1859 Summer 2009
1859 Summer 2009
1859 Summer 2009
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Top 5<br />
Gert Boyle<br />
5Live Without.<br />
Top<br />
Gert Boyle, 85, was born in Germany, fled the Nazi regime with her family and landed in Portland,<br />
where her father founded the Columbia Hat Company in 1938. After her husband, Neal, died in<br />
1970, Boyle took over the failing company and grew Columbia Sportswear to a billion dollar baby<br />
by 2004. Now an international icon, Columbia Sportswear Company’s chairwoman and Oregon’s<br />
First Lady of Feist, Ma Boyle, shares with <strong>1859</strong> Oregon's Magazine her Top 5 Things She Can’t<br />
Things Gert Boyle<br />
can't live without<br />
PB&J sandwiches<br />
Grandkids<br />
Paycheck<br />
Col. Sanders<br />
Starbucks<br />
82 <strong>1859</strong>magazine.com summer 09
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