Celebrating 5 Years of Service at Stanford: David Russel, MS

David Russel, MS, facilities manager, has completed five years of service at Stanford. Although born in Manhattan, New York, Mr. Russel grew up mainly in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois, but also lived in New Rochelle, New York, and San Francisco, California, before settling on the Peninsula. He earned his BA in the biological sciences from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, and his MS in the biological sciences from Stanford, completing all of his classes at the Hopkins Marine Station. In addition to earning his degrees in science, Mr. Russel's work background includes six years at the University of California, San Francisco, and a position with Dr. Herb Boyer (before Genentech was founded), where he started as a lab technician but as time went on his duties expanded to include facilities management, operations, planning, and design.

Outside of work, Mr. Russel enjoys travelling. He once bought a "Round-the-World" stand-by ticket from Pan Am for $999.00 as part of their promotion entitled "Around the World in 80 Days for under $1,000." During this trip, he spent 77 days on the road visiting Guam, Palau, Pelelieu, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand (mainly Bangkok and Chengmai), Istanbul, and Israel (including the Sinai Peninsula), doing a great deal of scuba diving and underwater photography. On other trips, he has traveled to many western European countries, Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica.

However, Mr. Russel's main hobby is old cars. He is an active member of the Arcane Auto Society, and he currently owns three vintage Citroens (please see the first picture below). He does the maintenance (and most repairs) himself, and he drives his cars frequently, participating in local parades, fairs, and car shows. At least one day each week, you will see him driving one of these cars to work.

(From left to right: 1956 Traction Avant; 1986 2CV; and 1965 station wagon)

(1956 Traction Avant)

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