Tales of an Irish Rebel: The Life Story of Richard Emmett Dillon

Dick Dillon’s story is of an Irish Catholic boy from Brooklyn who became a sure-minded, successful corporate leader. This book follows Dick’s journey on to Canterbury School, Princeton University, the U.S. Army and jobs in New York, Mexico, Europe, Canada, Colorado, and California. Phyllis Freschi, the girl from St. Louis who became Phyllis Dillon, was a vital force in the Richard Emmett Dillon Saga. Tales of an Irish Rebel traces a success achieved through persistence and creativity and rife with encounters with the powerful, the famous, and the infamous. Defying a common corporate image, Dick says, “I was always a rebel.” Others would call him a man of character who lives by his convictions, convictions wedded to an expansive, charismatic personality.