Background
Rahn, Lawrence Joseph was born on September 3, 1951 in Trenton, Michigan, United States. Son of Lawrence Joseph and Pauline Edith (Beck) Rahn.
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Lawrence Joseph Rahn
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Bachelor, University of Michigan, 1973.
Career
Patient accounts. representative, Riverside Hospital, Trenton, 1975-1976;
owner, The Flour Shop Bakery, Cheboygan, Michigan, 1976-1977;
principal, L. Joseph Rahn, Inc., Jackson, Michigan, since 1980. Instructor business Ann Arbor (Michigan) Public Schools, 1981-1985. Coordinator Jackson Community College, 1984-1986.
President Rahn Gun Works, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan, since 1985. Owner Gentlemen's Den, Grand Rapids, 1986-1988. Member board directors Kent County Economics Development Foundation.
Economics developer, executive director County of Barry/Hastings Joint Economics Development Commission, 1986-1995, treasurer, executive director Barry County Certified 504 Development Corporation.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors Summerfest, Hastings, 1988, Barry County Futuring Committee, Hastings, 1988, Calhoun-Barry Community Growth Alliance, 1989-1990, ActionWest 17 County Marketing Consortium for Foreign Investment. Member Tri-CountyGroundwater Committee, 1988, Michigan Department Commerce Rural Strategic Planning Pilot Project. Executive director, treasurer Barry County SBA504 Association Devel.Corp., since 1992.
Member NRA, Michigan Industrial Developers Association (Patricia Root Memorial scholar 1991), Hastings Chamber of Commerce (economics development committee, board directors since 1988, health initiatives advisory board since 1990, grantee 1995), Barry County Development and Employment Association (chairman since 1991), Michigan Business Incubator Association (president since 1992).
Connections
Married Jane Ann Radke, May 5, 1972 (divorced August 1981). 1 child, Jeremy Michael. Married Ann Wilson Gallagher, October 23, 1982 (divorced 1992).
Married Sylvia E. Gerards, July, 1994.
Awards
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Recipient Entrepreneurial Training award Gov' General’ s Office for Job Training, 1986,Commemorative Shotgun award Ruffled Grouse Society, 1984. Delton Block grantee Michigan Department Commerce, 1987, unites states department Labor Reserve Fund grantee for Dislocated Workers of Hastings Building Products, 1988. GranteeCommunities in Transition Clinton St. Project, 1989, Base IndustriesInfrastructure Program To Establish the Hastings Industrial Incubator, 1989, Barry County Sudden & Severe Economics Downturn Strategy Study, 1988, Schoolcraft College Incubator Feasibility Study, 1988, Gov's. Rural Development Pilot project grantee, unites states department Commerce implementation grantee, 1991.Recipient Entrepreneurial Training award Gov' General’ s Office for Job Training, 1986,Commemorative Shotgun award Ruffled Grouse Society, 1984. Delton Block grantee Michigan Department Commerce, 1987, unites states department Labor Reserve Fund grantee for Dislocated Workers of Hastings Building Products, 1988. GranteeCommunities in Transition Clinton St. Project, 1989, Base IndustriesInfrastructure Program To Establish the Hastings Industrial Incubator, 1989, Barry County Sudden & Severe Economics Downturn Strategy Study, 1988, Schoolcraft College Incubator Feasibility Study, 1988, Gov's.
Rural Development Pilot project grantee, unites states department Commerce implementation grantee, 1991.