David Dudinsky:  

1958 graduated from high school. Went to the University of Wyoming on a music scholarship. 1959 flunked out of college- lost the scholarship and left with a gpa of 1.69. Bummer! Went to work in sawmills in Montana and Wyoming and majored in drinking. Pretty good at it, really. The drinking. Went to work for a finance company in 1964- Missoula, Montana. Worked my way up the ladder and moved into a credit manager's job in Missoula. Met my current and only wife, Cathy, who was a nurse at St. Patrick's hospital. Got fired from the department store and decided to go back to college. Started in 1967 and graduated in 1970 with a certificate in teaching (math, science, and psych.) First job was in Rathdrum. To make a boring long story short--I was in education for 25 years; 21 as a school administrator. We lived on two reservations; in one oil field town; Priest River; and, finally Spokane where I was the principal of a Catholic School on the south hill. Burned out in 1995 and decided to do anything that was totally different than education. Since 1999 I have been an ordained deacon in the Catholic Church. Presently I am program manager at Immaculate Heart Retreat Center here in Spokane. We have our own private retreat haven northwest of Spokane. We are blessed to be able to have our privacy on 40 acres northwest of town. We have two daughters- one is a firefighter for the City of Spokane and the other is part owner of Hard Rock Stone Company. We have four grand-daughters that range in age from 4 years old to 20 years old. One of my teachers once asked me if I missed not having a boy. I said, "Lana, I would just as soon as have all women around me to take care of me in the manner to which I am Accustomed. She was women's lib and I guess I was, are, a male chauvini...Expand for more