A recognized leader in the hospitality industry and a corporate
Marriott veteran of 22 years service, Dick Stormont has had
extensive experience in the development, operation, and financing
of all types of hotels, conference centers, and resorts
throughout the United States. In 1984, he left Marriott to form
The Stormont Companies, Inc. and served as Chairman until
March 2000 when the company sold its hotel management division
to Crestline Capital Corporation.
Dedicated to community service, Dick Stormont has held a number of significant leadership positions in the hospitality industry, including serving as Chairman of the Tourism Division for the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism; and Chairman of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. As a Director, President, and Founder of the Georgia Hospitality and Travel Association, he was named “Most Valuable Volunteer” (state of Georgia) by the American Hotel and Lodging Association and was presented a plaque by President George Herbert Walker Bush. In the year 2000, he was inducted as a member of the Georgia Hospitality and Travel Association’s Hall of Fame.
A graduate of Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, Dick was recognized as the university’s 2006 Southeastern Hotelier of the Year. He was also inducted into the Atlanta Hospitality Hall of Fame, and is currently the president of the Rotary Club of Atlanta and will serve his term through June of 2008.
Like many Scots-Irish living in the South, Dick’s roots go way back. His father’s family immigrated from Scotland to Ireland at the end of the 16th century and left Antrim in 1772 for South Carolina. The family moved to Indiana in 1811 and ran an underground railroad, housing runaway slaves on their farm in Princeton, and helping them escape to Canada.
His mother Mildred Milligan’s side of the family immigrated from Londonderry to Adams County, Ohio around 1778. Mildred’s father, James, was born in 1856 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Dick is married to Lou, whose Irish grandmother, Laura Patricia O’Connor, was born in County Sligo. Laura married an Englishman, and their son, Lou’s father, was born in England and came to New York City with his father, an international banker.
Dick and Lou Stormont reside in the Buckhead community of Atlanta. They have two sons, John and Rich, a daughter Stacy, and three grandchildren.
Dedicated to community service, Dick Stormont has held a number of significant leadership positions in the hospitality industry, including serving as Chairman of the Tourism Division for the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism; and Chairman of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. As a Director, President, and Founder of the Georgia Hospitality and Travel Association, he was named “Most Valuable Volunteer” (state of Georgia) by the American Hotel and Lodging Association and was presented a plaque by President George Herbert Walker Bush. In the year 2000, he was inducted as a member of the Georgia Hospitality and Travel Association’s Hall of Fame.
A graduate of Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, Dick was recognized as the university’s 2006 Southeastern Hotelier of the Year. He was also inducted into the Atlanta Hospitality Hall of Fame, and is currently the president of the Rotary Club of Atlanta and will serve his term through June of 2008.
Like many Scots-Irish living in the South, Dick’s roots go way back. His father’s family immigrated from Scotland to Ireland at the end of the 16th century and left Antrim in 1772 for South Carolina. The family moved to Indiana in 1811 and ran an underground railroad, housing runaway slaves on their farm in Princeton, and helping them escape to Canada.
His mother Mildred Milligan’s side of the family immigrated from Londonderry to Adams County, Ohio around 1778. Mildred’s father, James, was born in 1856 in Des Moines, Iowa.
Dick is married to Lou, whose Irish grandmother, Laura Patricia O’Connor, was born in County Sligo. Laura married an Englishman, and their son, Lou’s father, was born in England and came to New York City with his father, an international banker.
Dick and Lou Stormont reside in the Buckhead community of Atlanta. They have two sons, John and Rich, a daughter Stacy, and three grandchildren.