I come from a pioneer family in Shasta County.
I went to Pine Street School and Sequoia School and I graduated from Shasta High in 1962 when it was where U-Prep is now. Shasta College was where Shasta High is today. Shortly after graduation from high school and on semester break at Shasta College, I married my high school sweetheart, Andrea, and started a family. I wasn’t too serious my first semester, but I got really serious after I got married.
I graduated from Shasta College and then went on to the University of Nevada at Reno. Upon graduation from UNR I got accepted at a firm now known as KPMG in San Francisco. At the time, it was one of the big eight international CPA firms. I worked there for three years, but I always intended to come home and be involved in a CPA firm here.
In 1986, I started D.H. Scott & Company in Redding as a one-man, one-office business, which today employs 31 people. Over the years, we have hired a few Shasta College people. Many of them are very good and successful accountants.
I see Shasta College as a great value for me and for many students who weren’t ready to go to a four-year university. I wasn’t ready—I proved that in my first semester at Shasta College—but it’s a good next step for people who want to pursue a college education. I think it’s also a great next step for those who want to pursue a vocational education.
Shasta College was great for me. It prepared me well. I got a well-rounded education at Shasta College, which prepared me to go on.