Jim Bailey:
CLASS OF 1971
Thomas A. Edison High SchoolClass of 1971
Alexandria, VA
Jim's Story
I'm from Franconia, Virginia. I attended Franconia Elementary School, Mark Twain Intermediate and Thomas A. Edison High School graduating in 1971. The summer after graduation, I played semi-pro baseball in the Metro D.C area. I attended George Mason University, then enlisted in the US Air Force near the end of the Viet Nam conflict. As an Air Liaison FAC at Ft. Bragg, N.C. I was awarded a Soldier's Medal for Heroism during a training exercise where I parachuted and saved a G.I. from drowning. This was a special medal since I was in the Air Force and it is an Army medal awarded by the President of the United States. After the Air Force, I attended and graduated from East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. with a degree in English/Concentration in Writing & Business Administration.
I worked for 20+ years with several pharmaceutical companies in N.C. as a technica...Expand for more
l writer in Quality Assurance, Engineering and IT. A career change lead to sales in several industries including residential construction sales, which has been very beneficial to my current position as a licensed Public Insurance Adjuster representing homeowners, business and commercial owners in South Florida.
Along the way, I managed to have 3 wonderful children and 4 beautiful granddaughters. Unfortunately, they live too many states away for me to visit as often as I would like. As many of us, I have not stayed in touch with high school classmates. I'm hoping I"ll have time to correspond and maybe lucky enough to reconnect before we all get too old to see, remember and travel.
I wish good health and happiness for everyone in our twilight years. Getting old ain't for sissies! Drop me a line, if you get a few spare moments. Cell: five-6-one 7-three-5 one-1-nine-2
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