Background
Shaffer, James Burgess was born on May 6, 1945 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert Howard and Marjorie Jane Shaffer.
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James Burgess Shaffer
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Bachelor of Science in Mech. Engineering, Purdue University, 1967; Master of Business Administration, Indiana U., 1969.
Career
Staff engineer, Aerospace Research Applications Center, Bloomington, Indiana, 1967-1969; operations analyst, Minneapolis Star & Tribune Company, 1970-1971; research planning analyst, Minneapolis Star & Tribune Company, 1972-1973; research planning manager, Minneapolis Star & Tribune Company, 1974; director accounting, Minneapolis Star & Tribune Company, 1975-1977; president, public, Stromberg Publs., Inc. subsidiary, Ellicott City, Maryland., 1977-1979; senior vice president, associate public, Buffalo Courier-Express Company, Inc. subsidiary, 1979-1982; vice president, chief finance officer, Los Angeles Times, 1983-1984; vice president finance and planning, Los Angeles Times, 1985-1989; executive vice president, The Sun-Times Company, 1989-1991; president, chief Executive officer, Guy Gannett COmmunications, Portland, Maine., since 1991. Vice-Chairman, Board Of Directors Better Business Bureau Western New York, 1980.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Wildwood School, Santa Monica, California, 1987. Member board of trustees Portland (Maine) Symphony, 1993-1995. Board directors Maine Coalition Excellence in Education, since 1993, Conference & Visitors Bureau, since 1993.
Connections
Married Lynn Elliott Eitzen, June 3, 1967. Children: Derek Bruce, Ryan Brooke.
