Arthur Winston

March 22, 1906 (age 100)

Oklahoma Territory, United States of America

He is best known for being honored as the "Employee of the Century" by the United States. Department of Labor because he was never late to work and only took one day off during his entire career (that being for his wife"s funeral). She died in 1989 after 64 years of marriage. His first job was at the age of 10 as a cotton picker. In 1918 his family moved west to California because of dust storms ruining their crops. He then began working for the Los Angeles Railway for four years before quitting because a black man could not drive a business His hourly salary was originally 41 cents an hour. "We ate and slept. You couldn"t get rich on that, but you lived," Winston told KNX Newsradio. He stayed with the agency through its name changes, starting from the Los Angeles Railway which became Los Angeles Transit Lincolnshire in 1945, to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority created in 1958, the Southern California Rapid Transit District created in 1964, and as it is known today Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority "Metro" created in 1993. In 1996, President Bill Clinton awarded him with an "Employee of the Century" citation for his work ethic and dedication. He is the most reliable worker that the United States Department of Labor has ever chronicled. Arthur died of heart failure peacefully in his sleep at his great-granddaughter"s home in Los Angeles on April 13, 2006 at around 8:00 p.m., less than one month after his retirement. He is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. He attributed his work ethic to his upbringing, asserting that his father taught him the value of hard work at an early age. Upon his retirement on his 100th birthday, he stated that he was planning to visit his 98-year-old brother in Tennessee and had the intention of remaining active in various endeavors. "I"m going to keep active. I can"t afford to just sit down. I wouldn"t do that," he said. "I don"t drink and I don"t smoke, so I feel alright." The busyard in Leimert Park (Bachelor of Science-5. Arthur Winston/Midcities) was named in his honor in Los Los Angeles

Arthur Winston

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As a boy Arthur was born and grew up in Oklahoma before it became a state.

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He graduated from Los Angeles"s Jefferson High School in 1922.

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He is best known for being honored as the "Employee of the Century" by the United States. Department of Labor because he was never late to work and only took one day off during his entire career (that being for his wife"s funeral). She died in 1989 after 64 years of marriage. His first job was at the age of 10 as a cotton picker.

In 1918 his family moved west to California because of dust storms ruining their crops.

He then began working for the Los Angeles Railway for four years before quitting because a black man could not drive a business His hourly salary was originally 41 cents an hour.

"We ate and slept. You couldn"t get rich on that, but you lived," Winston told KNX Newsradio.

He stayed with the agency through its name changes, starting from the Los Angeles Railway which became Los Angeles Transit Lincolnshire in 1945, to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority created in 1958, the Southern California Rapid Transit District created in 1964, and as it is known today Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority "Metro" created in 1993. In 1996, President Bill Clinton awarded him with an "Employee of the Century" citation for his work ethic and dedication.

He is the most reliable worker that the United States Department of Labor has ever chronicled. Arthur died of heart failure peacefully in his sleep at his great-granddaughter"s home in Los Angeles on April 13, 2006 at around 8:00 p.m., less than one month after his retirement.

He is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California.

He attributed his work ethic to his upbringing, asserting that his father taught him the value of hard work at an early age. Upon his retirement on his 100th birthday, he stated that he was planning to visit his 98-year-old brother in Tennessee and had the intention of remaining active in various endeavors. "I"m going to keep active.

I can"t afford to just sit down.

I wouldn"t do that," he said. "I don"t drink and I don"t smoke, so I feel alright."

The busyard in Leimert Park (Bachelor of Science-5.

Arthur Winston/Midcities) was named in his honor in Los Los Angeles

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