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Roger H. Panzer
My K-12 grade school years were spent in St. James, MN. After graduating from high school I attended an Automotive Repair program in Mankato, MN. A year after graduating from the automotive repair ...view moreMy K-12 grade school years were spent in St. James, MN. After graduating from high school I attended an Automotive Repair program in Mankato, MN. A year after graduating from the automotive repair program I took a job in Albert Lea. I worked for the local Ford/Lincoln Mercury dealer for twenty-one years.
An opportunity to teach automotive repair at the local vocational school presented itself. I had done some teaching before but only Sunday school for our church. I was also involved in Boy Scouts. I was a Cub Scout master and a Webelos leader. We had three boys who became Eagle Scouts. My wife thought I would be good at teaching and she encouraged me to apply for the teaching job and I received it. I had a good job repairing Ford/Lincoln Mercury vehicles, but felt a call to teach. I enjoyed my twenty years of teaching Automotive Service Technology at Riverland Community College. I helped promote the program to become NATEF certified and the program received national recognition from the Automotive Industry Planning Council.
As of now I have retired from that teaching position and enjoy spending time with my family.view less