Career
Born May 10, 1930 in New Rochelle, New New York His family moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1943. Jim Morrissey joined the Air Force in 1947 where he served for three years.
He later joined the Army Reserve.
In 1956, Jim and his young family moved to Los Angeles, California. Since 1960, he has been a resident of Orange County and has been a resident of Anaheim since 1978.
Mr. Morrissey"s first occupation was tool and die manufacturing.
Later, he moved into management where he became the president of Superior Jig, Incorporated., a producer of precision aerospace parts. The couple volunteered their time for Republican Party.
Jim founded the Irish Republican Club and the Republican Small Business Association. Jim Morrissey served on the executive board of the Republican Central Committee of Orange County.
In 1995, the Legislature passed a Morrissey resolution calling for the release of Jimmy Tran, an American citizen being held as a political prisoner in Vietnam.
