User:Davidpdx

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About Me
I am an American from Portland Oregon. For the past twenty years, I have lived in South Korea. I teach business at a university. My education includes a bachelor's degree in Speech Communications, a Masters of Business Administration, and a Doctor of Business Administration. My hobbies include music, photography, reading, caving, traveling, politics, and surfing the internet. During the past several years, I have been inactive on Wikipedia for the most part due to time constraints, but check in and edit occasionally.

The article that I am most proud of writing is the one about my grandfather, Morris R. Jeppson. He was the assistant weaponeer on the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima August 6th, 1945. Very little information was available about him due to the fact he did not grant any interviews up until the 40th anniversary in 1985. When I began to browse Wikipedia, I noticed my grandfather was mentioned in the article about the Enola Gay. His name was misspelled in the article and no additional information was available. I felt that the world should learn about his accomplishments after the war, as he took part in many important scientific discoveries that make it possible to develop the products we buy and use today. He was interviewed for the article Eyewitness to Hiroshima which appeared in Time Magazine for the 60th anniversary in August 2005. My grandfather passed away at the end of March of 2010.

I have also done extensive work on many articles about Oregon politicians. Please feel free to look through the list of articles I have written or contributed to and give me feedback on my talk page.

Favorite Quotes
"Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining." -Judge Judy

"I'm a god. I'm not *thee* God" -Bill Murray, Groundhog Day

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum." - Roddy Piper, They Live

"No. No. I'm not going to be your monkey." - Jon Stewart's response to Tucker Carlson about why he's isn't as funny on Crossfire as he is on his own show.

"Washington is a funny town. One day your up, the next day your down, as I was saying to my driver on the way over here Scooter Libby." -Senator John McCain in response to the question from Jon Stewart whether Dick Cheney was insane.

"Marriage is an institution and I'm much too young to go into an institution." -Jon Bon Jovi

Favorite Movies

 * The Prince and Me
 * Bad Company
 * Groundhog Day
 * I am Sam
 * Jerry Maguire
 * Listen to Me
 * Lucus
 * Outbreak
 * Stripes
 * The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
 * The Runaway Jury
 * The Sum of All Fears
 * They Live

Favorite TV shows
What I'm currently watching or have watched in the past:


 * The Americans (Series ended in 2018)
 * Major Crimes (Series ended in 2018)
 * Community (series ended in 2015)
 * Louie (series ended in 2015)
 * Gossip Girl (series ended in 2012)
 * The Closer (series ended in 2012)
 * CSI: Miami (series ended in 2012)
 * CSI: Las Vegas (series jumped the shark at the end of season 11)
 * Shark (series ended in 2008)
 * The West Wing (series ended in 2006)
 * Joan of Arcadia (series ended in 2005)
 * MacGyver (series ended in 1993)
 * Moonlighting (series ended in 1989)

My To Do List
Note: This list is out of date and may not be representative of what needs to be edited.

Articles to Expand

 * List of Oregon ballot measures
 * David B. Frohnmayer
 * Victor G. Atiyeh
 * Kevin Mannix
 * Trojan Nuclear Power Plant
 * Jason Atkinson
 * Ron Saxton
 * Les AuCoin
 * Ben Westlund

Articles I have written or contributed to

 * David Wu
 * Vicki Walker
 * Darlene Hooley
 * Peter DeFazio
 * Barbara Roberts
 * Greg Walden
 * Bill Sizemore
 * Ted Kulongoski
 * Pete Sorenson
 * John Kitzhaber
 * Mark Hatfield
 * Elizabeth Furse
 * Oregon tax revolt
 * Oregon gubernatorial election, 2006
 * Oregon Ballot Measure 60 (1998)
 * Oregon Ballot Measure 19 (1994)
 * Oregon Ballot Measure 50 (1997)
 * Oregon Ballot Measure 58 (1998)
 * Oregon Ballot Measure 67 (1998)
 * Morris R. Jeppson