Name: Jeanette McKoon
Job title: Paint supervisor/assistant to the manager of facilities services
Department: Facilities Services
How long have you worked at Whitworth? Almost 16 years
What do you like best about your job? The student-workers
In what ways do you feel your job fulfills your sense of vocation? My greatest gift and ability is teaching work ethics to my student-workers. Every worker walks away with a set of skills they will use throughout their lives.
Favorite book: The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
Favorite movie: “Planes, Trains & Automobiles”
Favorite food: Spaghetti
Favorite quote: “I cannot live in a world without books.” Thomas Jefferson
Favorite music: All types
Favorite animal: Pig
Guilty pleasure: Ice cream
Hobby: Sewing
Best vacation ever: Cruising the Mojave Desert on my Harley
Birthplace: Hospital room
We’d be surprised to know that…I don’t have cable.
I collect…pig paraphernalia.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Italy, to see the artwork
What cartoon character best describes you? Betty Rubble
If you could try anything and not fail, what dream would you attempt? Free-style flying
What is your favorite sound? Motorcycle pipes
What is your life motto? “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Gandhi
If the whole world was listening, what would you say? “Hello!”
Favorite childhood book: Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Favorite childhood TV show: “Tarzan,” with Johnny Weissmuller
Least favorite word: Supercalafragilisticexpialidocious
If you could go on a road trip with anyone (from the past or present), who would you choose and where
would you go? Sarah Bernhardt, drive across America
Best high school class subject: Northwest history
