Background
Kirkman, James Watson was born on December 26, 1910 in Norton, Kansas, United States. Son of Robert Allan and Velma Amy (Castor) Kirkman.
Kirkman, James Watson was born on December 26, 1910 in Norton, Kansas, United States. Son of Robert Allan and Velma Amy (Castor) Kirkman.
Student, University Nebraska, 1933.
Advisory manager sports editor, North Platte (Nebraska) Telegraph, 1926-1966; public, North Platte (Nebraska) Telegraph, 1965-1975; professor, U. Nebraska, LIncoln, 1975-1976; executive director, Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation, North Platte, 1980-1984; mayor, City of North Platte, 1984-1992.
Active North Platte Community Playhouse, Great Plains Regional Medical Center, Nebraska, Private Industry Council, State of Nebraska, Heart Board. Member advanced.bd. Medicare and Medicaid, Nebraska, Kansas. Community activities, NorthPlatte.
Appointed to Great Navy of Nebraska Governor J. James Exon, 1972, Governor Bob Kerry, 1986, Governor Ben Nelson, 1992. Past board directors North Platte Industrial Development Corporation. Board directors Lincoln County Heart Association, Area Development Task Force, Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation.
Member Daily Publications Association Nebraska (past president), Congress of Parents and Teachers (honorary life), Outstanding Superior vena cava syndrome to Nebraska Advertising Manager's Association (honorary.life), North Platte Chamber of Commerce, Ambs. Club North Platte, Elks, Rotary.
Married Edith Mae Burlingame, June 30, 1935. Children: James Watson, Michael Elliott.