Welcome!
Kenneth 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.
- Your Family members, occupations (including you) or school level?”
Myself: Workforce Development Representative for the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development (DEED) and Adjunct Assistant Professor at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota.
Wife Savile: Manager, SPAM® Museum and Community Relations, Hormel Foods
- Your Hometown/School/College
Grew up on a farm near Rollag, Minnesota and went to Barnesville schools. North Dakota State University for Bachelor’s and Masters of Business Administration.
- Your Previous occupations?
10 years as a Business Instructor with the University of Minnesota Crookston. Higher education teaching at Aakers Business College, University of Mary, and Qingdao and Minjiang universities in China. Co-founded an educational consulting company in Seoul, South Korea. Various management positions.
- Any Hobbies?
Just took up woodworking and am setting up a wood shop in the garage. Learning to use a router. Love to raise and train Border Collies but currently live in town so that will have to wait.
- Rotary sponsor?
Dr. Huston? I don’t know if he officially is but he’s been a great mentor thus far.
- Interesting fact about you or your life?
My father and I are both in Mensa and we were both teachers but he loved physics and chemistry and I loved business. I taught in higher education and he taught high school.
- Anything else you can think of?
Still consider myself a newlywed. Married the love of my life January 14, 2017. I think my family had given up hope I’d ever settle down but now they are glad I waited.