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GENE FRANKLIN HINDE

DATE OF BIRTH AND BIRTH PLACE

November 9, 1927 - Parsons, Kansas

EDUCATION

Salina High School, Salina, Kansas, 1945
Kansas Wesleyan University, 1946-1949
Nebraska University, 1949-1950

MILITARY SERVICE

Enlisted in the United States Navy, July 1945
Assigned to the 61st Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees), Samar, Philippines, November 1945
USN Honorable Discharge, August 19, 1949

EMPLOYMENT

1953-1971 Chas. W. and John A. Shaver Architects (Promoted to Firm Associate and Director of Production,1964-1971)
1971-1975 Gene F. Hinde & Associates Architectural Drafting Service (Self-Employed)
1975-1980 Wilson and Company Engineers and Architects
1981-1992 Shaver Partnership Architects
1992-1998 The Drawing Board of Salina, Kansas (Self-Employed)
1998 Robert R. Hinde, Jr. & Gene F. Hinde & Associates Architects (Self-Employed)