Outside the Office
Bud cycles and runs for exercise with a group of friends and occasionally competes in charity events.
He enjoys spending time with his family, especially his two young granddaughters. He and his wife travel to Europe, including his wife’s ancestral home of Greece, and visit Bud’s hometown on the eastern shore of Maryland. Bud also likes to read nonfiction, history and suspense novels for pleasure.
Community Leadership
Bud shares his estate planning and charitable planning knowledge in raising legacy funding for a St. Louis plant science research facility.
Since 2011, when Bud instigated the Legacy Advisory Council for the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, he has helped raise money through bequests, inheritances, structured gifts and other estate planning options. Bud is a strong supporter of the Danforth Center’s mission: to improve the human condition through plant science, to preserve and renew the environment, and to enhance the St. Louis area as a world center for plant science.