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A Closer Look
"A Closer Look" was created to provide a peek into the lives of the OH&S staff.
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Who:
Bob Collum
Program and Title:
Director of Chemical Safety
How long have you worked for OH&S?
21 years
Birthplace:
Sheffield, AL
If time and money were no object where would you go, what would you do, or what would you own?
Go visit Switzerland and learn to snow ski. I would own a chalet in the mountains of Colorado or Montana.
What was your first car?
Plymouth Duster
What one word would you use to describe yourself?
Creative
What is your fondest memory?
A family trip out to the Pacific Northwest through Colorado, South Dakota, Montana and into Canada.
If you could fluently speak any other language, what would it be? Why?
Italian, because I would like to visit Italy and Spain and the language is close enough to Spanish you could understand some Spanish.
Name an interesting fact about yourself:
I use to be a fair artist and sketched portraits.