Background
III, James Thomas Avery was born on July 21, 1945 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of James Thomas Junior and Hester Vail (Kraemer) A.
III, James Thomas Avery was born on July 21, 1945 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of James Thomas Junior and Hester Vail (Kraemer) A.
AB magna cum laude, Princeton University, 1967; Master of Business Administration, Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1975.
Associate, Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, 1975-1979; director, Cambridge (Massachusetts) Research Institute, 1979-1985; president, The Avery Company, Boston, since 1985; principal, Symmetrix, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts, 1992-1994; president, Chief Executive Officer, PHH Fantus Cons., Inc., Hunt Valley, Maryland., 1995-1997. Board directors Boston Public Company.
Treasurer All Saints Church, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1976-1978. Vestryman Church of Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1985-1989. Captain United States Army, 1967-1971, Vietnam.
Member American Bar Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Nancy Carolyn Hoag, June 22, 1968. Children: James Thomas IV, Carolyn Sears, John Dolph World War II.