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John Price

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  • Hans Joachim Praiss was born in Spandau, Germany

  • Praiss family arrives in Panama

  • Praiss family lands in the United States by way of Ellis Island. The family changed their names to more Anglicized versions (Hans Joachim to John, Praiss to Price, etc.)

    The family also changed their names to more Anglicized versions (Hans Joachim to John, Praiss to Price, etc.)

  • John Price first visited Salt Lake City as a geology student

  • Price graduated from the University of Utah. He earned his degree in geological engineering.

    He earned his degree in geological engineering.

  • Price married Marcia Poulsen

  • Price began his first business, J. Price Construction Company

  • Dearden & Price Construction Company became John Price Associates, Inc

  • Price became president of Salt Lake Hardware (later Alta Industries Corp.)

  • Marcia and John Price went to the Horn of Africa and East Africa on a fact-finding mission for the CARE and UNICEF operations and the United Nations World Food Program

  • Price was appointed to the Industry Sector Advisory Committee for Small and Minority Business, which coordinated with the Department of Commerce

  • John Price Realty went public

  • Governer Michael Leavitt and SLC Mayor Deedee Corradini appointed Price to be a member of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee Board of Trustees for the 2002 Olympics

  • He was asked by George H.W. Bush to serve on the National Finance Advisory Council for the George and Barbara Bush Endowment for Innovative Cancer Research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Price was selected to be on the Management Committee for the 2002 Olympics

  • The White House called to ask him to be ambassador

  • President Bush sent his nomination for Price to be ambassador to the Senate

  • Price confirmation hearings with the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee

  • Sworn in by Colin Powell at the Utah State Capitol

  • Feb 8,2002 - Jun 17, 2005 Price Served as U.S. Ambassador to Mauritius, Seychelles, and Comoros

  • The dedication of the Marcia and John Price Museum of Fine Arts Building on the University of Utah campus