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is an example of how an employer can make a big difference in individual lives, said her husband of 26 years, Walter Larkins, who nominated his wife.
Julie Larkins, a Sunland Tujunga native who moved to Long Beach five years ago, grew up in a modest household with strong family values.
She started three other businesses with her husband, including Endosurgical Development Corp., a startup later acquired by Johnson Johnson Co. that developed devices thatpatagonia mens better sweater jacket 25526 enable surgeons to perform minimally invasive cardiac surgery.
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