James Wirt Summey III

Background

III, James Wirt Summey was born on May 31, 1937 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Wirt Junior and Elizabeth Knox (Hood) S.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, U. North Carolina, 1959; BSChE, North Carolina State University, 1967.

Career

Chemical engineer, Martin Marietta, Mount Holly, North Carolina, 1967-1971; senior program manager, General Electric, Wilmington, North Carolina, since 1971.

Achievements

• James Wirt Summey III has been listed as a noteworthy Manufacturing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman board New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, 1989-1991. Alderman Town of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, 1981-1985. Captain United States Naval Reserve-R, 1959-1983.

Interests

• Avocation: fly fishing.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Redding Pugh, April 19, 1975 (divorced 1987). Married JoAnn Cox, May 19, 1989. Children: James Wirt IV, Jacob Andrew.

Father:

James Wirt S. Junior

Mother:

Elizabeth Knox (Hood) S.

Spouse:

Elizabeth Redding Pugh

Spouse:

JoAnn Cox

child:

Jacob Andrew III

child:

James Wirt IV III