Minneapolis-St. Paul - 1979

INROADS/Minneapolis-St Paul opened with 39 interns in 1979.

Initial sponsors were:
Arthur Andersen
Bemis
Bush Foundation
Campbell-Mithun
Cargill
John Deere
Donaldson
Eaton
Economics Laboratory
Equitable Life Assurance
First Bank System
First National Bank/Minneapolis
First National Bank/St. Paul
General Mills
Honeywell
IDS
International Multifoods
Jostens
MTS Systems
Marsh & McLennan
McQuay-Perfex
Medtronics
Metropolitan Waste Control
Minneapolis Foundation
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
3M
Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance
Modern Merchandising
North Central Companies
Northern Ordnance/FMC
Northern States Power
Northrup-King
Northwest Area Foundation
Northwestern Bell
Northwestern National Bank/Minneapolis
Northwestern National Bank/St. Paul
Northwestern National Life
Peavey Company
Pillsbury
Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood
Rosemount
St. Paul Foundation

Initial corporate board members included:
Frank Donaldson, Chairman & CEO, Donaldson Company
Diana Doshan, Director of Personnel, Pillsbury
Frank Heffelfinger, EVP, Peavey Company
Paul Parker, EVP, General Mills
Joe Romero, President, Multinational Communications
Theodore Sanborn, Chairman & CEO, North Central Companies
Walter Saunders, Group VP, Cargill
Richard Slade, President, Northwestern National Bank/St. Paul
Stanley Thiele, VP Human Resources, 3M
Jay Wein, Managing Partner, Arthur Andersen

By the year 2000, INROADS/Minneapolis-St Paul had 132 interns.

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