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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Famous quotes related to early years:
“If there is a price to pay for the privilege of spending the early years of child rearing in the driver’s seat, it is our reluctance, our inability, to tolerate being demoted to the backseat. Spurred by our success in programming our children during the preschool years, we may find it difficult to forgo in later states the level of control that once afforded us so much satisfaction.”
—Melinda M. Marshall (20th century)