Background
Vance, James was born on May 20, 1930 in Cleveland.
lawyer manufacturing company executive
Vance, James was born on May 20, 1930 in Cleveland.
Bachelor cum laude, Baldwin Wallace College, 1955; Juris Doctor magna cum laude, Cleveland State University, 1960.
Assistant treasurer, assistant to vice president finance and administration, financial analyst, Republican Steel Corporation, 1956-1968; treasurer, Addressograph & Multigraph Corporation, Cleveland, 1968-1972; vice president finance, Cincinnati Milacron Inc., 1972-1977; vice chairman, director, Dayton-Walther Corporation, 1977-1987; senior vice president, general counsel, senior business advisor, Varity Corporation, Toronto, 1987-1988; senior vice president, chief finance officer, chief legal officer, Varity Corporation, Toronto, 1988-1989; retired, 1990. Board directors Citation Companies, Amertool Corporation, General Automation, Min-Cer (S.A.), Mexico, Dwisa of Paris, Dayton-Est of Vesoul, Fiday of Asnieres, France, Polygon Reinsurance Corporation, Bermuda, Massey Ferguson Company, Kelsey Hayes Company.
Vice chairman United Appeal, 1959. Member Citizens League Cleveland, since 1960. Member finance committee Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1961.
Member Greater Cleveland Growth Center, since 1963. Vice chairman finance committee Cuyahoga Republican Committee, 1968-1969. With Army of the United States, 1951-1952.
Member Cleveland Society Security Analysts, American, Ohio Bar Association, Finance Executives Institute, American Ordnance Association, National Machine Tool Builders Association, Machinery and Allied Products Institute, American Management Association, Cincinnati Industrial Institute, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Theta Phi, Cleveland Club, Treasurer' Club (board director). Clubs: Cleveland Treasurers (director).
Married Dolores Bernadette Doyle, July 6, 1957. 1 child, James J.