Victor “Vic” Salvino was born November 28, 1932 in Seattle. He was in first grade at Loyal Heights Elementary, then attended Alderwood Manor through eighth grade. He spent his freshman year at Edmonds High, then to Ballard for grades ten through twelve. From 1950 to 1958 he served in the Naval Air Reserve.

In September, 1951 Salvino was employed by Kenworth Motor Truck Corporation in the mailroom. One year later he was promoted to the credit department. In 1955 he was elected treasurer of the Kenworth Employee’s Credit Union. In 1959 he transferred to Dallas to serve as credit manager of Texas Kenworth Co., a factory branch that had been formed four years earlier. A promotion to branch manager came in 1966 and, a year later, Salvino became Vice President and General Manager. In 1974 he became President, and in 1979 he purchased Texas Kenworth Co. and served as dealer principal until he sold the company in 1998.

Salvino is the past chairman of the following: Kenworth Dealer Council, Texas Truck Division of the Texas Automobile Dealers Association, Sand & Gravel Motors Carriers Association, and Texas Motor Transportation Association. The Business School of Columbia University selected Salvino as the American Truck Dealer of the Year in 1981.

He has served as a board member of the Ballard High School Foundation, the Dallas Foundation of Otology at Baylor, The Hearing School of the Southwest, Southern Methodist University Mustang Club and Lovers Lane United Methodist Church. Salvino also served as a trustee of Texans Can! and chair of the advisory board of Dallas Can! Academy.

Salvino married Gladys Joan Victor in 1952. They have five children – Lynn, JoAnne, Kristine, Victor III and Stacey – and many grandchildren. Because of Victor’s generous contributions to Ballard High School and it’s programs, the Alumni Room at Ballard High School has been named in his honor.