BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF DeWayne C. Allen Background. Mr. Allen grew up in Washington State and moved to the Midwest to attend college. In 1963 he began his professional business career in St. Louis, MO, retired in 1989 and moved to Rhode Island in 1992 to pursue his interest in sailing and reengineered his senior lifestyle in philanthropy and volunteer services. Education. He has his BA and MA Degrees from Central Missouri State University, majoring in Education; attended Washington University and other institutions for advanced courses in entrepreneurship, business management, business finance and investing (St. Louis, MO). Business. He has over twenty five years experience in business including Xerox Corporation, AT&T (transition training prior to the corporate break-up; 1974-1980). He was a principal in real estate development, steel fabrication, marketing and direct mail advertising, shared office space management and teaching small business courses. Instructor/Administrator. Mr. Allen coordinated the St. Louis Community [...]

Dale Chihuly Sculptor “I guess there's something to be said for being young and impulsive and more than a little bit crazy.” -Dale Chihuly Born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, Dale Chihuly was introduced to glass while studying interior design at the University of Washington. After graduating in 1965, Chihuly enrolled in the first glass program in the country, at the University of Wisconsin. He continued his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he later established the glass program and taught for more than a decade. In 1968, after receiving a Fulbright Fellowship, he went to work at the Venini glass factory in Venice. There he observed the team approach to blowing glass, which is critical to the way he works today. In 1971, Chihuly cofounded Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State. With this international glass center, Chihuly has led the avant-garde in the development of [...]