John Shonyo:  

A short version of a more-or-less ordinary life: After HS, I went to RCC for one year, and then somehow ended up at Moorhead State University rooming with Scott Boie. After graduating from MSU (now MSUM) and for the most part surviving the late 60's and early 70's with most of my brain cells intact, I did a year with VISTA (the "domestic Peace Corps") in Bismarck, ND working with a Native American training center. Back to Minnesota and a short, but happy career as a freelance photographer. Back to MSU to start on a graduate degree. Never finished the degree, but did find a wonderful person who became my wife (and has remained so for 39 years as of this summer). After getting married I ended up in healthcare administration (kind of in a roundabout way), with an emphasis in Human Resources. Worked at two hospitals in the West Central part of MN, then to Rochester due to my wife's transfer, where I did contract recruiting for Mayo and other healthcare clients. Then to Minneapolis, again due to my wife's transfer, where I started work with RSM-McGladrey an accounting and consulting firm. We then headed back to Rochester in the early 90's due, this time, to my transfer with McGladrey. In 1999 I joined Mayo in their HR department after McGladrey wanted me to transfer back to Minneapolis. I was an administrator with the Mayo Clinic Health System. I also teach HR courses for Saint Mary's University three times ...Expand for more