Jim Botwick:  

Life I graduated from Brown Univ. (AB/Psychology) in 1959, married Jeanne Jacobs (SSHS '56) that Summer and started Columbia Univ. School Of Dentistry that Fall. I graduated from Columbia (DDS) in June, '63 and opened my own dental practice that Fall in Oyster Bay, NY, where I practiced General Dentistry for almost 25 years and loved every minute of it! We lived in OB, had 3 children - Steven ('63), Susan ('64) and Wendy ('67) - and became very involved in the usual community organizations, activities and "stuff"! Jeanne and I subsequently divorced. In 1973, while vacationing in St. Thomas, V.I., I met Cheryl Clark - it's a very romantic story but much too long to tell here! Cheryl had 2 children, Kevin ('68) and Garrett ('72). We married in 1977 and continued to live in Oyster Bay. While managing a 13-member law firm in Mineola, Cheryl went on to fulfill her childhood desire to become an attorney, graduating from St. John's Univ. Law School (JD) in '82, passing the NY Bar and working in the Banking and Mortgage fields on LI. We discovered Hilton Head Island, SC in '78, fell in love with it immediately and decided we'd retire there in 2002. We bought a condo on the Island in '81, Cheryl took and passed the SC Bar in '83 and, in '85, we bought a lot on one of the golf courses in Port Royal Plantation. 24 hours after signing the contract, we decided we just couldn't wait til '02 to move to HH. So in August, '86, I retired from my dental practice, Cheryl resigned her position, we sold everything, packed up and moved to Hilton Head, where we immediately started building a new home 16 years ahead of schedule! That Fall, I established Isle Care, Inc., (SC would not honor my NYS Dental License!!) providing inspections and services for absentee homeowners on Hilton Head; after operating the business for 27 years, I sold the business in 2013 and retired again - this time for good! Cheryl initially practiced law in a small firm on the Island but, in '91, she started her own practice, dealing mainly with real estate, business and estate matters. She had a very s...Expand for more