Aren't You Bob Snyder?

This was fun. I knew Bob Snyder almost 60 years ago when we were both members of the Early Birds Toastmasters Club in White Center.

Here he is today. He was shopping with his wife Lois at Burien Fred Meyer.

Bob became a West Seattle attorney after graduating from the University of Washington Law School. He married Franklin High grad Lois and they raised two boys and two girls.

Bob worked as a test electrician at Plant 2 for Boeing and then served eight years in the Navy during WW II.

There were a lot of well-known businessmen in that group of aspiring young men.

To name a few, there was Norman Ackley a young attorney who went on to become a state legislator and judge; Fred Egge, a Junction appliance dealer for 25 years; George Rose, optometrist; Bob King, founder of Westside Federal Savings and Loan; Bob Burgess, who was working as a salesman for Diamond Ice and Cold Storage and went on to ownership of his own company, which is now owned by his son; Jerry Robinson, publisher of the White Center News and later the West Seattle Herald; and another attorney, Dick Wing.

What is John Roberts doing now?

This familiar man about Burien was a Highline and Evergreen High coach, and a Pacific Institute official serving under legendary Lou Tice, ex-Highline athletic coach.

The former Discover Burien official is with the Kent School District.

He has the credentials. He has a Masters degree from the University of Oregon in education and child psychology curriculum, and is now working out of Kentlake High School, serving as a student behavior adviser.