Background
Elder, James Francis was born on May 13, 1926 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Chester Bernard and Marie (Gibbons) Elder.
Elder, James Francis was born on May 13, 1926 in Joliet, Illinois, United States. Son of Chester Bernard and Marie (Gibbons) Elder.
Student, Chillicothe (Missouri) Business College, 1947. Student, Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1971.
Assistant superintendent transportation, Milwaukee R.R., Chicago, 1945-1968; assistant general manager transportation, Port Authority Transit Corporation, Lindenwold, New Jersey, 1968-1988; with, Janice Petterson Agency For television Commercials, 1989; with, United States Census Bureau, San Diego, 1990; independent transportation consultant, San Diego, since 1988.
With United States Navy, 1944-1946, PTO. Member American Public Transit Association (chairman rails operations committee 1985-1987), Antique Auto Club American.
Married Patricia Darlene Kinney, December 20, 1953. Children: Richard James, David Patrick, Eric Thomas.