James Gordon Schneider

Background

Schneider, James Gordon was born on August 24, 1925 in Kankakee, Illinois, United States. Son of William Albert and Dorothy (Marlow) Schneider.

Education

Student, Milligan College, 1944. Student, Duke, 1944; Bachelor, State University Iowa, 1948. Juris Doctor, State University Iowa, 1953.

Career

Instructor Colleges Commerce and Law, State University Iowa, 1952-1953. Contract attorney C.G.W. R.R., Kansas City, 1953-1954. From loan officer to vice president Kankakee Federal Savings and Loan Association, 1954-1961, president, 1961-1988, chairman, since 1988, also board directors.

Board directors Federal Home Loan Bank, Chicago, Kankakee County Title & Trust Company. Past president Federal Savings and Loan Council Illinois. Chairman Illinois League Savings Institutions, 1983-1984.

Vice president Kankakee Industrial Development Association, 1965-1989, Central Parking Corporation, 1963-1988, Kankakee Development Corporation, 1963-1988.

Achievements

• James Gordon Schneider has been listed as a noteworthy savings and loan executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The Navy V12 Program: Leadership for a Lifetime

    (596 pages - The story of the Navy's largest World War II ...)

  • The Navy V-12 Program: Leadership for a lifetime
  • The Navy V-12 Program: Leadership for a Lifetime: 2nd Edition

Membership

President Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee, 1959-1971, trustee, 1972-1981, 82-88. President Riverside Medical Center Foundation, 1972-1982. Director Riverside Health Systems, Inc., since 1987.

Trustee Savings Associations Retirement Fund, 1972-1977, Rockford College, 1978-1987. Treasurer Council on Abandoned Military Posts, 1972-1976. Trustee Kankakee Young Men’s Christian Association.

Chairman Kankakee County Bicentennial Commission, 1975-1977. President Illinois State History Society, 1989-1990. Alternate delegate Republican National Convention, 1976, 80.

Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, 50-52. Member Illinois State Chamber of C. (director 1981-1987), American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Chicago Westerners (sheriff 1980-1982), Kankakee Country Club, University Club (Chicago), Elks, Kiwanis, Order of Coif, Phi Delta Phi, Alpha Tau Omega, Sigma Pi Sigma.

Connections

Married Phyllis C. Jordan, August 12, 1950. Children: Holly M. Schneider Gott, Scott J., Thomas M.

Father:

William Albert Schneider

Mother:

Dorothy (Marlow) Schneider

Spouse:

Phyllis C. Jordan

child:

Scott J. Schneider

child:

Thomas M. Schneider

child:

Holly M. Schneider Gott Schneider