My First Job: Tom White, president of Ergo

July 31, 2005

My First Job: Tom White, president of Ergo

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Tom White

Current position: President of Ergo, a company in Carnation that develops ergonomic bicycle seats, and president and founder of Daedalus, an industrial-design firm.

First job: Lifeguard in Winchester, Va., which led to head lifeguard in colonial Williamsburg and helped pay for college.

Pay: $1 an hour (1952).

What I learned: I've always been interested in human bodies — how they work, what their limitations are and how to spot and fix problems before they get out of hand. Being a lifeguard was the best of all worlds, where I could see people who are getting into trouble even before they knew it and help them out.

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