Paul Benner:
CLASS OF 1973
Cottonwood High SchoolClass of 1973
Salt lake city, UT
Paul's Story
After graduating from the U with degrees in marketing and management, I went into sales because that's what everyone said I was good at. For the next 15 years I hated everything I did for a living. Got married and had a daughter - but that fell apart so I became single for a long time. I finally made the move from sales to operations and started enjoying my job. I held a variety of marketing operations jobs for several years, during which time I was asked to teach in the evenings. I did, and found out that I loved it.
As soon as a full time administration position opened up I jumped at it and became a campus college chair for University of Phoenix. I stayed the...Expand for more
re for about 15 years, rising to the level of Director of Academic Affairs for the State of Utah. Once things starting getting rough for the University, I jumped ship and became an Associate Dean for Salt Lake Community college, a job I have now held for 10 years.
For fun, I have enjoyed racing motorcycles, playing on Ham radios, traveling to Mexico and Hawaii, rock collecting, and most of all fishing.
Somewhere along the line I got remarried. My lovely wife Valerie and I have had 3 more kids (the youngest is now 21) and we have 3 grandkids.
I plan to retire next year and spend the rest of my life fishing, going to Mexico a lot, and playing with my grandkids.
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