James Edwin Gates
James Edwin Gates was born in Columbus, Georgia, in 1940. He received his Associate Degree of Building Technology from the Southern Institute of Technology and spent twenty-five years working with his family’s firm, Williams Construction Company, followed by fifteen years as a Senior Vice President of Flournoy Construction Company. Gates was a member of the Columbus Rotary Club, President of Goodwill Industries of Columbus (Emeritus Board Member), Secretary of the National Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries of America, President of Junior Achievement in Columbus, President of the Big Eddy Club, and was the Resident Council Chairman at Spring Harbor Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) in Columbus. In 1983, Gates received the Sertoma Club Southeast Regional Service to Mankind Award. In addition to his love of photography, Gates enjoyed collecting a library of 13,500 volumes of chess literature, which he has since sold. He and his wife, Sally Quillian Gates, recently celebrated their 33rd anniversary. They now live at Spring Harbor CCRC in Columbus.
Ten Things I Can’t Do Without (in no particular order)
- My computers
- The Internet and the Usenet/Newsgroups
- YouTube
- My photographic equipment
- My drones
- My friend Bill
- My music (from country to classical)
- Charles Krauthammer
- Milton Friedman’s Free to Choose
- My wonderful wife Sally (she really is #1!)
Jim,
I hope this finds you and yours happy and satisfied. Like you, I don’t want to do without my computer (haven’t had a TV in 40 years) youtube, my ‘good’ music, etc. Sadly,we’ll just have to do without Krauthammer, however.
By-the-way, Kenneth Bailey (STI Civil) used to say “if you talk to someone long enough, you might work up some kin”. Well, I was wondering about your wife, Sally… as I have some cousins by the name of Quillian who, last account I had, were in the building business down you way some place.
Planning a chess visit to Columbus