Name: Richard McKinnon
Title: Director of Brokerage Services
Company: The Grossman Companies
Location: 1266 Furnace Brook Pkwy., Quincy, MA 02169
Birthplace and year: Lowell, Mass., 1952
Family: Wife, Phyllis; 2 daughters
College: University of Cincinnati, BS in Biology
First job outside of real estate: Respiratory therapist at Boston Univ. Hospital
First job in real estate or allied field: Commercial broker for Data Realty Corp.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? As a commercial broker I handle third party properties and assignments; I am involved with the investment committee and real estate consulting.
Hobbies: Skiing, running, book collector
Favorite book: "The World is Flat" by Thomas Friedman
Favorite movie: "Grand Prix"
Person you admire most (outside of family): Winston Churchill
Keys to success: Focus, persistence, charity
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? Commercial
airline pilot.