David Ollier Weber
The Kila Springs Group
Blue Oak Farm
4231 Oak Meadow Road
Placerville, CA 95667

Vox: (707) 367-0408
Fax: (206) 202-1309
E-mail: doweber@kilasprings.net


Education

University of Cincinnati, BA, philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa, 1959

University of Oslo, American Summer School, credential, 1957

Columbia University, English & comparative literature, 1959-60
(Woodrow Wilson Fellow)

University of California, Berkeley, English, political science, 1964


Employment

New York Times—copyboy, 1961

United States Naval Reserve—Lieutenant; CIC Officer, Operations
Officer, Navigator, USS HIGBEE (DD-806), Seventh Fleet, 1961-1964

Daily Review, Hayward, California—general assignment reporter, 1964-
1966

Free-lance writer, 1966-1975—major clients (partial list):
National Institute of Mental Health
California State Department of Public Health

Port of Oakland, California—public relations representative &
writer/editor of all Port printed materials, 1975-1979

Pacific Gas & Electric Company, San Francisco—editor,
PG&E Life and
California Economic Outlook, 1979-1980

Free-lance writer, 1980-present—major clients (partial list):
California Business (Contributing editor)
California Lawyer
San Francisco Magazine
San Francisco Examiner Sunday magazine California Living
Various airline in-flight magazines
Health Forum Journal (Contributing Editor)
Cardiology
Strategies for Healthcare Excellence
(Contributing Editor)
COR Healthcare Market Strategist
Medicine on the Net
COR Patient Care Staffing Report
California HealthCare Foundation
The Physician Executive
American Hospital Association H&HN Online


Founder/Principal, The Kila Springs Group, 2002

Founder/Publisher, Kila Springs Press, 2002


Books (partial list)

Oakland: Hub of the West (history): Continental Heritage Press, 1981

Vanity (short novel): Kila Springs Press, 2002

Accustomed to Hope: The Episcopal Church on the Mendocino Coast
(history): Kila Springs Press, 2003

Baja (novel): Kila Springs Press, 2006

Family Fun (stories): Kila Springs Press, 2006


Honors (partial list)

International Association of Business Communicators Gold Quill
Awards (feature writing; direct mail sales brochures), 1978

National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation
Award of
Excellence in Health Care Reporting, trade journalism division
($10,000 prize), 2002
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