Background
Jaeger, James Gordon was born on June 26, 1941 in Morrison, Illinois, United States. Son of Leonard Alfred Otto Jaeger and Margaret Irene Bayles.
Jaeger, James Gordon was born on June 26, 1941 in Morrison, Illinois, United States. Son of Leonard Alfred Otto Jaeger and Margaret Irene Bayles.
Bachelor in History, Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois, 1963. Master of Library Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1964. Master of Divinity, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2001.
Cataloger, reformed library Enoch Pratt Free Library., Baltimore, 1964—1968. Head library Mitchell Public Library., Hillsdale, Michigan, 1970—1977, Kankakee Public Library., Illinois, 1977—1978. Head information service Joliet Public Library., 1979—1996, coordinator college development, 1996—1997.
Vicar Immanuel Lutheran Church, Saginaw, Michigan, 2000—2001. Chaplain Falls City Zone Lutheran Women's Missionary League, 2003—2004. Pastor Immanuel Lutheran Church, Sterling, Nebraska, 2001—2004.
Literature tutor Joliet Junior College.1, 1993—1994.
Member National Pro-Life Alliance, Environmental Defense, since 2004, Amnesty International. Volunteer chaplain Hospice of Rock River Valley, since 2006. Chaplain Falls City Zone Lutheran Women's Missionary League, 2003—2004.
Member Sauk Valley Interfaith Peace Act, since 2006, Lutheran Hour Ministries, Sterling Senior Center, Nebraska, 2001—2004, Sterling Community Association, 2003—2004. Fellow: Earthjustice. Member: Lutheran Society Services of Illinois (member steering committee), Tiger Haven, National Parks Conservation Association, Alzheimer's Association, Greenpeace, Sterling Rock Falls History Society, National Wildlife Federation (associate), Smithsonian Institution (associate), Sierra Club, Wilderness Society, Defenders of Wildlife, Whiteside County Genealogists, American Diabetes Association, Sterling Rock Falls Toastmasters (vice president public relations since 2005, member speakers bureau committee district 54 since 2007, president).
Married Karen Francis Rowley, June 26, 1971. Children: Joy Kathleen, Kenneth James.