Mike Hanson:  

Well, let's see. The nutshell biography. After high school I went to UNC in Chapel Hill. I joined a fraternity my Junior year and graduated in 1975 with a degree in Economics. I was fortunate to travel through Europe with a backpack and rail pass for two of the summers during college. I attended Duke for two years and received my Masters in Healthcare administration in 1977. Duke was not an inexpensive proposition so I applied to and was accepted to the Navy scholarship program for the Medical Service Corp administrative ranks. I had classes three days a week and full military office pay. Life was good. After graduation, I requested to be stationed in Oakland, California. I was stationed at the Naval Regional Medical Center for three years of absolute boredom. I met my first wife, a Navy nurse, while stationed in Oakland and tied the knot. I opted out of the Navy at the first opportunity and found gainful employment at National Medical Enterprises in Chico, CA. The company signed a management contract in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. I was sent over as the assistant hospital administrator initially for three months. I became the Hospital Administrator after a year and stayed for the duration of the management contract through five years. At the time, oil revenues were high. Part of the deal was three months vacation a year. I took trips to Europe, China, Japan, Thailand, Kenya and took up scuba diving. The oil revenues declined and my first born, Billy, arrived in 1988. He was born at the hospital in Saudi Arabia. Oil revenue...Expand for more