Michael Cushman

Roosevelt High School

Class of 1969

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First Name	Michael
Last Name	Cushman
Graduation Year	Class of 1969
Gender	Male
Current Location	Vancouver, WA.
Hometown	Portland, OR.
Relationship Status	It's complicated
About Me	Worked as a pro photographer out of high school and collage for about six years. Starved but saw America from stem to stern. Then I had an opportunity to become a “roughneck”, or in other parlance, an operating engineer (fancy for heavy equipment operator). Made good money but it was going to kill me if I didn’t find something else. Finally I took an interest in neon glass blowing for the electric sign trade. I am self taught and have now been doing that on a wholesale level to full service sign companies for close to forty years now. It’s fair to say that I’m at the top of my game at that. Since precious few people do that any longer I am in demand and my customers won’t let me retire. I’ve been married several times. I wont admit to how many, except to say “often”. As a much younger man variety was the spice of life. Regrets? I have a few. As a young boy I took an interest in leather craft. Throughout my life I have bought tools and machines of all kinds in support of that interest. About twenty years ago, I began selling leather goods at the Portland Saturday Market. I have narrowed the product line to gentlemen’s belts (excellent ones I might add) and billfolds. The market is closed now because of the pandemic but “God willing and the creek don’t rise” to quote John Wayne, we will open up again once we are on the other side of this thing. Hope ya&r...(read more)
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