Paul Christen's career recounted
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HURON – Paul Christen of Huron has retired from the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority Board, where he has served since January 2011.
“Paul has done a great job on the board,” said Casey Peterson, board chair. “Out of the kindness of his heart, he stepped up at a critical time in our history and used his unique business skills to help make the Sanford Underground Research Facility successful.”
A Huron native and a 1950 graduate of Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, Christen and his wife, Donna “Muffy” Christen, started the First Western Bank in 1976. By 2008, they owned 17 banks, which they sold that year.
They also owned First Western Agency, an insurance company headquartered in Huron. In 2011, they donated $20 million to the South Dakota Community Foundation as a way to “give back to future generations.”