John Solomon

John was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and came to the US in 1966 to attend college at Sewanee where he graduated with a B.A. in Economics.  After receiving a Master of International Management degree at the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management, now part of Arizona State University, he worked in the banking industry for 34 years in international banking, commercial lending, and credit risk administration. In 2008, he was offered the opportunity to teach Pastoral Spanish at the School of Theology. In 2009, he and his wife, Kathy, moved from St. Louis to make Sewanee their permanent home.

Following retirement in 2017, John continues to be very active with hiking, tennis, change bell ringing, and travel. During 2020 he was president of the Monteagle-Sewanee Rotary Club, and he currently is a member of Sewanee’s Community Council and a member of Arcadia at Sewanee and BetterFi’s Boards of Directors.