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Vancouver, WA, background; training and work in dance and theater, Seattle and New York, and choreography in postwar Paris; with Charlotte Winston Strong, founding Tiburon Vintners, 1959; Windsor Vineyards, 1962, Alexander's Crown and Chalk Hill; Sonoma Vineyards, and the Rodney Strong label: vineyard selection, winemaking innovations, designing a winery building; joint venture to form Piper Sonoma; Wine Institute's Wine Quality Committee; sale of Rodney Strong Vineyards to Klein group, 1990.