Daniel McKennie:  

Hi, After graduating from KU in '66 I attended OIT majoring in civil engineering (and working at various jobs on the side) util 1969 when I was drafted into the US Army. I spent 14 1/2 months in Vietnam and left the Army in November 1970 as a Specialist 5. I returned to OIT part time and worked at several different jobs until 1974 when I worked for 2 seasons for the Bureau of Land Management on a surveying crew. I then worked for Chris' Moulding in Klamath which became Henderson Millwork where I worked in various capacities the last of which were foreman and knife grinder. In September of 1985 I began my employment with Jeld-Wen at Cascade Forest Products in Bend, OR. I was accepted into the management program and I worked as a Group Manager at Cascade, Jeld-Wen of Flagstaff (AZ), and at Klamath Door in Klamath Falls. After 11 years in management I determined that I would rather have a life than management and accepted an hourly job running a moulder which I still do for JW Millwork Manufacturing in Klamath Falls. I plan to retire at the end of 2009 for health reasons (back problems). While with Jeld-...Expand for more