Jim died peacefully in his sleep Jan.
28, 2013, at his home in Belleair Bluffs, Fla. He was chairman of Amglo Kemlite Laboratories, a global manufacturer of lighting products that served the aircraft, airport, and medical industries, among others.
Jim went into that business in 1978 after an investment career at White, Weld. The small company he acquired in Rosemont, Ill., grew to become Amglo and expanded into China and Mexico. Colleagues remember him warmly as a mentor who liked to say, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”
Jim went from Sault Ste. Marie and Trinity College School in Ontario to Princeton, where he majored in philosophy, ate at Ivy, and instantly became a hockey star, setting a freshman scoring record.
Teammate John Cook recalls: “Jimmy was a beautiful skater, very fast, a gifted stick-handler and plenty tough. He had a move where he would race in on the net, take the puck wide on his backhand, and go rooftop with almost no angle. This signature skill was greatly admired by we who played with him and the many fans who had the joy of watching him perform. Jimmy was not short on confidence, and that move was the epitome of his persona. His opponents were less appreciative but recognized that he was marvelously talented.”
The class shares its sadness with Jim’s children, Leila Hyland Schumann, Ashley Hyland Katz, James Grant Hyland, and Timothy Fitzgerald, and their respective spouses, Bill, Chuck, and Rita; his sister, Linda Hyland; and eight grandchildren.