The Job Corps.
THE WEBER BASIN JOB CORPS CENTER
P.O. BOX 16007 Uinta, Utah 84404
801-475-4320
Nearly 100 employees help hundreds of people each year learn
new academic, technical, and social skills to become more useful and productive
citizens. Management & training at”WBJ “has been improving lives and
operating safe and secure facilities for 45 years.
HOW I MET GEORGE FORMAN
George Foreman is
one of the hardest hitters in boxing history, a two-time former World
Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Olympic gold medalist. After notable fights
against Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, Foreman retired and became a Christian
minister and a businessman, touting his famous fat-reducing George Foreman
grill. He has ten children including five sons. All of his sons are named
George. All my sons are named George Foreman. They all know where they came
from. – George Foreman.
George was born
January 10, 1949, Marshall, Texas. He twice was the world heavyweight champion
(1973–74, 1994–95). When Foreman regained the heavyweight title at age 45, he
was the oldest world heavyweight champion ever.
Foreman grew up
in Houston, Texas. He learned to box in a U.S. Job Corps camp at Weber Basin
Job Corp. located at the mouth of Weber Canyon. My secretary Jennet Dalton
called him a “nice boy.” In those days, the 60’s, he and other Job-Corps
recruits came to my office Wednesday mornings, my house on holidays, where my
wife Barbara would cook a fancy meal. He was tall, good looking and polite. A
colorful personality in the world of boxing, Foreman had great success at Weber
Basin where he learned to box. He won Golden Gloves, Olympics, never losing any
fight.
To be continued…
Author Karl Wallace
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