June 5, 1944 – Oct. 21, 2010
Born in Lebanon Hospital, Jim spent his early years in Sweet Home, Oregon. After a brief assignment in the military, Jim enrolled at Oregon College of Education (now Western Oregon University), graduated and began his teaching career in Lake Oswego. He finished his teaching at the Downtown Learning Center in Salem, where he became a headmaster.
He married Rosie Strachan in 1976 in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was a…