H. Dale Kartchner:
CLASS OF 1963
Ontario High SchoolClass of 1963
Ontario, OR
H. Dale's Story
Life
Graduated from BYU with BS degree in Agronomics and Business Marketing. Accepted for flight school with the Navy/Marines in '68. Stationed in California, Okanawia, aboard ship, and then finished back in California. Married Kathy in '68. Left Marines in '73 to manage large family agricultual project (10,000 acres of potatoes) in the Hermiston, Oregon area. Sold the project in '76 and started overseas agricultural consulting and development business. Worked in Saudi Arabia, Eqypt, and Libya. Between '77 and '85 developed and managed approx. 85,000 acres of irrigated wheat and vegetables in the Libyan Sahara Desert region (fdcworld.com). (Yes, had the opportunity to meet with Gadiffi several times!)
In '85 U.S. sanctions forced us to leave Libya. Took a position with Washington State Univ. in developing and managing its large apple growing and ...Expand for more
processing facility located in Wenatchee, WA. Lived there for approx. 12 years and then located to Houston, TX in '99 to manage a family owned oil reclaimation business using Microwave technology to clean up oil sludge. (Spent a little time with school again and earned my MBA). While here in TX developed a business to build plants that make Biodiesel out of vegetable oils (geogreenfuels.com). Currently first 4 million gallon per year facility operating here in TX under geogreenfuels.com or fueldevelopmentcompany.com. Three more facilities are in the final financing stages; expecting to start construction within the next 3 to 6 months.
Kathy and I have 5 children and 11 grandchildren (6 girls and 5 boys). We miss the Oregon and Washington area and will someday (soon Kathy says) be back.
I look forward to seeing or communicating with old classmates.
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