James Walker:
CLASS OF 1972
Belleville Township East High SchoolClass of 1972
Belleville, IL
James's Story
After BTHSE, I went to the U of I. Graduated in Accounting in 1976, figured I would at least get a job... I did, and 30 something years later, I'm still a bean counter. Worked in Springfield in 76 - 77, passed the CPA exam & then moved to the Chicago area for a different job. While in the Chicago area, I worked at several different companies, got a masters in Finance at Northwester and got married. Then I dragged my reluctant new wife (Kathy) off to Wisconsin for a promotion in 1984. We lived in Manitowoc, WI on the shore of Lake Michigan until 1992, where we had our two kids, Jim (1985) and Becky (1987), then moved to the Wa...Expand for more
usau area in central WI. In 1995, we moved to Baraboo, WI, about 45 minutes northwest of Madison. We've been here ever since, and I now have lived in WI longer than all other places in my life, combined.
Work has pretty much been at the center of my adult life until recently. Not so much anymore. In the summer, whenever I'm not at work, I'm probably walking our two crazy mutt rescue dogs, pulling weeds in the yard (I may be obsessive) or trying to get better at golf.
Recently, I've spent quite a lot of time trying to track down Belleville East and/or St. Albert the Great classmates, without much success, I'm sorry to report!
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