Comments: Finished BS in electrical engineering, got married (Judy Shumate (NFE 1965-67), got MS/MBA, joined Boise Cascade (7 yrs) joined Hewlett-Packard, went with spin-off Agilent Technologies, total 24 yrs), retired March 2003, but now doing business/marketing consulting and loving it. 8 children (5 girls, 3 boys) all married but youngest 2 boys. 24 gchildren. Home in SF Bay area, served as Bishop of Bayside Ward, Fremont CA Stake. email: orionw@pacbell.net.
I was released as bishop on July 1, 2007 (after 6 years, 2 mos), second time as bishop. (Bayside Ward, Fremont CA Stake). Consulted 7 years with Gene Yamagata's company.
I served in Tokyo North, Tokyo West, Niigata, Nishinomiya, and finished in Okamachi. Companions I recall I had are Robert Hall, Garth Leishman, Yoshio Shigoka, Henry Takahashi, Kenneth Orton, Colldene Morse, Norman Tong and Paul Holbrook.
With my wife Judy, now serving as Public Affairs missionaries in Tokyo for 23 mos. (to December 2015). |