Holland High School Alumni
Holland, Michigan (MI)
Loren Arnoldink
Holland High School
Class of 1968
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LOREN'S PROFILE
| First Name | Loren |
| Last Name | Arnoldink |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1968 |
| Gender | Male |
| City | N/A |
| State/Province | MI |
| Country | United States |
| Occupation | Manufacturers Representative, Retired |
| Married | Yes |
| Favorite School Memory | Tenth grade biology class with Vern Edwaards. Great group (sophomores & juniors :-) of classmates...had a lot of laughs, and learned something too! |
| About Me | During my senior year at Holland High School, I worked in the Co-Op Program at Brouwer Furniture. I continued working there full time in the following summer and part time while I commuted to morning classes at Davenport College in Grand Rapids. I transferred and graduated with a degree in business from Ferris State College. In August after my HHS graduation, I met my future wife, Paula. We dated for four years while in college and were married on September 7, 1972, soon after I graduated from Ferris. We lived and worked here in Holland. The employment market wasn't great, so for a couple of years I went to work at a job I didn’t consider a career path. In 1974 I had the opportunity to go to work at The Hart & Cooley Company in an entry level position I was grateful for. It was a wonderful place to work and there were many people there that I admired. After working in customer service for a couple years, Paula & I were asked to relocate to Texas and cover a large multi-state territory as their sales representative. We moved to Tyler, Texas in 1977, a city similar in size to Kalamazoo and a geographic setting like Traverse City. We loved our new work assignment and living in Texas. Then Hart & Cooley was sold in a hostile takeover. Things began to drastically change. I loved the job, but not the people now running the company. In October of 1982, I resigned to begin self-employment as an independent manufacturer’s representative. A couple of my influential career mentors were Al Rowder Sr. and Gordon Barendse. Gord gave me the opportunity to grow and move to Texas, and Al, then retired from H&C, gave me the courage to "go-it on my own" as a manufacturers rep and leave the company. It was a great new season in our lives. Now "on my own" would mean "make it on your own boy!" We now had two children, Leslie born in 1979 and Grant in 1982. Fortunately, Paula was employed so we had health insurance, but after here income the rest was up to me as an independent, and no safety net. Paula supported this change with her constant encouragement. She was my main stay! My new business, All-Temp Sales, was very rewarding, but after traveling extensively for six years we came to the conclusion that this was not the way to raise our family. I had a whale of a geography lesson with my constant travel but it just couldn't go on indefinitely. In December of 1987, we moved back to Holland. I took a job for eighteen months as national sales manager at Leigh Products in Coopersville, always with the agenda of becoming an independent manufacturer’s rep once again. We built a new home in Holland and settled back into life in West Michigan. Then in June of 1989 I went back into sales & marketing as Pro Sales Incorporated. My area of responsibility was essentially Michigan and NW Ohio. Far more manageable in so many ways. I could now be home more with my family. Our kids attended West Ottawa Public Schools, then Leslie went on to Ohio University and Montana State University, while Grant completed his education at Central Michigan University. Grant & his wife Chasity, now have three kids and Leslie has a son. We are their loving grandparents. They all living in the area and we are delighted to be with them a bunch! I retired at the end of 2011 when Grant took over my business. Since then we feel privileged to live summers in Holland, and spend winter months in South Florida. We have also been able to travel extensively while remaining in good health. Life has its challenges for us all, but we remain happily married for 46 years and so blessed by the Lord. I can't wait for you to meet Paula and to see you all, and he...(read more) |
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Recent Class of 1968 Reunions
Plan a Class of 1968 Reunion for Free
Blast from the Past....Starring class of "68"
Invited Classes: 1968
Date: Sep 27, 2008
Description: Tail gate party Friday night at Holland Stadium before HHS football game. Flyer with more details will be sent out soon....(read more)