Health & Fitness
Faces of Rotary: Larry Dean
How many of you can say you have ridden across the United States on a bicycle? Larry can. He's also ridden across Europe, Oregon, Iowa and almost daily rides around our area.
Many of you know Larry through his community work with The Rotary Club of Cupertino as this past year’s Club President, a Board member and past president of CEEF (the Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation), the Northwest YMCA and the Northern California Marshall Partners, USC Marshall School of Business where he received his MBA.
However, how many of you know that Larry is a long-time rock ‘n roller from his high school and college days and now the bass guitarist for the Grateful Dads, a local trio band appearing for charity events and frequently for an Italian restaurant in Mountain View?
Married to his “better-known half”, Laurie, he has two daughters—Emily and Courtney—who followed the USC tradition. They have lived in Cupertino since 1980. He is currently engaged in high technology business development.
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He was the founder and CEO of Fine Pitch Technology in 1988—a premier provider of engineering and electronics production services, acquired by Solectron Corporation. He was also a founder serving as Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Operations of AWI in 1981.AWI was a pioneer of surface mount printed circuit assembly process, having been acquired by SCI Manufacturing in 1986. Prior to these accomplishments he was with Intel Corporation and Stanford University, Information Systems Management, 1970 to 1978.
Born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa he frequently travels back to his hometown to visit family and friends. Keeping that connection for Larry is very important. He is a Spartan and Trojan today with Hawkeye Roots!
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How many of you can say you have ridden across the United States on a bicycle? Larry can, and he has ridden across Europe, Oregon, Iowa and does almost daily rides around our area. In fact, if you watch closely you may see him riding around town for coffee, to attend various local community meetings and to pick up some milk.
Stay committed to the community Larry, we need an army like you to keep the complexities of this Valley and Cupertino on track.
Pictured here are Larry on the far right, his mother and Steve Andrews in Iowa during the famous RAGBRAI ride.
