Jim gilmore kalamazoo biography of william
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Honorary trustee Michigan Alvin Bentley Charitable Foundation.
Trustee emeritus county KalamazooFound. Past member Kalamazoo County Board Suprs. That feat has been matched only two other times: Al Unser won his fourth Indy 500 in 1987, ten years after Foyt made history, and Rick Mears did so as well in 1991. Member, chairman building committee fund doctor Constance Brown Speech and Hearing Center.
National Association Broadcasters' advising committee to Corporation for Public Broadcasting. National sponsor Ducks Unlimited.
Life member March Dimes. Board directors, past chairman Kalamazoo County chapter American Red Cross. Gilmore felt elated for Gordy and confident of the future for the Gilmore Foyt team.
It was in 1977 that the Gilmore Foyt team crossed the finish line ahead of 32 other racers and gave A.J.
his 4th Indy 500 win. Named Kalamazoo Young Man of 1960, One of Michigan's 5 Young Men of 1960, honorary citizen of Houston and Indianapolis; recipient Annual Service to Mankind award Sertoma Club, Man of Year award Michigan Auto Racing Fan Club, Auto Racing Foundation Fraternity, honors Hoosier Racing Association, Auto Racing Fraternity Foundation, Inc., Milwaukee.
Foyt: A Legendary Exhibition,” will premier to the public at the Museum on Saturday, April 14 and will run through September 2018. For Jim Gilmore never dwells on the past, no matter how glorious, but looks only to the future.
Jim Gilmore died in an auto accident on December 31, 2000.
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"A.J. Rigging up bicycle handlebars, he was able to get up to 25 mph, which was really flying for a little red wagon.After marrying Diana and serving a term as mayor of Kalamazoo, Gilmore left the family owned Gilmore Department Store and began building his radio and TV broadcasting empire.
President Wings Stadium Management Company.
Education
Student, Culver Military Academy student, Western Michigan U. student, Kalamazoo College, 1945; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Nazareth College.
Career
Owner, chairman Chief Executive Officer, Jim Gilmore Enterprises, Kalamazoo, since 1960; Chief Executive Officer, Gilmore Broadcasting Corporation chairman, Cole/Gilmore chairman, director, Continental Corporation Michigan former assistant secretary director, Fabri-Kal Plastics Corporation, Kalamazoo.
Background
Gilmore, James Stanley was born on June 14, 1926 in Kalamazoo. President Kalamazoo County Young Republican Club, 1947-1949.
Mayor Kalamazoo, 1959-1961.
Connections
Married Diana Holdenreide Fell, May21, 1949 (deceased). It didn’t take long for Gordon Johncock of nearby Hastings, Michigan to approach Gilmore for sponsorship.
Although Gordy crashed the Gilmore entry at Indy in 1967, the racing bug by now bit Jim hard.
“A.J.