James Edmond Hardin

Background

Hardin, James Edmond was born on August 23, 1937 in Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States. Son of Crawford Edmond and Laura Evelyn (Peters) Hardin.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Lincoln Memorial University, 1959. Degree in chemical engineering (honorary), University Mississippi, 1972.

Career

Laboratory technician, American Bemberg Corporation, Elizabethton, 1959-1960; human resources representative, Monsanto, Pensacola, Florida, 1961-1969; S.E. recruiting manager, Monsanto, Atlanta, 1969-1973; professional recruiting manager, Monsanto, St. Louis, 1973-1977; manager employment, Philip Morris United States of America, Richmond, Virginia, 1977-1994; S.E. region manager recruiting, Philip Morris United States of America, Atlanta, 1994-1995; manager executive recruiting, Philip Morris United States of America, New York City, since 1995.

Politics

People sometimes argue that involvement in political life involves getting our hands dirty, so is something Christians should avoid. But God is present in everything, including political institutions.

Views

The very idea that one gender is superior to another should be rejected as well as the erroneous notion that members of one gender may receive love, power, and esteem only at the expense of another.

Membership

Assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Richmond, 1984-1985. Member Southern College Placement Association (chairman new membership), Virginia College Placement Association (president), Midwest College Placement Association, Southwest College Placement Association.

Interests

• Avocations: golf, running, reading.

Connections

Married Marilyn Jaye Frye, January 2, 1960. Children: Gregory Stephen, David Philip.

Father:

Crawford Edmond Hardin

Mother:

Laura Evelyn (Peters) Hardin

Spouse:

Marilyn Jaye Frye

child:

Gregory Stephen Hardin

child:

David Philip Hardin