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David Roop joins Independence Health Plan’s market-relations section, 1985

Also Dave Roop 1985 health post

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TypeEvent
Date1985-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1985-05
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Announcement
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Beaver Island
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1985 Beaver Beacon reported that part-time Beaver Island resident David Roop joined Independence Health Plan’s market-relations section after a long career with United Steel Workers Local 2659.

Evidence limits

This is a reprinted employment notice, not a complete work history or corporate record.

Sources

  1. Reports that part-time Beaver Island resident David Roop joined Independence Health Plan's market-relations section, working primarily with organized-labor groups, and summarizes his United Steel Workers Local 2659 background. It is a reprinted employment notice, not a personnel, corporate, or health-insurance record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the employment notice.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “David Roop joins Independence Health Plan’s market-relations section, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/david-roop-health-plan-appointment-1985/, accessed [date], citing “Dave Roop Gets Health Post,” Beaver Beacon, June 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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