Background
Sherwin, James Terry was born on October 25, 1933 in New York City. Son of Oscar and Stella (Zins) Sherwin.
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Sherwin, James Terry was born on October 25, 1933 in New York City. Son of Oscar and Stella (Zins) Sherwin.
Born in New York City in 1933, Sherwin attended Stuyvesant High School, Columbia College (Phi Beta Kappa) and Columbia Law School. He graduated from the United States. Coast Guard Academy Officer Candidate School in 1956 and later became a Lieutenant Commander.
He is an attorney admitted to the New York and Supreme Court Bars. He joined Global Assessment of Functioning Corporation in 1960 serving in various legal and operational roles and eventually becoming its Chief Financial Officer. He was Chief Financial Officer at Triangle Industries from 1983 to 1984, rejoining Global Assessment of Functioning Corporation as Vice Chairman from 1985 to 1990.
While at Global Assessment of Functioning, in 1988, he was indicted by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, for stock manipulation in connection with the 1986 sale of stock owned by Global Assessment of Functioning. He was convicted after three trials, but the conviction was reversed on appeal and dismissed with prejudice.
In 1991 he was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hunter Douglas North.V., a Dutch multinational company, in which capacity he served until 1999. Since then he has been a Director and an adviser to Hunter Douglas.
He received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University of Bath in December, 2007. In chess, Sherwin finished third and tied for third in the United States Chess Championship four times and tied for fourth three times.
He earned the International Master title in 1958.
He played in the Portorož Interzonal in 1958, which was part of the 1960 World Championship cycle. While he finished only 17th out of 21 players, he scored (+2–2=2) against the six players who qualified from the tournament to the Candidates tournament at Bled 1959. He is a previous President of the American Chess Foundation.
Board directors International Rescue Committee, chairman executive committee, vice president to since 1990. Member council University Bath, 2001-2007. Lieutenant Commander United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1956-1964.
American Chess Foundation (president, board directors to 1990), Marshall (New York ) Chess Club (president 1967-1969, governor to 1990), Phi Beta Kappa, Honorary Doctor of Laws (University Bath 2007).
Married Judith Johnson, June 21, 1955 (divorcedApr. 1984); children— Miranda, Alison, Galen. Married Hiroko Inouye, June 15, 1985.