President, Gilbert H. Moen Company, Building Contractors, Yakima, WA, 1933-1969.

The Associated General Contractors of Washington noted in an article done on the Moen Company: "Gilbert Moen launched the firm in 1933, focusing on home construction. After World War II, the firm built many schools, including projects at CWU and Yakima Valley College. Gilbert was always interested in new construction techniques and was the first to use tilt-up construction north of Los Angeles in 1947. Moen also was among the first to use metal studs, thin wall plaster, Dryvit (a distributor) and concrete pumping." (See "AGC News: Don Moen Looks Back as his SunDome Project Celebrates its 20th Anniversary,"Accessed 08/16/2011.)