Background
Devine, James Joseph was born on August 14, 1926 in Brooklyn. Son of Peter Charles and Gertrude Marie (Flanagan) Devine.
Chemical products manufacturing company executive
Devine, James Joseph was born on August 14, 1926 in Brooklyn. Son of Peter Charles and Gertrude Marie (Flanagan) Devine.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Bucknell University, 1950. Master of Business Administration, Rutgers University, 1959.
Supervisor, Merck & Company, Elkton, Virginia, 1950-1951; supervisor, Merck & Company, Danville, Pennsylvania, 1951-1953; assistant plant manager, Clorox Company, Jersey City, 1954-1959; coating superintendent, Natvar Corporation, Rahway, New Jersey, 1959-1966; organic plant superintendent, Vulcan Materials Company, Newark, 1966-1969; manufacturing manager, Shulton Inc., Clifton, New Jersey, 1969-1972; chemical manufacturing manager, Fisher Science Company, Fair Lawn, New Jersey, 1972-1987; engineer, Heterene Chemical Company, Paterson, New Jersey, 1987-1990; engineer, New Jersey Department Environmental Protection, Trenton, New Jersey, since 1993.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946, PTO. Member American Chemical Society, American Institute Chemical Engineers, Alpha Chi Sigma, Sigma Chi.
Married Maud Hearn, April 18, 1953. Children: Lynn, Jeffrey, Drew, Douglas.