Mot everyone knows what they want to be when they grow up. However, for Debbie Cate, the managing director for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center General Services, pursuing a career in print has been a lifelong passion. Born and raised in Lubbock, Texas, Cate wanted to be a commercial artist and decided to participate in DECA in high school, through which her days were split between classes and a job. The closest opportunity she could find was working for McKee Wholesale, a small warehouse that supplied drugstores with everything from cigarettes and candy to electronics. She produced a monthly 50-page book of ads for everything the stores could order. "We used product slick sheets, where you cut out the image size of the picture you wanted to use. Back then [in the '70s and '80s], you didn't have copiers to size and reduce," says Cate. "I'd put in the type and put together ads, then turn around and print the book and do bulk mail. It was a constant cycle; I'd spend a couple of weeks laying it out, a week printing it, and a week [preparing it for bulk] mailing."
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