Background
Evans, James Hurlburt was born on June 26, 1920 in Lansing, Michigan, United States. Son of James L. and Marie (Hurlburt) Evans.
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James Hurlburt Evans
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Education
AB, Centre College, 1943. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Centre College, 1987. Juris Doctor, University Chicago, 1948.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Millikin University, 1978.
Career
Attorney, loan officer, Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Chicago, 1948-1956; secretary-treasurer, Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, Chicago, 1956-1957; vice-president, director, Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation (merged with Dun & Bradstreet 1961), New York City, 1957-1962; vice president finance, Dun & Bradstreet, 1962-1965; also board directors, Dun & Bradstreet president, Seamen's Bank for Savings, New York City, 1965-1968; Chairman of the Board, Seamen's Bank for Savings, New York City, 1968; trustee, Seamen's Bank for Savings, New York City, 1965-1978; president, Union Pacific Corporation, New York City, 1969-1977; chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Union Pacific Corporation, New York City, 1977-1985. Retired director American Telephone & Telegraph Company, General Motors Corporation, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Bristol-Myers, Dun & Bradstreet, Anaconda Corporation.
Achievements
Membership
Board Governors New York Hospital, American Red Cross, 1970-1976, national fund chairman 1974-1976. Honorary trustee, former vice chairman John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Trustee, vice chairman John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.
Trustee National Recreation Foundation, president 1971-1975. Life trustee University of Chicago, Center College Kentucky, National Recreation and Park Association, Control Park Conservancy. Founding member Citizens Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality, 1966-1970.
Life trusteeNat. Recreatuib Foundation Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association, Business Council, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Connections
Married Mary Johnston Head, 1984. Children by previous marriage: Eric B. (deceased 1996), Carol E. Jepperson, Joan E. Madsen.
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Religion
Presbyterian