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YOUTH: My dad was born and raised in Washington state. He was a longshoreman and a staunch union supporter. In the famous 1934 dock strike, the bloodiest strike on the West Coast, he was on the tough-guy squad that threw...
EARLY YEARS: My father was an electrical engineer at the Mountain States Telephone Company. He taught courses on circuit design and electronics. When I was in high school, he made me take those courses, mostly, I think, to...
YOUTH: I grew up as the oldest of nine children and spent more time with my grandmother than the average grandkid, doing things like painting her deck. She grew up in Canada and raised a family as a single mother, so she had...
PROMOTION: While I will miss my friends, I’m highly motivated to move to Hong Kong where I can connect our strong U.S. presence with our business in Asia. We have 2,500 employees in 12 Asian countries. I served in the Navy...
EARLY YEARS: I grew up in Colville, Washington, where my parents ran a gift store. My dad taught me what true service is. People would call us on a Sunday because they had forgotten their wife’s birthday and he would go into...