Jim gilmore kalamazoo biography sample

          James Stanley "Jim" Gilmore, Jr., Championship car sponsor, Kalamazoo businessman, and public servant was killed early Sunday afternoon in a freak traffic..

          Jim Gilmore

          Jim Gilmore, having been born in the Gilmore and Upjohn family, could have spent his life clipping coupons of the stock he inherited.

          But this was not the stuff Jim was made of.

          James Gilmore talks the different ways experience can be seen and applied in business.

        1. James Gilmore talks the different ways experience can be seen and applied in business.
        2. West South Street, Kalamazoo ; Designation · James F. and Carrie Gilmore House ; Date · ; Style · English Tudor half-timber.
        3. James Stanley "Jim" Gilmore, Jr., Championship car sponsor, Kalamazoo businessman, and public servant was killed early Sunday afternoon in a freak traffic.
        4. Mah's interview with Martha Parfet about her new book chronicling two of Kalamazoo's most renowned families, the Upjohns and Gilmores.
        5. He left three sons, James Stanley, Donald Sherwood, and Irving Samuel, all now living in Kalamazoo.

          6. At an early age he learned from his father that, “Money isn’t a luxury, it’s a responsibility.”

           

          Early in his youth Gilmore became fascinated with mechanical projects as he built miniature race cars which could achieve speeds of close to 50 MPH.

          Jim was also involved with the construction of the Gruff, the first radio controlled model airplane in the world. The Gruff today is displayed in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D. C.

           

          Jim Gilmore’s first experience in a racecar was at the age of He rigged up a large electric motor and mounted it in his red Radio Flyer wagon.

          Rigging up bicycle handlebars, he was able to get up to 25 mph, which was really flying for a little red wagon.

          After marrying Diana and serving a term as mayor of Kalamazoo, Gilmore left the family owned Gi