Lacritz was promoted from Senior Vice President to Executive Vice President in charge of planning and construction of Frost Bros.' expansion program. Under the duress of debt, the Torie Steele Group — headed by Samuel Evans Wyly (born 1934) of Dallas — acquired Frost Bros. in 1986 for $50 million. Eight years earlier (May 20, 1978), Wyly married Victoria L (Torie) Steele (born 1955). Under the strain of insolvency while owned by the Torie Steel Group, Frost Bros. liquidated in bankruptcy in 1989. Lacritz was Executive Vice President at Frost Bros. up until just prior to its bankruptcy in 1988. U.S. Armed Forces Lacritz served in the U.S. Navy in the early 1950s and was both an instructor at the U.S. Navy School of Music in Washington, D.C. and a student, notably of conducting. References American conductors (music) American male conductors (music) American classical clarinetists Classical saxophonists American classical saxophonists American male saxophonists New England Conservatory alumni 1929 births 2012 deaths Musicians from San Antonio People from Salem, Massachusetts Classical musicians from Texas 20th-century American saxophonists