Scott Askegard:  

Life Hi; I'm still living in the country 6 miles south of Mason in a small town called Eden 20 miles south of Lansing in a turn of the century farmhouse with the old metal roofing. I'm hoping to sell the home and relocated to the small town of Webberville. Much closer to my job in New hudson (which is 65 miles from my home near Mason) but still close to Lansing. A small town with a golf course of around 1500 people where I can feel at home. I Graduated from MSU, 1985,1989 Bachelor of science degrees in Forensic Science and Psychology. Graduated with an MBA with a concentration in Industrial Management Dec 2001 from Baker College. I worked for Neogen Corp for almost 13 years in Lansing. 8 of them in Research and Development, developing Immunodiagnostic tests for agriculture, food and the environment. The rest of my time there was in Manufacturing ELISA's and Lateral flow devices. I was essentially a developmental biochemist there for many years as well as a supervisor. My job at Neogen disappeared Nov 2004. It's the old story of hard work, company loyalty and dedication over-looked for a cheaper bottom line on the balence sheet. After many years I was left with a severance package and legal papers to sign off on and out the door I went to find my next career with eyes wide open about the cold realities of the business world. I still support Neogen when I can and miss many of my friends and colleagues that I left behind. I left part of myself behind at that company as well as I helped build it and stayed to help it survive the many lean years so that it could be the success story that it is today. Many people were made millionaires over the success of that company. My next job I accepted in Feb 2005 at first it was a contract to hire position. Microbiologist/Field Scientist. Then it became a direct hire postion as of September 2005. I love my new job it is with a Norwegian company named Elopak, Inc. Many Norwegian people work here and the company headquaters is in Norway. My new title is Food Scientist. I've been fortunate to travel to Norway. my ancestors are Norwegian as some of you might remember. I was able to locate the areas where my ancestors came from in Ostre Toten Oppland Norway. An 80 acre farm off the lake there. I visited with a Helen Askegaard there (no relation) as her family took the farm over and therefore the farm name. Askegaard means Ash Tree Farm. I'm basically a technical service person we make machines that dispense milk, juice, yogurt, liquid egg. I travel to the customer sites and help make sure the machines are running correctly. I've been able to visit, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands(Holland), Mexico City, Montreal Quebec, NJ, and MN in the past year all work related. This new company is the best to work for and I feel at home working for the Norwegians. I got Married to the love of my life June 4th 2007. Caroline Stacey. She is the rector of St. Luke in the Fields Church in NY, NY. She is from England and has been in the states since the early 1990's. She received her bachelors and masters degrees from St. Andrews in Scotland and then went to div. School at Yale and got her Masters there as well. Needless to say I need to get out to NY. I she her 2 or 3 weekends a month while still working in MI and trying to sell the home. Hoping the job market opens up soon and my home sells soon as well then me and and my Jack Russell dog Queen can move to the mean streets of NYC. UPDATE: As of Dec 24th, 2007 I have moved to NYC...Expand for more