1. Fred Perpall is known as the first black person to be elected President of the United States Golf Association in 2023.
19 Facts About Fred Perpall
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Since 2013, Perpall has served as CEO of The Beck Group, a US-based international architecture and construction company.
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Fred Perpall is on the board of directors of FedEx.
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In February 2023, Fred Perpall was elected as the 67th President of the USGA.
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Fred Perpall was born on October 31,1974, the youngest of four children in a middle-class family from Nassau, Bahamas.
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Fred Perpall's father was an avionics engineer and his mother ran a small cafeteria.
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Fred Perpall piqued his interest in architecture in childhood while working in the construction business with his uncle.
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Fred Perpall earned a two-year Associate degree in Architecture from the College of the Bahamas and played on the 1994 Bahamas men's national basketball team.
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Fred Perpall later migrated to the US to study and pursue his career in architecture.
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In 1996, Fred Perpall graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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Fred Perpall is an alumnus of the 183rd class of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program and is a former Americas Fellow at The Baker Institute at Rice University.
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Since 1999, Fred Perpall has had numerous positions in the Beck Group.
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Fred Perpall was sent to Beck's Atlanta office in 2004 to establish its design practice.
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Fred Perpall was a member of the board of trustees of the Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, Texas before joining the USGA Executive Committee in 2018.
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In December 2021, Fred Perpall was nominated President-elect of the USGA, the first black person in the organization's history.
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An active member of his community, Fred Perpall is on the board of directors of Starwood Property Trust, Dallas Medical Resource, and Triumph Bancorp.
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Fred Perpall served a three-year term on the Board of Councilors for The Carter Center.
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Fred Perpall is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
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Fred Perpall is a protestant and affiliated with the United Methodist Church.