Jim grew up in central (rural) New Jersey, received a B.S.E.E from Rutgers in 1961, and joined
the General Electric Company. After several assignments in Vermont, Virginia, and Maryland he
started working at the Electronics Laboratory in Syracuse New York. While working there and
another General Electric department in Syracuse Jim started graduate studies at Syracuse
University, completing a doctoral program in 1981. He then joined the Department of
Computer Engineering at Syracuse in 1991 and taught graduate courses until retiring in 2019.
Jim has 3 children and 5 grandchildren. They enjoy hiking and skiing and visits to Cape Cod, Civil
War battlefields, and several trips to Disney World. Jim’s hobbies now are reading,
collaborating with a former student and friend on software projects, and maintaining a
technical website. He is pleased to be a member of the Chart Community Advisory Panel.