Background
James, Laurence Joseph was born on July 24, 1934 in Enterprise, Kentucky, United States. Son of Jesse M. and Edith Dowdy James.
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Laurence Joseph James
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Bachelor, Eastern Kentucky University, 1956. Master of Divinity, Episcopal Theological Seminary, Lexington, Kentucky, 1962. Master of Arts, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1968.
Master of Education, Xavier University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio University, 1976.
Career
Episcopal clergyman, Trinity Church, Covington, Kentucky, 1962-1964;
episcopal clergyman, St. James Church, Pittston, Pennsylvania, 1964-1966;
assistant chaplain Tyson House, U. Tennessee, Knoxville, 1968-1971;
Orthodox chaplain, Chillicothe (Ohio) Correctional Institute, 1985-1987;
Eastern Orthodox chaplain, Ohio U., Athens, 1977-1993;
curator Packard Library., Columbus (Ohio) College Art and Design, since 1987;
instructor art history, Ohio U., Zanesville, 1977-1979, 81-82;
instructor art history, French Art Colony, Gallipolis, Ohio., 1984;
instructor speech London Correctional Institute, Urbana (Ohio) U., since 1990. Editorial associate Writer's Digest Magazine, Cincinnati, 1972-1974. Instructor Ohio U., Athens, 1979-1980, 80-81.
Director Christian Education Commission Western Rite Vicariate Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese New York and North America, 1977-1981. Columnist Christianity and Crisis, New York City, 1989-1993. Instructor English, speech, drama Knoxville College, 1968-1971.
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Married Suzanne Jordre, January 19, 1963 (divorced March 1993). Children: Elizabeth Ann, Ian Andrew Stephen, Alexandra Marie.
