Jim attended the Concord Public Schools, and then Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA, obtaining a B.S. degree in Mathematics in 1974. He taught high school mathematics for four years, one year in San Juan, PR, and three years at the Hun School of Princeton in Princeton, NJ.

Jim then returned to WPI to further his education and entered a career working with computers. He worked for six years in Nashua, NH and then moved to Newark, NJ, and currently works for Kearfott Guidance and Navigation Corp. in Wayne, NJ.

He has had many interests, and has worked with the Nashua Theatre Guild while living in Nashua, NH, as treasurer, and worked backstage on most of their productions during that time, as well as on stage in a few productions.

His current interests include genealogy and travel. His first major trip was an 18-day tour of China, on the theory that your first major excursion should take you as far away as you can go. He has since traveled to Europe many times and took a cruise to Alaska. One of his most memorable trips was a trip he took with his father to England, where they visited many of the towns and villages where their ancestors lived.327