Background
Woodard, Alva Abe was born on June 28, 1928 in Roy, New Mexico, United States. Son of Joseph Benjamin and Emma Lurania (Watkins) Woodard.
Woodard, Alva Abe was born on June 28, 1928 in Roy, New Mexico, United States. Son of Joseph Benjamin and Emma Lurania (Watkins) Woodard.
Student, Kinman Business U., 1948-1949; student, Whitworth College, 1956; student, Washington State University, 1953-1954.
Secretary-treasurer, director, Green Top Dairy Farms, Inc., Clarkston, Washington, 1948-1952;
vice president, treasurer, secretary, director, ASC Industries, Inc. (subsidiary Gifford-Hill and Company), Spokane, Washington, 1952-1975;
director, Guenther Irrigation, Inc., Pasco, Washington, 1966-1971;
managing director, Irrigation Rental, Inc., Pasco, 1968-1975;
managing director, Rain Chief Irrigation Company, Grand Island, Nebraska, 1968-1975;
secretary, director, Keeling Supply Company, Little Rock, 1969-1972;
president, director, Renters, Inc., Salt Lake City, 1971-1975;
president, director, Woodard Western Corporation, Spokane, 1976-1986;
president, director, Woodard Industries, Inc., Auburn, Washington, 1987-1990;
consultant, Woodard Associations, Spokane, Washington, since 1985. President, director TFI Industries, incorporated, Post Falls, Idaho, 1989-1990.
Vice president, secretary, treasurer, director Trans-Force, Inc., Post Falls, 1989-1990, TFI Computer Sciences, Inc., Post Falls, 1989-1990.
Newman Lake (Washington) Republican precinct committeeman, 1964-1980. Spokane County delegate Washington Republican Convention, 1968-1980. Member Administrative Management Society (board directors 1966-1968), Optimists.
Married Esther Josepha Kaufmann, April 5, 1947 (divorced September 1991). Children: Nannette, Gregory, Loreen, Arne, Mark, Kevin, Steven, Curtis, Marlee, Julie, Michelle. Married Margaret Adele Evenson, October 1, 1994.