James James Gage:
CLASS OF 1960
Hammond High SchoolClass of 1960
Hammond, IN
Tennessee Military Institute High SchoolClass of 1960
Sweetwater, TN
James's Story
After graduating from high school, I took classes at the IU Extension, in East Chicago, and worked for a couple of years in Schererville, at a prefabricated home factory called Mid-America Homes.
In 1962, I went off to Western Kentucky University, where I earned a B.A. in English and History and an M.A. in English. Following the completion of my master’s degree, I joined the Peace Corps and taught English at Tribhuvan University's Laboratory School, in Kirtipur, Nepal.
Returning from the Peace Corps, I took a job teaching in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. After three years at UW-La Crosse, I went to IU in Bloomington, to complete my Ph.D. in English, and then on to Kentucky’s Berea College, where I retired after t...Expand for more
hirty years teaching literature and interdisciplinary courses, with leaves to teach in China, Spain and Mexico and to conduct research in England, Ireland and Ethiopia.
Following my retirement, I lived in India for three years. and then in southwest Florida. I now live in Mexico.
Over the past fifty years, I have played guitar (and violin) and sung in a number of country and folk-rock bands. These days I read, I write, I try to keep myself informed, I try daily to improve as a fiddler, and I walk often and briskly..
I have a daughter and a son and three grandchildren—with whom I am very well-pleased. I am married, and I am content to live South of the Border.
I think often of many old friends from Hammond High and Lanier Junior High, in Munster.
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