James Daniel Young

Background

Young, James Daniel was born on April 27, 1949 in Miami, Florida, United States. Son of Theodore James and Geraldine Wilson (Helms) Young.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, University Central Arkansas, 1976.

Career

Installer, Western Electric, Little Rock, 1968-1969, 71-73; management trainee, Allied Telephone Сompany, Harrison, Arkansas, 1976; plant foreman, Allied Telephone Сompany, Sheridan and Greenbrier, Arkansas, 1977-1981; customer services supervisor, Allied Telephone Сompany, Greenbrier, 1981-1982; customer services supervisor, Alltel Arkansas, Inc., 1982-1989; supervisor Rural Electrification Administration, Alltel Comm. Corporation, Little Rock, 1989-1995; manager RUS, Alltel Telephone Superior vena cava syndrome Corporation, Little Rock, since 1995.

Politics

The state should not attempt to control the church, nor should the church seek to dominate the state. The separation of church and state should not be misconstrued as the abolition of all religious expression from public life.

Views

The family is the most basic of human institutions through which people are nurtured and sustained in love, responsibility, and respect.

Membership

With United States Naval Reserve, 1968-1974. Vietnam, 1969-1971. Member Phi Lambda Chi (vice president 1973-1976).

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, camping, gardening.

Connections

Married Deborah Sue Frets, July 19, 1975 (divorced January 1996). 1 child, Kristen Lynn.

Father:

Theodore James Young

Mother:

Geraldine Wilson (Helms) Young

Spouse:

Deborah Sue Frets

child:

Kristen Lynn Young