<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/2026-08-21/magazine/winter-2004/family-business.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Family Business</title><excerpt>Ray Leach ’65 spent 25 years as an executive for a savings and loan in Southern California before retiring and returning to his roots. During high school, he worked for his father and his uncles in the family business, selling animal feed. In 1990, he became a co-owner of the feed distributorship with his cousin and spent 10 years in sales. Today he does post-production work on movies for his son Jeremy’s firm, Vision QC, which allows him to play golf during the day and work in the evening. “I make sure the process of transferring movies to video tapes or DVDs has been done correctly,” he says. “It’s fun, and I feel semi-retired.”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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