HOF 1966 Tim Kennedy

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Tim Kennedy

  • Graduated from McEwen High School in 1966

  • Student body President

  • 2nd place in the High Jump at the state track meet

  • Graduated from Blue Mountain Community College in 1969 with an Associate Degree in Electronics Engineering

  • Served in the Navy from 1969-1974

  • Has become an international business man as founder and chief executive of "Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips"

    • his products are sold throughout the United States and also sold in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea

  • He was co-owner and Vice President of Operations of a potato chip company in Houston Texas and helped found another potato chip company in New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Has been actively involved in creating snack food businesses in the countries of Estonia, Russia and China

  • Board member of the Association of Washington Businesses and former chairman of the Foundation for Russian American Coop

  • Vice Chairman of the Seattle King County Workforce Development Council and a member of the Board of Trustees for Washington State University

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