{"id":1977,"date":"2014-06-16T12:11:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T19:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unitedsalesassoc.com\/?page_id=1977"},"modified":"2014-07-29T03:02:37","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T10:02:37","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.unitedsalesassoc.com\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For nearly half a century United Sales Associates has supported the electric power industry in the Northwest. United Sales was formed in 1969 by Henry \u2018Hank\u2019 Dobaj, Roger Martin, and Granville \u2018Syd\u2019 Sydnor III.<\/p>\n

Their original office was located in the (Ray) Martin Electrical Building in Lake Oswego\u2019s then \u2018industrial\u2019 area adjacent to the Willamette River.\u00a0 Jim Schwab joined the company in the mid \u201880s and several years later purchased it from the original team.<\/p>\n

John Preston joined Jim at United Sales in 1994, purchasing the company from Jim in 1997. \u00a0John and his team continue the tradition of providing exceptional sales and service from their present Lake Oswego Bridgeport-area location.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1797,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n