Background
Perkins, James Secor was born on March 16, 1911 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Augustus Thompson and Emily Charlotte (Secor) Perkins.
management consultant industrial engineer
Perkins, James Secor was born on March 16, 1911 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Son of Augustus Thompson and Emily Charlotte (Secor) Perkins.
Student, Cornell University, 1930—1931. Bachelor of Business Administration, Northwestern University, 1939.
Industrial engineer Bauer & Black Company, Chicago, 1934—1935, Western Electric Company, Chicago, 1935—1946. Chief industrial engineer Ball Brothers Company, Muncie, Indiana, 1946—1948. Plant superintendent Courier-Citizen Company, Chicago, 1948—1952.
Vice president manufacturing Wallace Business Forms Corporation, 1952—1960. General manager Recording & Statistical Corporation, Danville, Illinois, 1960—1963. Director production management Printing Industries American, Inc., Arlington, Virginia, 1963—1971.
President management consultant Perkins Associates, Bethesda, Maryland, 1971—1977, Savannah, Georgia, from 1977. Instructor production management Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1941. Instructor industrial engineering night school Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1941—1946.
Consultant in field.
Member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Printing Association Georgia, Graphic Arts Association Executives, Society Advancement Management (Gilbreth Gold medal 1945), American Institute Industrial Engineers (Graphic Arts award 1980), Association Graphic Arts Consultant (honorary. President 1983), Cornell Club (board directors 1964-1965), Marshwood/Landings Golf and Country Club (Savannah), Sigma Chi.
Married Helen Dorchak, May 29, 1958 (deceased ). Children: Diane Lea Kulik, Sandra Lea Merin. Married Kathryn M. Moss, January 2, 1984.