Background
Highsmith, Jasper Habersham was born on December 3, 1940 in Waycross, Georgia, United States. Son of Jasper H. and Linda (Weatherly) Highsmith.
Highsmith, Jasper Habersham was born on December 3, 1940 in Waycross, Georgia, United States. Son of Jasper H. and Linda (Weatherly) Highsmith.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University Georgia, 1963.
Engineering associate, Western Electric Company, Atlanta, 1964-1966; engineer, Northern Electric Company, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1966-1968; engineer, General Telephone Сompany, Tampa, Florida, 1969-1974; staff engineer, Northern Telecom, Inc., Tampa, 1974-1976; regional manager, Northern Telecom, Inc., Tampa, 1977-1985; director sales, Northern Telecom, Inc., Tampa, 1986-1994; vice president eastern operations, Goldfield Telecom Inc., Tampa, 1994-1997; president, Marine Technology Resources Inc., Tampa, since 1997.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, United States Telephone Association, Indiana Telephone Pioneers Association (member advisory council manufacturers chapter 1987-1988), National Telephone Cooperative Association, Telephone Associations of Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama, Treasure City Junior Chamber of Commerce (vice president 1969, president 1971), Organization for the Protection and Advancement of Small Telephone Companies, Phi Delta Theta.
Married Constance Orr Fitzgibbons, August 26, 1963 (divorced 1969). Married Linda Inez Diaz, August 25, 1979. Children: Richard, Eric, Jason.