Mr. Suckow received a B.S. degree in economics from Bradley University in 1969 and earned an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from Western Illinois University in 1973. He began his career in finance in 1973 with American National Insurance Company as a securities analyst. In 1975 he became a trust investment officer with First Hutchings-Sealy National Bank. From 1978 to 1981 he was Vice President Investments for Sun Insurance Services and from 1981 to 1985 Vice President and Portfolio Manager for Delaware Investment Advisers. From 1985 to 1992 Mr. Suckow was Executive Vice President and Director of Fixed Income Securities for Oppenheimer Management Corporation and from 1993 to 1999 he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer Fixed Income for Delaware Investment Advisers Inc. In 1999 he retired from the investment management industry and began a teaching career as a business fellow and adjunct professor of finance and economics at Villanova University. Mr. Suckow is a director of Prandium Inc. A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) since 1978 Mr. Suckow is a member of the CFA Institute. |