Alison Gaye Blind:
CLASS OF 1972
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Elston High SchoolClass of 1972
Michigan city, IN
Western Michigan University - Graduate SchoolClass of 1983
Kalamazoo, MI
Purdue University - AgricultureClass of 1977
West lafayette, IN
Martin T. Krueger Junior High SchoolClass of 1969
Michigan city, IN
Long Beach Elementary SchoolClass of 1966
Michigan city, IN
Alison Gaye's Story
Life
I Married Al Blind, of LaPorte, in 1975.
I Graduated from Purdue, B.S. Wildlife Sci./Fisheries,1977.
I began work in Fisheries with the Michigan DNR, in 1983.
My Oldest daughter, Allyn (29) graduated from Slippery Rock Univ. PA with both a BS and MS in Sport Managment, and is a Corporate Site Coordinator with YMCA of Central Ohio.
My Youngest daughter, Amanda (26) graduated from UCONN, and is now a Senior Planner and GIS Specialist with the Savannah Economic Development Authority,GA. Amanda married Kris Taylor of Stevensville, MI in 2008, and both will be attending Clemson University, fall of 2010.
Al and I are back in Michigan after a 5 yr. hitch in NY State.
I am a Natural Resource Specialist with PRISM Science and Technology, LLC, an environmental consulting firm in St. Joseph, MI.
Al is an engineer manager with Entergy at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant, Cover...Expand for more
t, MI.
Past Jobs:
-Fisheries Technician,Wolf Lake Hatchery, Mattawan, MI 1985-1991.
-CEO, Fish Mgmt. Services, Berrien Spgs.,MI 1991-1998.
-Trout Hatchery Manager, Eden Brook Aquaculture, Forestburgh,NY 1998-2003.
-Sales, Wolf's Marine, Benton Harbor, MI 2003-2004 (after returning from NY)
-District Manager, Berrien County Conservation District, 2004-2007, Berrien Springs,MI
-Dune Vegetation Biologist, Van Buren County Conservation District, Paw Paw, MI 2007-2010
-Hobbies:
Boating
Trout fishing
Search & Rescue, USCGA
-Member & V-Commander, Division 33,
US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Station St. Joseph, MI. Served during 9-11 and in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
College
BS,Wildlife Science, Purdue University, School of Agriculture.
Credit toward MS,Environmental Biology, Western Michigan University.
Certificate of Business Mgmt. credit, Southwestern Michigan College.
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