Walter "Walt" Clifford Minnick (D)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Idaho (1)
- Birth Date: Sept. 20, 1942
- Web site: http://www.waltforcongress.org
- E-mail address: info@waltforcongress.com
Education
- Harvard University, M.B.A.
- Harvard University, J.D.
- Whitman College, B.A.
Walt Minnick was raised on a farm near Walla Walla, Wash., and now lives in the Hidden Springs neighborhood west of Boise.
Minnick earned a juris doctorate at Harvard Law School in 1969, a master's in business administration at Harvard Business School in 1966 and a bachelor's in economics at Whitman College in 1964.
Minnick worked as a Nixon White House staffer in the early 1970s before starting a 21-year career at a wood-products maker, TJ International, that ended in 1995, when he retired as president and chief executive officer. He is also co-founder and CEO of SummerWinds Garden Centers, Inc., with operations in Missouri, California and Arizona.
Minnick and his wife have four children.
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