Background
Gilmore, James Stanley was born on June 14, 1926 in Kalamazoo. Son of James Stanley and Ruth (McNair) Gilmore.
Gilmore, James Stanley was born on June 14, 1926 in Kalamazoo. Son of James Stanley and Ruth (McNair) Gilmore.
Student, Culver Military Academy student, Western Michigan U. student, Kalamazoo College, 1945; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Nazareth College.
Owner, chairman Chief Executive Officer, Jim Gilmore Enterprises, Kalamazoo, since 1960;
Chief Executive Officer, Gilmore Broadcasting Corporation
chairman, Cole/Gilmore
chairman, director, Continental Corporation Michigan
former assistant secretary director, Fabri-Kal Plastics Corporation, Kalamazoo. President Wings Stadium Management Company. Former director First American Bank-Michigan N.A., First American Bank Corporation.
Former member President' Citizens Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality. Former director Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Indianapolis. Member past chairman Michigan Water Resources Commission.
Past member President's Commission Health Physical Education Sports. National Association Broadcasters' advising committee to Corporation for Public Broadcasting. President Kalamazoo County Young Republican Club, 1947-1949.
Mayor Kalamazoo, 1959-1961. Past member Kalamazoo County Board Suprs. Past chairman of the executive committee Kalamazoo County Representatives, delegate Republican National Convention Association board of directors.
1st 4-time Indy 500-mile race with AJ Foyt as driver (Gilmore/Foyt Team).
Association board directors Boys Clubs American. Board directors, past chairman Kalamazoo County chapter American Red Cross. Former chairman of the board of trustees Nazareth College.
Trustee, member finance committee Greater Michigan Development Foundation. Member, chairman building committee fund doctor Constance Brown Speech and Hearing Center. Past trustee Kalamazoo College.
Member of advisory group Center Urban Studies and Community Services. Trustee past vice chairman Kalamazoo Nature Center. Member building and executive committees Bronson Hospital, also chairman ad hoc legislation committee.
Past trustee, past vice president Michigan Foundation for Arts, Detroit. Founding chairman KalamazooCity High on Heroes. Founder board directors Martin Luther King Memorial Fund.
Life director Family Service Center Kalamazoo. Member Michigan board directors Radio Free Europe, Novi Motorsports Museum. National sponsor Ducks Unlimited.
Life member March Dimes. Chairman special reorganizational committee United Fund. Member fund raising committee President Ford Library/Museum.
Member President's Council Physical Fitness and Sports. Member Republican National Advisory Board. Honorary trustee Michigan Alvin Bentley Charitable Foundation.
Trustee emeritus county KalamazooFound. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member Kalamazoo County Chamber of C. (past president, director, member Executive Committee, industrial development committee), Michigan Chamber of Commerce (law and order committee), National Association of Manufacturers, Michigan Academy Science, Arts and Letters, Capitol Hill Club, National Captioning Institute (board directors), Chief Executive Officer Council (board directors), Park Club (past director), Mid-American Club, Kalamazoo Country Club, Metropolitan Club.
Married Diana Holdenreide Fell, May21, 1949 (deceased). Children: Bethany, Sydney, James III, Elizabeth, Ruth.
