Jim was born in Toledo, Ohio, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy before coming to Princeton. He majored in art history and wrote his thesis on “18th Century Landscape and Vedute Painting.” He was a member of Cottage Club and Triangle Club.
He joined ROTC and served as a second lieutenant in the Army in Germany in 1955 and 1956. It was in Baden that he met his wife, Page Hobson Magoun, and they were married on his return from service in Europe.
Jim attended the American Institute for Foreign Trade in 1957 and 1958 and then returned to Toledo, where he worked as controller for an import company before becoming a certified public accountant.
Jim was an avid reader and scholar of history and enjoyed long conversations about our country’s Founding Fathers.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Page; two daughters; a son; and five grandchildren.