Background
Westlake, James Roger was born on February 11, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Son of Roger A. and Helen (Treadway) Westlake.
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James Roger Westlake
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Student, Missouri University, 1945. Bachelor of Business Administration, Georgia State University, 1958. Master of Business Administration, Georgia State University, 1960.
Master of Public Administration, University Georgia, 1974.
Career
Sales, Wohl Shoe Company, Kansas City, 1946-1947; sales manager, Bankers Life & Casualty Company, Columbus, Georgia, 1947-1949; from partner to president, Southern Agilysys, Inc., Atlanta, 1949-1971; deputy administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, 1971-1976; deputy secretary representative, unites states department of Commerce, Atlanta, 1976-1981; from specialist to chieff economics advisory division, Economics Development Administration, Atlanta, 1981-1995. Chairman of the Board Atlanta School Bib. Studies, Decatur, Georgia, since 1975.
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State legislation (Georgia) representing DeKalb County, 1965-1971. Chairman 4th district Georgia Republican Committee, Decatur, 1966-1968. Member advisory board National Independence Day Parade and Festival Committee, 1990-1992.
Ruling elder Trinity Presbyterian Church With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member Sons of the American Revolution (president general 1989-1990, Minuteman award 1989), Society Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (president Georgia chapter 1961), Society CLUs, American College Chartered Finance Consultant, National Society Washington Family Descendants (president general 1988-1990), National Congress Patriotic Organizations (president 1991-1992), Georgia State University Alumni Association (president 1961), Barons of Magna Carta, National Gavel Society and Old Guard of Atlanta (commandant), Sons American Colonists, Order Founders and Patriots, Honey Creek Golf and Country Club, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Chi, Delta Sigma Pi, Beta Gamma Sigma.
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Married Joyce Rosemary Covey, May 14, 1946. Children: Joyce Ann Westlake Morgan, Beverly Jeanne Westlake Simpson, James R. Junior, Richard Christopher.
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American
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1945
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1958
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1974