Michael teilmann biography

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11, 2001, as the United States mounted a war with Afghanistan and, nearly two years later, with Iraq.

At the time, the nonprofit United Services Organization, or USO, at Los Angeles International Airport was in shambles. The facility was open only for a few hours three days per week.

Four volunteers staffed the office.

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“It hardly served anyone back then,” recalled Michael Teilmann, a Van Nuys resident who stepped down Friday after serving 11 years as executive director of the USO of Greater Los Angeles.

Comedian Bob Hope and radio personality-turned-honorary Hollywood mayor Johnny Grant each asked Teilmann to take a “leave of absence” from his television producing duties to build the local USO back up.

The temporary gig turned into a job that spanned more than a decade, allowing him to oversee the USO’s operations and about 500 volunteers spread across LAX, Ontario Internatio