James Eastwood:
CLASS OF 1972
Albemarle High SchoolClass of 1972
Charlottesville, VA
James's Story
Life
Right after graduation from Albemarle in 1972, my family moved to the Cleveland, Ohio area. I stayed in Charlottesville and attended the University of Virginia for one year, then decided to take a year off and work. After moving back to Cleveland and working for a year, I returned to college, transferring to Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Got married shortly after graduating and did the normal route of buying a home and finding a job in the Athens, Ohio area. Lived in Athens for 8 years. Moved back to Virginia (in the Richmond area - along with a career change) and saw my marriage and personal life begin to fall apart. Decided that the Cleveland area offered solid potential for me and moved back to pursue my current field. No life regrets, though I still miss Charlottesville and visit my sister, who's family is still there. I have lots of interests outside of work, including physical activities like golf (of course), tennis, swimming, and being a student and inst...Expand for more
ructor in the martial arts of Tae Kwon Do (Korean)and Shotokan (Japanese). I have two daughters, Rebecca and Lindsay. Rebecca works for an architectural firm after completing her masters in Industrial Design, and my older daughter, Lindsay, is an attorney living in San Francisco.
Workplace
My work life is mostly behind me. Like so many, I found my calling after a few false starts, but for the past 30-plus years my career has been in the financial field - first as employee, then as partner, now as president of my own company. The work has been a mix of fun and frustration, but always with the feeling that I'm doing good work. I have no plans to retire in the conventional sense....only mental or physical infirmity can make me quit, and I believe both are still years away!
I wish all my classmates the very best, and I'm always sad when one of you passes from this life, but that's also a stage of life that we all face, and we're always in God's hands, so there is nothing to fear.
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