Walter Ryan, Print Shop foreman for the City of Bangor, Maine, was born and raised in the Pine Tree State. Growing up and attending school in the city of Orono, he headed southwest to Auburn for his graphic arts studies, enrolling in Central Maine Tech (now Central Maine Community College). While Ryan was initially interested in photography, after looking into the training and career path, it didn't feel like quite the right fit. A high school guidance counselor suggested a job shadow at some local companies, and a serendipitous placement at commercial printer Furbush-Roberts instilled in him a lifelong love of print. "While I was there, they had an old Heidelberg windmill letterpress, and they were still using lead type," Ryan recalls. "That fascinated me, and I ended up switching [majors]. My major was actually in the print shop itself, on the press floor. Stupidly, in hindsight, I took prepress as a minor, and to be totally honest if I would have known what I know now I would have done a minor in design instead."
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