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EARbook • CRUiSE hduSTRy "In a nutshell that's (the job at Scott) what I did, he said. "I just wanted a decent job where somebody would hire me and pay me a decent wage."

Not desiring a career in the toilet paper business, McLeod left Scott and decided to try his hand in New York's whirlwind advertising mecca on Madison Avenue.

His path finally cleared when he was granted a spot in Young and Rubicam's (Y&R) Account Management Develop- ment Program — a program that is known for cranking out future execu- tives — such as Y&R's current presi- dent. While at Y&R. McLeod handled consumer accounts dealing with every- thing from potato chips to a major air- line. He remained there until 1969, when he left New York again, this time for the heat of South Florida to join an ad agency in Miami, where he eventual- ly landed the Royal Caribbean Cruise

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Cruise Lines with its declining balance sheet, literally taking a company that was $6 million in debt in August 1986 to a gain of $20 million when he returned to RCCL in October 1988 as executive vice president of sales, marketing & passengers services — a position he would hold until his resignation from the line in 1996.

Following his departure from RCCL,

McLeod, who could not work for anoth- er cruise line due to a one-year non- competition agreement that he had with

RCCL, was tapped by his good friend,

Carnival CEO, and NBA Miami HEAT owner, Micky Arison, to serve as the team's senior vice president of market- ing. Comparing his stint with the HEAT to a "refreshing scoop of sorbet between dinner courses," McLeod enjoyed his time with the team during its 1996-1997 season.

After the expiration of his non-compe- tition agreement, his good friend Arison made him an offer he couldn't refuse as senior vice president of marketing for

Carnival Corp. McLeod went back to the industry where he found his niche, working with Carnival's senior manage- ment groups to develop cross-marketing opportunities.

Proud To Be An American

Besides working to further U.S. Lines' strong sense of patriotism to potential customers, McLeod, who is very hands- on in dealing with customer satisfaction, still has many goals to accomplish before retiring, such as expanding U.S.

Lines' excursion base to beyond Hawaii, to destinations in Alaska and the South

Pacific.

Patriotically, not politically speaking,

McLeod has one specific goal to meet before he reaches the last stop on the ports of call in his career. "The day that

I leave, I want to be able to walk out that door knowing that Phil (Calian) and I created an organization that gives cus- tomers the opportunity to experience a

U.S.-flagged passenger vessel calling at a U.S. port with an ail-American crew," he said. "I want to customers to experi- ence this by giving them this new option." "This is the end of the line for me," he added. "I'll make one more stop though — for a cup of coffee on my way to the first tee."

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