2014 commencement: Jerry Thon

Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/23/2014 - 10:53am

Jerry Thon, the speaker at the 12:30 p.m. spring commencement ceremony June 14, is the vice president of Astoria Holdings, a fish processing plant in Astoria, Oregon. He’s also the former owner of New West Fisheries in Bellingham and the immediate past president of the Western Foundation.

A longtime supporter of Western, Thon is chairman of the Western at Home committee, which works to help Bellingham community leaders get more acquainted with the university.

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