... as far as 1971. Phil Knight was supplementing his modest income from Blue Ribbon Sports Inc. by teaching an accountant class at Portland State University. There he met Carolyn Davidson, a graphic design student, who was working on a multi-perspective drawing assignment in the hallway. He offered her a couple of bucks per hour if she would do some ... design work for his small company. This all happened because "Representatives from Japan were coming for a presentation and Phil wanted some charts and graphs to show them- according to Davidson. Apparently ... this wasn't the last time Ph...

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