Ted Downen:  

Since GJHS graduation in '68, I attended, what was then Mesa Jr College; then went on to Colorado State in Ft. Collins, CO, to earn a degree in Industrial Construction Management (ICM), '73. I began my full time career working in NW Colorado on the Hayden and Craig power stations as a construction safety supervisor with Stearns-Roger. After 4 years, I decided to pursue an advanced degree and earned my Masters in Construction Engineering Management (CEM) from Oregon State in Corvallis, OR, '81. I then began a long career with CH2M Hill consulting engineers (now Jacobs Engineering) starting in 1979 as a construction cost estimator in Corvallis, OR. Since that time, my family and I have worked and lived in various places including overseas experiences in Alexandria, Egypt on a U.S.A.I.D. waster-water project (8yrs: '84-'88 & '90-'94). I also spent 3 months on the West Bank ('01) and 2 years in Saudi Arabia ('13-'15) on the KAUST university campus (King Abdulla University of Science & Technology) just north of Jeddah on the Red Sea. I re...Expand for more