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Leonard LAMBERT

It’s been great reading the bios many of you have submitted for your profiles. Some are brief while others are more like short stories but regardless of length, they are all fantastic. They have shamed me into writing my own bio.

As I start to compose this document, I find that if I compare my work with others, I could end up on the short end. I obviously do not have the writing skills of Gary Larson who writes professionally. Diane Schwald has some fantastic advice about keeping only positive people in our lives. Ron Foos has met a ton of famous musicians. Rodger Tennison tells us he enjoys having fun. Compared to this, my message will be pretty dull but here it is.

I’ve been married to three wonderful women. The first being the mother of my two, biological children and the last giving me two wonderful step-kids. What is strange is that both women who have brought children into my life are named Christine. I wonder if Christines are historically associated with bringing children? The middle wife was a departure from the Christines by being named Rhonda and Rhonda did not bring any kids into my life. Three of my kids have given me a total of nine grandchildren with another in the oven. My oldest grandchild has just received his learner’s permit and is very excited about it.

I am the chief financial officer for the United Way of Anchorage. I’ve been the nonprofit arena for the past 14 years after a number of years in private industry and state government. Working with nonprofits gives me the illusion of fulfilling some of my social responsibility and just makes me feel good. Living in Alaska is a bonus that I cherish.

This is for Joel Aycock. For five years, I had the pleasure of being the Finance Director at Sheldon Jackson College where I worked with an Academic Dean named David Harrington. I understand David is an old classmate of yours and he asked me to send his greeting.

This is getting pretty long so I better finish. The last bio I want to mention is from Sue Coons who admitted that her high school years were not the most memorable. I thought a lot about Sue’s bio and realized it struck very true for me. I think it’s because high school became the base from which I was able to grow and mature. With the additional maturity that comes with the years, I’ve come to accept and appreciate who I am. This has led to greater appreciation of what I have and of those around me. In retrospect, I have to say that high school was my lowest point only because it is where I started. Since then, my life has been a 40 year experience of continuous improvement. I hope it has been the same for all my classmates.

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