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The Window Cleaning Hall of Fame 2008 Inaugural Class Inductees

Rod Woodward

Rod was born in Bend Oregon in 1950. He passed away in 1989. He was 39 years old. He did more in those 39 years than many of us could or would do in 100 years. To say Rod was a visionary would limit who he was. I never met Rod, but we are kindred spirits. He had the courage that many of us do not have.

Now a history of Rod Woodward. Rod created the American Window Cleaner Magazine. First as a newsletter, then it expanded. AWC Magazine brought together, window cleaners, suppliers and ideas. Before he created the AWC Magazine, he worked in a good many other jobs.
He worked in his family's janitorial business, he worked in a lumber mill. He started his own window cleaning business in Portland Oregon and later moved to San Jose California to do high rise work. He moved to California and worked for The Ettore Corp. There he invented the Super System for window cleaning. The Super System redefined what the squeegee could be. Before the Super System you needed either several different squeegees for different size window or a screw drive to change channels. With the Super System, you flip a lock and change channels in seconds. In between all of this, Rod ran a school for window cleaning and before his passing he had moved to Georgia.


Comments:

Thank you so much for taking the time to honor my dad on your website! It means so much to my sister and I. I truly have so many great memories of my dad. I remember him and my mom starting a small home based business called “The Peeping Tom Window Cleaning Service”. I also remember him working on the “Super System” in our garage. He was a true entrepreneur!

Although we miss him tremendously, his legend is still lives today.

Kami Woodward


I was completely shocked and estatic to discover the Window Cleaning Hall of Fame certificate for my dad, Rodney, in my mail box. Thank you so much for remembering my dad and honoring him for all he accomplished in the Window Cleaning Industry. My dad was extremely passionate about window cleaning and raised the bar for that industry. He was known for saying "If you can conceive it, and believe it, you WILL achieve it". He went after his dreams and made them a reality.

I am so appreciative that his efforts and accomplishments have not been forgotten.

Thanks again!

Andrea Webb


The Window Cleaning Hall of Fame - Rod Woodward

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