Close Up: The Brains Behind RGC
Harold Lynch Jr. and E. James Murar, friends and business partners for more than two decades, formed RecreActions Inc. in 1970 (now called RecreActions Group of Companies) and developed communities totaling 14,000 homes, including 4,000 RGC-built homes valued at $750 million.
RGC has won more than 100 regional and national design and marketing awards, such as Professional Builder and Remodeler magazine’s professional achievement award for creativity in high-density development.
E. James Murar
Position: Chairman and chief executive of RGC, Newport Beach.
Birth date: Oct. 12, 1940.
Residence: Newport Beach.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in economics from Dartmouth College; graduate studies in business administration at UCLA; passed the certified public accountant exam.
Business philosophy: We have an overriding philosophy of attempting to do the right thing.”
Goals: “It really relates to doing the right thing. I would like to have a positive impact on others in anything I do. . . . influence others to be innovative and to improve things with higher quality.”
When all is said and done: “I’ve got a favorite saying that I keep by my desk that I flash to everybody: ‘Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.’ I guess I’d like to leave a trail.”
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Harold Lynch Jr.
Position: President of RGC, Newport Beach.
Birth date: March 28, 1935.
Residence: Newport Beach.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in political science from Long Beach State College; postgraduate architectural classes at USC.
Business philosophy: The thing I find rewarding is that you leave a legacy. We want to be proud to walk down any street and show people what we’ve done. That’s part of our creed. That’s the test. Everything we’ve done will be here past our life time.”
Goals: “To keep a balanced company that does things of high quality and unique, innovative design that is rewarding both financially and emotionally that will create an entire new lifestyle in terms of people’s living conditions.”
When all is said and done: “I’d like people to think of me as a man who did things with grace and style, and who cared about the streets he walked.”
