Warren Fraser: Quality from the Start

"It's just completely different, really a frontier town," he says. "Those were the pre-pipeline days, and it had only been a state since 1959. Very small town, small university, but it was an adventure."

Upon arrival, Fraser noted that the cost of living was significantly higher in the wild frontier, so he took a job making $2.50 an hour as a student assistant in the steno pool, running mimeograph machines and hand stapling. Six months later, Fraser was asked if he wanted to run the A.B. Dick press. A new manager arrived and the department's name was changed to Graphic Services. The manager was old-school, and taught him stripping, how to use the camera, platemaking and the bindery.