Michael Allen:  

STLING THAT ENDED MY CAREER. DID 2 YEARS THEN WENT TO WORK FOR PACIFIC POWER AND LIGHT. MOVED TO WYOMING IN 1975 AND COMPLETED MY BS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING WHILE WORKING FULL TIME. HAD 12 HOURS TOWARDS MBA BEFORE HAVING TO MOVE FROM WYOMING DUE TO CLOSURE OF CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS OFFICE IN ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING. Workplace I WENT TO PORTLAND STATE RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT HURT WRESTLING MY FRESHMAN YEAR SO I ONLY DID 2 YEARS THERE BEFORE GOING TO WORK FOR PACIFIC POWER AND LIGHT IN 1969. IN 1975 I WAS PROMOTED FROM BUYER IN PURCHASING DEPATRMENT IN PORTLAND TO WAREHOUSE AND PURCHASING MANAGER FOR BRIDGER COAL CO. IN ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING. I LEFT PP&L IN 1977 TO WORK FOR UTAH WYOMING FREIGHT AS A DRIVER. THEN DROVE FOR MILNE TRUCK LINES ROCK SPRINGS, WY FROM 1978-1982. THEN CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS 1982-2002 WHEN THEY WENT BANKRUPT. WAS A DRIVER, AND TERMINAL MANAGER FOR CF IN WYOMING, COLORADO, TEXAS AND UTAH. NOW WORK FOR ABF IN SALT LAKE CITY, UT AS A DRIVER. CAN EARLY RETIRER FROM TEAMSTERS UNION AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER 2005. WILL PROBABLY WORK A FEW MORE YEARS THEN RETIRE TO PURSUE REAL ESTATE CAREER.