Nov
05
Remembering Gert Boyle, the ‘Tough Mother’ of Columbia Sportswear
Posted in: UncategorizedOn the morning of Nov. 3, Columbia Sportswear lost its pioneering maverick of a mother, the tough and sharp-witted chairwoman Gert Boyle. She was 95. The first woman inducted into the Sporting Goods Association’s Industry Hall of Fame in 2003, Boyle was affectionately known as the “First Lady of Oregon” and widely revered as a…
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