New Member Profile - Gene Buhr

One of our newest Rotarians, Gene Buhr gave his classification talk recently. I asked him seven follow up questions to help summarize his presentation for those of us who were present and for our club members who missed the meeting. If you have not had a chance to welcome him to our club, please do so at the attendance table the during May.

1. Your Family members, occupations (including you) or school level?”

Wife- Barb, retired from Mayo as a coder.

Daughter- Heidi, teacher in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Son – Dan, insurance risk manager at Mosaic in the Twin Cities.

Son – Nick, lawyer for the Department of Labor for the state of Georgia

Daughter – Katie, Counselor for Lakeville Behavioral Health

2. Your Hometown/School/College

Hometown – Sumner, Iowa

College – Iowa State University

Graduate School of Banking – University of Wisconsin, Madison

3. Your Previous occupations?

Key City Bank, Dubuque, Iowa (this was over 36 years ago)

4. Any Hobbies?

Swimming, woodworking (back when I had time), golf, shooting baskets

5. Rotary sponsor?

Dick Huston

6. Interesting fact about you or your life?

I have read all of the Dan Brown and Vince Flynn books.

7. Anything else you can think of?

I try to swim 10,000 yards a week, which is a little under 300 miles a year.