Michael Smith
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Learn more about Michael Charles Smith
Biography
Michael was born in Illinois (1961), attended Catholic grade school (Champaign, then Philo Illinois), Unity High School (Tolono Illinois), and a couple of years at the University of Illinois before joining the Air Force in 1985. Michael served as an electronic warfare specialist at Mountain Home Idaho, before attending the Defense Language Institute in Monterey California.
After graduating the Russian linguist program with honors, Michael and his new wife Kathleen, spent two years in Germany. After a little more than seven years in the service, Michael returned to Illinois where he worked for Norfolk Southern Railway then the US Postal Service.
Michael now works for Hewlett Packard in Corvallis Oregon where he has lived for nearly ten years. While working full-time, he completed an accounting degree from Oregon State University, where he graduated cum laude in 1999.
He then attended Willamette University, for an accelerated MBA from the Atkinson Graduate School of Management, where he graduate in 2000 magna cum laude.
Michael has been married to Kathleen for 17 years with two children, Stephan 15, and Emily 13.
Michael plays tuba in community band, enjoys mountain bike riding, and would like to go fishing if he had more time.
Previous Offices
1993-1994; Village Trustee, Garrett Illinois (population ~200)
Educational Background
* MBA, Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette Universityo Emphasis on operations and statistical analysis
o Graduation summa cum laude, May 2000
* BS Business, Oregon State University
o Accounting emphasis
o Beta Gamma Sigma, academic honorary
o Graduation magna cum laude, June 1999
* AA Accounting, University of Maryland, May 1997
* AAS Avionics Systems Technology; Community College of the Air Force, November 1992
* AAS Communications Applications Technology; Community College of the Air Force, May 1992
* 1979-82; University of Illinois
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- Does Romney have a real vision for America? (CNN)
- Bigger better Swift Boats (Daily Kos)
- Ed Koch: The Last Sane Liberal (Real Clear Politics)
- ZILLA OF THE RESISTANCE HAS MOVED. (InstaPundit)
- Embed Travel (SNAFU) (INDC Journal)
- Engage (Eschaton)
- Newt Gingrich vs. Survivor (Little Green Footballs)