{"id":902,"date":"2021-04-10T04:07:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T04:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garycullen.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T16:36:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:36:55","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/garycullen.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-2-color has-text-color\">Gary Cullen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-1 wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:51% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/garycullen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gary-Cooking-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1177 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/garycullen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gary-Cooking-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/garycullen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gary-Cooking-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/garycullen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gary-Cooking-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/garycullen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Gary-Cooking-1-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>A. G. (Gary) Cullen was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Moving frequently as a child, he grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, Billings, Montana, Portland, Oregon, and finally graduated from high school in Waldport, Oregon (where his family moved after his father retired). He began college at Oregon State University, but his education was interrupted by a two-year stint in the US Navy on a refueling ship off the coast of Vietnam. His experience in the navy gave him a strong appreciation for education and shortly after his discharge, he received his bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of Oregon and his master\u2019s degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His entire professional career has been in the promotion of energy conservation, helping utilities and government organizations design programs for their customers. While raising his two children with his wife, Kathleen, he gained an appreciation and love for soccer, coaching youth teams for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has always loved history and particularly enjoys reading and writing historical fiction. He currently lives in both Vancouver, Washington and Waldport, Oregon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-3-color has-text-color\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-2 wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-5 wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-4 wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-container-3 wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-container-6 wp-block-group alignfull has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Cullen A. G. (Gary) Cullen was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Moving frequently as a child, he grew up in Alexandria, Virginia, Billings, Montana, Portland, Oregon, and finally graduated from high school in Waldport, Oregon (where his family moved after his father retired). He began college at Oregon State University, but his education was &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/garycullen.com\/index.php\/about\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About the Author<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"plain-container","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"disabled","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"disabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"gary.cullen@comcast.net","author_link":"https:\/\/garycullen.com\/index.php\/author\/gary-cullencomcast-net\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Gary Cullen A. 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