Vietnam

The university in-plant community was abuzz this morning when long-time in-plant manager Harv Dahl announced he had retired from Arizona State University, effective today, after more than 50 years in the printing industry.

HAD IT not been for Vietnam, Gary Boyd might never have become a printer. Instead, the manager of Iowa State University Printing & Copy Services would probably be an independent contractor today, managing his own construction company. One of five children born in a small, central California town to parents possessed of a nomadic spirit, Boyd traveled around quite a bit as a child. He attended schools throughout the state, before eventually graduating from high school in the East Bay region of California. “My father and older brothers were all involved in the construction industry,” says Boyd. So from an early age, he was

Despite never considering a career in printing, Dean Sutera has turned a required job into a three-decade-long profession. By Kristen E. Monte WHEN FRED Meyer Inc. merged with Kroger, in 1999, its in-plant was in a position to expect the worst. Yet, thanks to lots of analysis, and 26 years of hard work by Manager Dean Sutera, he says he never even heard any outsourcing talk. Sutera was born in South Dakota and spent the majority of his youth in Kansas City. His father worked in the printing industry, for Intercollegiate Press, yet it had never crossed Sutera's mind to go into the business.

As the University of Washington's first director of Publications Services, Eric Mosher presides over the top university in-plant in the country. By Joe Ranoia Eric Mosher didn't set out for a career in printing. However, his ability to do many things well and adapt to challenges led him on a fascinating career path, culminating in his appointment as the first director of Publications Services in the University of Washington's history. Mosher, 59, was born in Pittsburgh, but grew up in Boulder, Colo., where he briefly attended Colorado State University before joining the Army. Mosher served in Korea during the Vietnam War and fortunately saw

Since childhood, Mike Sprayberry has loved printing. His enthusiasm has helped First Tennessee Bank's in-plant prosper. YOU MIGHT say printing is in Mike Sprayberry's blood, but even if it isn't it's definitely under his skin—and he couldn't be happier. Sprayberry, 51, is print shop manager at First Tennessee Bank, in Memphis, just down the road from his birth place of Covington, Tenn. When he was eight, his mother remarried and moved the family of two boys and five girls to Memphis, where they began working in their step-father's print shop. It was there that Sprayberry first caught the printing bug and received the ink

Rob Lilley spent seven years learning graphic arts in the army. He uses his military experience to manage New Jersey Transit's in-plant. Rob Lilley discovered his love of graphic arts in a very unlikely place—the United States Army. Now, as manager of print graphics at New Jersey Transit, he uses his military skills to run an efficient—and growing—in-plant. Under Lilley's management, the in-plant grew from 5,000 to 25,000 square feet, and went from producing 16 million pieces a year up to 44 million pieces, mostly schedules, forms and stationery. Lilley, 51, was born in San Antonio Texas. His father was an engineer whose