We reminisced and I said, "Remember your apartment in Kansas City where the flight of stairs went up the middle of the living room -- and abruptly stopped at the ceiling? That was a great spot to watch all of the action in the room - I loved sitting about halfway up." He countered with memories of my apartment on Gardiner which faced the pool. "I never saw so many consistently drunk people in my life!" he said, and then roared with laughter.
A precis of some of Jim's accomplishments:
Winner - Janus Award for Excellence in Financial Broadasting
The Overseas Press Club Award for Int'l Business Reporting
LA Press Club's "Business News Reporter of the Year" - twice
Emmys for TV reporting - three
He has attended Economic Summit meetings, filing from France, Germany, Mexico and Canada as well as reporting on outlooks in Australia, China and Japan. (No wonder we haven't seen each other for 30 years - he wasn't home!)
For fun - Jim loves classical music and is an official spokesperson for the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and he appears seasonally with the Boston Pops. He is on the Board of Trustees for the Stroke Association and for St. Anne's.
I've got to get the story behind this, but his bio mentions that he has had four racehorses named for him at Hollywood Park!
All of the above are accomplishments - the journalism awards reflect his quick intelligence and affability, as well. Jim has the wonderful gift of being able to listen (something of rare quality in most people) and his charm and joy in life are irrepressable. He is sophisticated without being the least bit snobby; he has a great sense of humor and anything he ever said could have been said in front of his mother - he is not a vulgarian.
The more I think about it .... "Jim Newman For President'! He could get this country out of financial woes in perhaps a weekend.
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