Summary
Bud Van Cleve spent 37 years living out of suitcases and shoeboxes.
The Brown Shoe Co. of St. Louis paid him to stay on the road, scouting and troubleshooting franchises from Atlanta to San Francisco and from Los Angeles to Anchorage.See the full content of this document
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Northeast Hazel Dell - Hazel Dell Hero ; Bud Van Cleve Is the Area's Ultimate Community Activist
"I trained myself to look for issues," he said. "I developed the ability to investigate situations and make decisions away from the company."
But along with that confidence came a rootlessness that Van Cleve finally confronted when he retired in 1994."I came to the conclusion that I didn't know anybody in my hometown," he said. "I knew more people in Denver or Anchorage...See the full content of this document
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