Roger Rhu

1960

Right out of high school I went in the Navy. I soon got married, had three boys (Roger, Bill and Robert) and got a B.S. B.A. in Transportation Management from Syracuse University. I worked for Caterpillar Tractor Co., then Leaseway Transportation, and along the way I bought a saloon and modeled around the world part time (including cigarette ads in the US & Germany) and worked with the Cutter Bill Western Wear Catalog. I finished what I call the best part-time job possible, with a 12 year contract with Brown and Williamson Tobacco as the image for Eli Cutter cigarettes. During that time I also worked in the motion picture industry and appeared in Cannonball II, Oh God You Devil & Top of the World.  I owned and operated construction and mining equipment & supply company for 20 years, which I sold in 2000. I was retired for a couple of years then, bored to death, took a position with Clark County Department of Air Quality. In 2009 my wife and I opened a Salon Spa, which she currently operates. I will retire again at the end of January 2011. (I hope this retirement works better than the last.) I am an avid bird hunter and golfer and intend to do much more of both in the future.  I have been happily married to Chadda for twenty years (though we have been together for twenty eight). She brought a wonderful step-daughter into my life and we now have 2 grandsons.  Life has been good to me.  

(Last Updated: 2000)