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OSEA Employs Assistant Executive
Secretary; Eugene Schmidt
Assumes Duties June I
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Eugene F. Schm idt
I P ic tu red above is Eugene F. Schm idt,
y ° ur new assistan t to E xecutive S ecre
ta ry F o rre st V. S tew art. G ene w as se
lected by y o u r b o a r d I d i r ector s on
M ay 21, to fill th e m uch needed posi
tion of assistan t ex ecu tiv e secretary
an d w ill soon begin his w ork in an
e f i p i i i H pro vide closer contact "with
th e ch apters. G ene is enthusiastic
ab o u t th e j ob and anxious to m eet you
as soon as tim e perm its.
G ra d u atin g fro m W illam ette u n i
versity, Salem , Oregon, this Ju n e, Mr.
Schm idt has ob tained his; BA by four
y ears of back g ro u nd in personnel and
^)ther co n trib u tin g lib era l a rts courses.
B orn in D ickenson, N orth I D akota in
920.I M r. S chm idt m oved to O regon
i n i 9 3 6 an d except f or th re e and a h alf
years in th e
resid en t of Salem . C om m enting on
w h at he th in k s of Oregon, G ene says
th a t the lu re of th e morn i tain stream s
m any ^theW gO od m erits h av e ' k ep t
him firm ly en tren ch ed here.
hig h sch ool
in Salem in 1938 G ene w en t into b u si-
ness for h p m ^ ^ a ^ ^ ^ s j e m , b u t w as
in te rru p te d in his prom ising .en ter-
prise by P e a rl ]|jB ao r. H e en listed in
th e US nav y and spent his 3 x/2 years
service m ainly in t h e ^ o u t h Pacific.
HnBBBBIlidelll th a t his choice w as
w ise in deciding in s ^ ^ c a B B e tu rrij^ h B
to his fo rm er business th a t he w ould I
a tten d college and m ake use of the,
o p p o rtu n ity presen ted by the G I bill.
Mr.
W w B ^ t d e l||T.
in 1946 and the record of his four
Indicates th e in te re st a n d
ability he displayed w hile he was
there. A m ong th e things th a t kept him
>jbusW<-SBI.dition ,to a heavy studying
schedule, h e w as hom ecom ing m a n a
ger, s e c re ta ry -tre a s u re r of his class,
served as senior m em ber on
diciary com m ittee, and w as active in
sev eral service organizations. H e is a
m em ber of P h i D elta T heta fra te rn ity .
D uring the sum m er ’qf<=iT94;7^ h e
w orked for th e state en g in ee r’s d e-
p a rtm e n t and last sum m er, also p a rt
tim e d uring the w in ter, w ith th e civil
service com m ission in connection
the p riv a te pay study su rvey and th e
I d riest
G ene has indicated th a t it w as thro u g h
this p a rtic u la r w ork h e becam e in
tere ste d in < applying f or th e
w ith th e .OSEA m ^ w h ig h h e has been
i j O j w n tim e perm its, G e n ^ ^ n j^ ^ M o
go n i ne.fh
a lth S g B he adm its it’s m ostly for e x -
in -
te r e s tia lin th e k r t of cookery.
F ive m em ory gems: Be b rie f— p o lite
ly. Be aggressive— tactfu lly . Be em
p h atic— pleasantly. Be positive— diplo
m atically. Be rig h t— graciously.
— The P e n n -T ra il.