Early Years
Jean Marie Untinen was born in 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, she is of Finnish descent, the second of five children of Neil Solomon Untinen, a housepainter, and Martha (née Wirtanen) Untinen.
Auel attended Portland State University. While a student, she joined Mensa, and worked at Tektronix, as a clerk (1965–66), a circuit board designer (1966–73), technical writer (1973–74), and a credit manager (1974–76). She earned an MBA from the University of Portland in 1976. She received honorary degrees from her alma mater, as well as the University of Maine and the Mount Vernon College for Women.
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