Content
Unfolding Elling Halvorson’s Fascinating Life Story
Part I: Developing a Risk-Taking Reputation
1. Fall from the Sky
2. I Launch a Construction Company
3. Mission Impossible
4. The Most Unusual Pipeline in the World
5. Overcoming Challenges on a Grand Scale
6. A Rainstorm Not Seen in 15 Centuries
7. The Fight of My Life
Part II: The Importance of Family Roots
8. Inheriting a Solution Mindset
9. Distant Guns
10. Coming of Age in the War Years
11. Off to Boarding School
12. Farewell to the Cocoon
Part III: A Family of My Own
13. From “Me” to “Us”
14. Growing the Halvorson Herd
15. The Legacy of Family Character
16. New Schools, New Surprises
17. Learning from the Professors
Part IV: From Ground to Sky
18. Unique Properties and Payments
19. Expanding Our Horizons
20. Adventures with Soviets, Silencers, Stadiums, and the Seven Seas
Part V: Giving Back
21. The Principle of Compensation
22. The Eighth Miracle
Epilogue: Remembering Rodney Jay Halvorson
Bonus Section:
- How Helicopters Fly
- Developing Whisper Jet Technology
- Witnessing the Birth of a Village
- Awards Presented to Elling Halvorson
- The Principle of Compensation through Charitable Giving: How the Halvorsons Are Giving Back to the Community
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