ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 13, 2010 – Greg Rasmussen, President of Don Rasmussen Company, which represents BMW, Land Rover, MINI and Mercedes-Benz at several dealerships in and around Portland, Ore., was named the TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year from Oregon.
Rasmussen was chosen to represent the Oregon Automobile Dealers Association in the national competition. The award is sponsored by TIME Magazine in association with Goodyear, and in cooperation with NADA.
“I grew up around the family business,” says Rasmussen, “washing cars at age 14, working in Parts and Service during summers all through my high school years.”
Rasmussen graduated from Sunset High School in Beaverton, OR, in 1962, and then earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Oregon in Eugene in 1967. During college summers, he worked in his family’s New and Used Car Sales departments, but the Vietnam War kept Rasmussen from heading into the family business right after college. He was on active duty with the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1968-’69, serving in Vietnam with the Seabees from December ’68 to December ’69.
Following his return that month and his military discharge, Rasmussen started working fulltime at the Don Rasmussen Company in sales and management, and he’s been there ever since. He worked for nearly four decades side by side with his father and brother until their passing in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
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