Carolyn Ray Strong

Information Designer (Retired)

Carolyn Strong

A Timeline of Professional Milestones 

1951

Born to Albert Charles Strong and Juliana (Ray) Strong in Pasadena, CA.

1951

Moves to Ethiopia at six-months old (parents serve as missionaries).

1969

Moves to the US for college, leaving her family and home country.

1973

Earns a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and journalism from Whitworth University.

1973

Becomes a technical writer at Tektronix, publishes engineering newsletters.

1975

Is the manager of technical publications and training group.

1975

Serves on her aunt’s (Dixy Lee Ray) campaign for governor of Washington.

1979

Serves as president of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the Society for Technical Communications through 1982.

1984

Serves as chairman and secretary of the board of the First Tech Federal Credit Union through 2015.

1989

Is the manager of Laboratory Instruments and then Oscilloscope Group Documentation.

1991

Is the manager of Test and Measurement Customer Documentation through 1995.

1992

Earns a Master of Science in applied information management from the University of Oregon.

1994

Teaches as an adjunct professor in the applied information master’s program through 2008.

1995

Serves as the director of Worldwide Customer Communications through 1999.

1996

Is named a Print on Demand Innovator and Keynote Speaker.

1999

Serves as the corporate Internet Strategist for Tektronix.

2000

Is the owner and consultant at Strong Strategic Consulting through 2010.

2005

Works as an autism integration and program assistant within Beaverton School District through 2015.

2015

Is named an emeritus board member of the First Tech Federal Credit Union.

2015

Serves as a bereavement hospice volunteer at Serenity Hospice.

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