Guided by the love of a challenge and desire to serve; Amid career twists and turns, Roger Andrews discovers his calling in risk management.(Risk Management Honor Roll)

From: Business Insurance | Date: April 7, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: MICHAEL BRADFORD

Like most other risk managers, Roger L. Andrews took the long and winding road to the profession.

In a sense, the journey took him back to where it began.

A native of Maine, Mr. Andrews began his college studies out West, earning an associate's degree from Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, in 1967. That same year, he left to spend 28 months in France and Switzerland as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day...

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