Rearview Mirror

About the Book

Dean Arby Whitcomb was born December 23, 1929, in Rock Island, Illinois, to Beulah and Cecil Whitcomb. Dean attended Graceland University, but was called to active duty in the Army and after basic training was sent to the Korean War. After the war he returned to school and attended St. Ambrose University where graduated with a major in Philosophy and Business. Dean worked at the Rock Island Arsenal in several positions, mainly in weapons procurement. He retired in 1991 from the Federal Government after serving as the chief negotiator for the government to recover funds from the largest fraud case in the then current history against a government supplier. He is an amateur Egyptologist, an airplane and car enthusiast as well as a student of medicine, astronomy and other subjects too numerous to mention. After retirement, he taught business classes for the University of Wisconsin/Whitewater and became an entrepreneur advising and founding many companies. He gives seminars on negotiating and lectures at schools on various subjects. He continues to work daily at a business he and friends started in 2007. He lives in Rockford, Illinois, with his wife Kathy. Together they have 6 children, 17 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild

About the Author

Dean Arby Whitcomb was born December 23, 1929, in Rock Island, Illinois, to Beulah and Cecil Whitcomb. Dean attended Graceland University, but was called to active duty in the Army and after basic training was sent to the Korean War. After the war he returned to school and attended St. Ambrose University where graduated with a major in Philosophy and Business. Dean worked at the Rock Island Arsenal in several positions, mainly in weapons procurement. He retired in 1991 from the Federal Government after serving as the chief negotiator for the government to recover funds from the largest fraud case in the then current history against a government supplier. He is an amateur Egyptologist, an airplane and car enthusiast as well as a student of medicine, astronomy and other subjects too numerous to mention. After retirement, he taught business classes for the University of Wisconsin/Whitewater and became an entrepreneur advising and founding many companies. He gives seminars on negotiating and lectures at schools on various subjects. He continues to work daily at a business he and friends started in 2007. He lives in Rockford, Illinois, with his wife Kathy. Together they have 6 children, 17 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.