544
Fax: 817/338-4305 Fax: 817/377-2545
E-mail: bappel@flash.net
Web Site: www.flash.net/~bappel
History: 1993, July, Established Appel Associates, Marketing Consultants
1992, Promoted to Senior Vice President, Tandy Corporation; Chairman, Radio Shack
1984, Promoted to President, Radio Shack
1980, Promoted to Executive Vice President, Marketing
1978, Promoted to Senior Vice President, Merchandising/Advertising
1970, Promoted to Vice President, Merchandising
1966, Promoted to Merchandise Manager
1959, Joined Radio Shack as Buyer
Prior to joining Radio Shack, I gained ten years' experience with a general merchandise and catalog discount house (1949-1959) in Boston, Massachusetts.
Education: Boston English High School - 1949
Boston University School of Management - 1959 - ACS
Military: United States Coast Guard - 1951-1954 - Honorable Discharge
Personal: Born January 10, 1932, Boston, Massachusetts
Moved to Fort Worth, Texas - 1970
Married in July 1988 to Ellen Carey Appel. Four Children:
Ellen's two daughters, and my daughter and son.
Affiliations
Current: President Safe City Commission Crime Stoppers 2006 -
Board of Directors, Fort Worth Rotary Club 2005 -
Board of Directors, The Signing Machine Company, Inc. 2003 -
Member of Business Products Advisory Committee-Jewish National Fund 1999 -
Network of Independent UJA Communities - Executive Committee 1994 -
Honorary Life Member of National Commission, Anti-Defamation League, 1992 -
International Board of Visitors, M. J. Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University, 1990 -
Board of Directors - Congregation Ahavath Sholom, 1972 -
Masons, Tabernacle Lodge - Fort Worth
Shrine, Moslah Lodge - Fort Worth
Rotary Club of Fort Worth
Former: Advisory Board, Crime Stoppers of North Texas 2005 -2006
Board of Directors - Crime Prevention Resource Center (formerly Citizens Crime Commission of Tarrant County) 1997-2005
Board of Directors - Non-Profit Service Center (formerly Executive Service Corps of Tarrant County) 1999-2004
Member Jewish Education Agency-Fort Worth 1999 -2004
Board of Directors, X-10 Wireless Technology, Inc. 2000 -2003
Board of Directors, UniView Technologies (formerly Curtis Mathes Holding Corporation) 1995-2002
Advisory Board, BNI - Business Network for Israel 1995 -1999
Board of Directors, Integrated Technology, Inc. 1994 -1999
Board of Directors, Family Services, Inc., 1990 -1997
Board of Directors, Jewish Federation of Fort Worth, 1975 – 1997
United Jewish Appeal Regional Financial Relations/Jewish Agency Committee, 1993-1997
Board of Directors, Dan Danciger Jewish Community Center, 1989-1995
Project Renewal Cluster Chairman, Acco-East, Israel, 1981-1994
Board of Governors, Century II, Fort Worth, 1987 -1994
United Jewish Appeal Southern, Southwestern, and Western Regional Campaign Cabinets, 1980 -1993
Board of Directors, SMEI Academy of Achievement, 1989 – 1993
Advisory Board, Arts Council of Fort Worth & Tarrant County, 1985 -1992
Southern Regional Chairman, United Jewish Appeal's Passage to Freedom
Campaign for Soviet Jewry , 1989
President, Jewish Federation of Fort Worth, 1985 - 1987.
Founding Executive Committee Member of the Telecommunications Industry
Div. of United Jewish Appeal/New York Federation, 1984
Board of Directors, Jewish Family Services, 1983 - 1984
Board of Directors, Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, 1981 -1984
President, Congregation Ahavath Sholom, 1979 - 1981
Board of Directors, Casa Mañana, 1978 - 1979
Vice President/Founder, Temple Aliyah, Needham, MA, 1969 - 1970
Social Club City Club, Fort Worth, TX
Memberships: Colonial Country Club, Fort Worth, TX
Awards: Israel Bonds Star of David, April 2007
2004 Inaugaral Mentors Award, Texas Capital Bank, Business Press, August 2004
2002 Inductee in the Consumer Electronic Hall of Fame, January 2002
Boston University School of Management Alumni Award, May 1994
Twice Magazine, Distinguished Achievement Award, January 1994
Honorary Doctor of Commercial Science degree - McKenzie College, July 1991
Defender of Jerusalem Award - New York City, 1990
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith Fort Worth Man of Year, 1990
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith Electronics & Appliances Division Torch of Liberty Award, 1988 - N.Y.C.
B'nai B'rith Fort Worth Jewish Man of the Year, 1985
Biographical Listed in Who's Who in Consumer Electronics, Who's Who in Finance & Industry,
Reference: Who's Who in the World and Who's Who in America.