HACKLER, George 1948-

PERSONAL: Born June 24, 1948, in Stillwater, OK; son of Loyd and Norma Hackler; married Michelle Anne Perra (marriage ended); married Ellen Catherine Walsh November 26, 1982; children: (first marriage) Jason Loyd (deceased); (second marriage) two stepdaughters. Education: University of Texas—Austin, B.S., 1972. Hobbies and other interests: Travel, team rowing, fishing.

ADDRESSES: Home and office—P.O. Box 2445, Corrales, NM 87048. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Alpine Avalanche, owner, editor, and publisher, 1972-76; Texas State Senate, press secretary for Senator Pete Snelson, 1976-78; El Paso Chamber of Commerce, El Paso, TX, business development officer, 1978; Independent Consultants, lobbyist in Washington, DC, 1978-81; Southwest Publications, Inc., owner, editor, and publisher, 1981-95, and founder of Corporate Press. Served as member of New Mexico Governor's advisory committee for economic development and at Governor's Economic Development and Tourism Conference; Private 100, founder. Volunteer teacher of English as a second language. Military service: U.S. Navy, 1966-68; served in Vietnam.

MEMBER: Latin American Association for Development (member of board of directors), Association of Commerce and Industry, New Mexico Economic Forum, New Mexico Amigos, New Mexico First (founding member), Quality New Mexico.

WRITINGS:

An Act of Faith: Twenty-five Golden Rules for Small Business Success, Cypress Group (Leawood, KS), 2002.

Columnist, Alpine Avalanche, 1973-75; columnist and editor, New Mexico Business Journal, 1981-95. Owner, publisher, and editor, New Mexico Business Journal, 1980-95.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on Spanish and Italian farmhouses.

SIDELIGHTS: George Hackler told CA: "My primary motivation for writing is a desire to inspire, insult, inform, or entertain. My writing has been influenced by Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner—all the giants. My writing process is to write feverishly in a stream of consciousness, then edit and rewrite endlessly. My inspiration is my twenty-five years of experience in small business and the need to pass it along."