Kenneth James Harms

Background

Harms, Kenneth James was born on March 4, 1953 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of James Fredrick and Ilene Matilda (Palmer) Harms.

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors, Rhode Island School Design, 1977.

Career

Graphic designer, John Hackler & Company, Peoria, 1977-1979; graphic designer, ComUnigraph Inc., Springfield, Illinois, 1979-1981; design director, production manager, ComUnigraph Inc., Springfield, Illinois, 1981-1988; vice president creative services, ComUnigraph Inc., Springfield, Illinois, since 1989. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Kenneth James Harms has been listed as a noteworthy Graphic designer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Design consultant Washington St. Mission, Springield, since 1988, Springfield Theatre Center, since 1988, Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, since 1984. Co-Chairman of Commission St. Peter Church, Petersburg, Illinois, since 1987. Member associate membership founding committee Dominican Sisters Springfield, 1988-1990, member associate advisory board, since 1990.

Member Springfield Advertising and Public Rels. Club (numerous awards), Champaign (Illinois) Advertising Club (numerous awards), Public Rels. Society American (central Illinois chapter, Excalibur awrd 1984), Center Illinois Advertising Association (awards).

Interests

• Avocations: photography, playing banjo and guitar, camping, boating.

Connections

Married Jan Marie Niehaus, December 17, 1983. Children: Jessica Marie, Jamilyn Elizabeth.

Father:

James Fredrick Harms

Mother:

Ilene Matilda (Palmer) Harms

Spouse:

Jan Marie Niehaus

child:

Jamilyn Elizabeth Harms

child:

Jessica Marie Harms