Jim Wildish to receive First Citizen honors

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Byline: Joe Mosley The Register-Guard

Jim Wildish, a prominent Eugene businessman who describes himself as an involved but low-key community activist, has been named the 2004 First Citizen by the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce.

"I've always been one who tried to operate under the radar screen," Wildish said Monday. "So (receiving the award) is a little bit humbling, to say the least.

"The different people who've won that award, I always considered to be well-deserving," he said. "To be in that company has got to be humbling."

Wildish, 73, is president and chief executive officer of Wildish Land Co. The fourth-generation family business was founded by his father, T.C. Wildish, in 1934, and Jim Wildish joined the company in 1950 as a truck...