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Time in Vietnam changes CEO's life

National Confectioners Association CEO says time spent in foreign country altered his outlook Graham Getting bored in law school triggered a life-changing series of events for Larry Graham, CEO of the $15 million-revenue, Washington, D.C.-based National Confectioners Association. His two years in Vietnam (1967-68) working for the U.S. Agency for International Development altered his outlook and ultimately led him to his career in the nation's capital. "I was in law school and I was bored thinking I was going to spend my whole life in school," Graham told CEO Update. So, after finishing his first year, he joined USAID. "I took a test that showed a high aptitude for… Read More