subject: George Simchuk Serves As Sterling Example For Contemporary Youth [print this page] As the oldest of six children reared on a rural farm west of Spokane, WA, George Simchuk is no stranger to adversity or hard times. After graduating from Cheney High School, George Simchuk earned a Bachelor's degree in Mining Engineering from Washington State University. His exemplary educational credentials paved the way for him to secure a shift foreman's position with the Chile-based Anaconda Co. shortly after graduation. After laboring for the firm for five long years, he left his Chief Engineer post to join Utah International, Inc. in San Francisco. He expanded upon his prior experience to perform the functions of Mining Engineer at his new employment. In this key role, George assumed greater responsibility for maintaining technical facilities and services within the Australian, North American, and South American continents.
George eventually divorced his wife of several decades after fathering two sons with her. In accordance with his sterling example, both of George Simchuk's sons went on to earn scientific degrees from their father's alma mater. Both of his boys continued to hone their talents within post-graduate Medical School enrollment and subsequent employment in their chosen disciplines in California and Oregon.
Seven years after GE acquired Utah International, George secured a position as Mine Manager for Uranium Mines in Gunnison, CO. During the uranium industry's annihilation of the early 1990s, George shifted into a career as Mine Manager with Wyoming-based Pathfinder Mines. He continued his career progression with a subsequent move to San Francisco to work as Operations Manager.
George's good fortune continued four years into his retirement in 1997. At that time, he was nominated for VP and GM of Panamanian Gold Operations. As an ideal job candidate, George utilized his lengthy experience and vast skills to resolve numerous technical errors and challenges within his first year of employment. He did so by spearheading the implementation of several school lunch, environmental, and job training programs. George was forced to retire again in 1999 due to the gold market's depression and his firm's consequent cancellation of further developments.
Learning how to fly while residing in Chile was among George's greatest personal accomplishments. His ability to continuously keep a single-engine aircraft afloat during the last four and a half decades earned him an exalted status among Arusha, TZ's prestigious Flying Medical Service. A most memorable period of George's life included his work as a Chairman of College Air For Children volunteer. George Simchuk received widespread acclaim for his outstanding work with a challenged young boy named Caleb while serving in this position.
