Don Williams:
CLASS OF 1973
South High SchoolClass of 1973
Minneapolis, MN
Roosevelt High SchoolClass of 1973
Minneapolis, MN
Sanford Middle SchoolClass of 1970
Minneapolis, MN
Cooper Elementary SchoolClass of 1967
Minneapolis, MN
Don's Story
After several years in the private security business, I got married and started thinking about a family, it seemed time to make a change in my career. I always enjoyed the person to person contact and wanted to pursue a career that would utilize my strengths.
Soon I had an opportunity in advertising as a sales executive. The next 28 years I had great success and developed many great relationships, some of them extending into multiple generations of business owners.
April 3, 2006 a new chapter in my life began as I suffered a heart attack. I lived through it along with having six coronary arteries bypassed. After a we...Expand for more
ek in the hospital and a week at home to rest, it was back to work.
Back to work the first day I was met at the door by my employer, only to find out that he was collecting keys and instructing all the employees to clean out their desks and take all belongings. The reason, he was going out of business, no thank you, no gold watch, no nothing!
As I look back, it was one of the most devastating times of my life, but also a blessing because at that point I made a pledge to myself to never work for anyone else, ever again!
What a great country we live in, where a person can start a successful new career at the age of 50!
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