Background
Shafer, J. M. was born on February 21, 1944 in Worland, Wyoming, United States. Son of Melvin N. and Iva Bernice (Shaffer) Shafer.
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J. M. Shafer
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AS, Casper Junior College, 1964. Bachelor of Science, University Wyoming, 1966.
Career
Electrical engineer, Southern California Edison Company, San Bernardino, 1966-1967; electrical engineer, United States Bureau Reclamation, Casper, Wyoming, 1967-1975; electrical engineer, United States Bureau Reclamation, Lakewood, Colorado, 1975-1977; West Slope area manager, United States Bureau Reclamation, Loveland, Colorado, 1977-1978; director division engineering, Western Area Power Administration, Loveland, 1978-1981; assistant area manager, Western Area Power Administration, Loveland, 1981-1984; deputy area manager, Western Area Power Administration, Loveland, 1984-1988; deputy administrator, Southwestern Power Administration, Tulsa, 1988; administrator, Southwestern Power Administration, Tulsa, 1988-1994; administrator, Western Area Power Administration, Lakewood, Colorado, since 1994.
Achievements
Politics
The state should not use its authority to promote any particular religious belief. It should allow people practice their own religious convictions.
Views
It is good for Christians with different approaches to the interpretation of the Bible to engage with each other and argue how the Bible should be applied to issues in our contemporary world.
Membership
Chairman Combined Federal Campaign, 1988, 89, 93. Board trustees Electric Power Research Institute, 1995. Member Wyoming Society Professional Engineers, Southwest Power Pool (board directors 1989-1994, member executive committee 1993, 94, representative national electric reliability council 1994, 95), Optimists Club (vice president Windsor, Colorado chapter 1985-1986, president 1986-1987).
Connections
Married Michele Marie Burnell, September 6, 1964. Children: Kimberly Dru, John Tyler.
