Bob Drewel graduated from Ingraham High School in Seattle and attended Columbia Basin Junior College, Central Washington University and the University of Washington.
15 Facts About Bob Drewel
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Bob Drewel graduated in 1970 from the University of Washington with a bachelor's degree in history.
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Bob Drewel worked as an assistant sales manager at the Rhodes Brothers department store in Seattle and later for a labor-relations firm before moving to Everett.
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Bob Drewel was hired by Everett Community College in 1974 to work in their personnel department and twice served as interim president in 1981 and 1984.
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Bob Drewel was appointed permanently to the position in December 1984, and became interested in politics while involved in the college's lobbying efforts in the Washington State Legislature.
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Bob Drewel was encouraged to run for the office of Snohomish County Executive by local Democrats, including outgoing executive Willis Tucker, and announced his candidacy in April 1991.
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Bob Drewel won 53 percent of votes in the general election, and pledged to "restore confidence in government".
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Bob Drewel was re-elected to a second term in 1995, and a third term in 1999.
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Bob Drewel was term limited after his 1999 re-election, and was seen as a possible Democratic gubernatorial candidate for the 2004 election.
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Bob Drewel was appointed the executive director of the Puget Sound Regional Council in December 2003, and served in that position until his retirement on January 2,2014.
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Bob Drewel later served as interim chancellor for the Everett satellite campus of Washington State University in 2014.
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Bob Drewel married his wife Cheryl in 1968 and raised two daughters with her at their home in Arlington.
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Bob Drewel was well known as a charity auctioneer, a role he began in the 1980s, raising money for United Way and other local charities.
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Bob Drewel worked as a part-time cowboy and opened the annual Evergreen State Fair rodeo in cowboy boots and jeans.
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Shortly after his election to a third term in 1999, Bob Drewel was successfully treated for prostate cancer.