Patrick Pardon:  

Life OK, here we go. After graduating from KUHS, I took off to Corvallis and OSU. I, as always ended up getting bored quickly and dropped out for a while, went to OIT, then back to OSU and ended up in Australia for a year in college before graduating in 1987. I learned a ton in college, but as a fairly quiet guy in high school, discovered fun, travel, beer, and great friends (thus grades were less by a long shot; than those I had in high school) I then started a 10 year career in international transportation and ended up managing facilities in Hawaii, Salt Lake City, Denver, and finally Seattle. During this period I got married and quickly discovered that that was a bad plan. Divorce ensued. A little bit wiser and a bit less financially sound, I started a second career as a portfolio manager and advisor at Prudential Securities (Now XXXXX XXXX) , in Seattle. This has proved to be a great life decision and 9 years later, I see myself retiring at this job. I married a great woman in 2001 who grew up in another Falls town, Great Falls, Montana and went to the University of Montana. She retired in 2003 as a Major in the Air Guard and recently retired from a management career at Lucent Technologies. She, in parallel to her military career, had advanced to a senior sales management position. Oh, by the way her name is also Pat(officially Patrick and Patricia). We have a now 7 year old girl and a nearly 5 year old boy. Life is great in Seattle and we expect to...Expand for more