James Oliver Smith, Jr
My Life
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James Oliver Smith, Jr
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| Year | City | State | Event |
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| 1949 | Three Rivers | TX | Parents met: James Oliver Smith, Sr and Helen Elva Wilson |
| 1950 | Three Rivers | TX | Parents got married |
| 1951 | Houston | TX |
Dad went into the service
(
Army
)
Born in Houston, but mother lived on dairy farm outside of Houston, where her parents worked. |
| 1953 | Mathis | TX | Dad got out of the service ( Army ) |
| 1953 | Mathis | TX | Dad started work for the Holman Cartwright ranch |
| 1953 | Callaham | TX | Dad started work for the United Gas Pipeline company |
| 1954 | Agua Dulce | TX | Dad transferred to Agua Dulce Plant of United Gas Pipeline company |
| 1956 | Banquete | TX | Dad transferred to Banquete Plant of United Gas Pipeline company |
| 1956 | Decatur | TX |
My parents moved to Decatur, Texas. Dad attended Decatur Baptist College ( which moved to Dallas in 1965 and became Dallas Baptist University ). |
| 1957 | Phoenix | AZ |
My parents moved us to Phoenix. Dad attended Grand Canyon Baptist College, which became Grand Canyon University Memoir: Thoughts on Phoenix |
| 1957 | Phoenix | AZ | Started elementary school |
| 1959 | Denver | CO | Moved to Denver |
| 1960 | Commerce City | CO |
Moved to Commerce City
Memoir: Thoughts on Commerce City |
| 1962 | Denver | CO | Parents Divorced |
| 1963 | Greeley | CO | Started playing trumpet |
| 1964 | Tuba City | AZ |
Junior High School (seventh and eighth grades)
Dinosaur Prints: 1 , 2 Memoir: Thoughts on Tuba City |
| 1965 | Poteet | TX | Started High School |
| 1965 | Poteet | TX | Started playing bass trombone |
| 1967 | Connell | WA | Attended Connell High School |
| 1968 | Connell | WA | Started writing poetry |
| 1969 | Richland | WA | Graduated from Richland High School ( Alumni - 1969 ) |
| 1969 | Boston | MA | Leave for Boston to attend Berklee College of Music |
| 1969 | Boston | MA | First Subway Ride (MBTA) [Boston Globe] |
| 1969 | Boston | MA | First Job - Checker, Jordan Marsh & Co. |
| 1969 | Chelsea | MA | Started as minister of music at Chelsea Baptist Chapel ( pictures ) |
| 1972 | Boston | MA | Met Sharon Massie at Park Street Church |
| 1972 | Chelsea | MA | Licensed to preach ( Southern Baptist Convention ) |
| 1972 | Hattiesburg | MS | Started college at William Carey College |
| 1972 | Greeley | CO | Got Married |
| 1973 | Hattiesburg | MS | Got involved with the Charismatic Movement |
| 1973 | Hattiesburg | MS | Got licensed to preach with Assemblies of God |
| 1973 | Mt Olive | MS | Started work as pastor at Mt Olive Assembly Of God |
| 1974 | Hattiesburg | MS | Transferred to University of Southern Mississippi |
| 1976 | Hattiesburg | MS | Got ordained as Assembly of God Minister |
| 1976 | Hattiesburg | MS | Finished B.S. degree at USM (Computer Science) |
| 1976 | Springfield | MO |
Started work at Empire Bank (COBOL programmer) |
| 1976 | Springfield | MO | Started studies at Assembly of God Graduate School |
| 1977 | Springfield | MO | Resigned as Assembly of God minister |
| 1977 | Branson | MO | Started work at College Of The Ozarks (Dept Head Computer Science) |
| 1977 | Springfield | MO | Twins (Heather Louise and Wyatt James) born |
| 1977 | Rolla | MO | Started studies at University of Missouri - Rolla |
| 1979 | Rolla | MO | Finished M.S. degree at University of Missouri - Rolla (Computer Science) |
| 1979 | Davenport | IA | Started work at Marycrest College (Dept Head Computer Science) |
| 1980 | Davenport | IA | Started doctoral work at University Of Iowa |
| 1982 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Started work at NCR Comten (alias NCR, alias ATT) |
| 1983 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Became supervisor of software group (NCR Comten) |
| 1984 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Started work at Cray Research, Inc |
| 1989 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Five years at CRI Cray Research, Inc |
| 1994 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Ten years at Cray Research, Inc |
| 1994 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Helped start Shoreview Northern Lights Variety Band |
| 1996 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Started performing my poetry at Kieran's Irish Pub |
| 1996 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Started work at Metaphase Technologies, Inc |
| 1997 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Got Divorced |
| 1997 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Moved to the Uptown area of Minneapolis. |
| 1997 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Started Attending Lyndale United Church of Christ |
| 1997 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Created www.cyberpoet.com Domain |
| 1998 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Met Roseann Lloyd |
| 1999 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Started work at Digital River |
| 1999 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Joined Seward Community Band |
| 2000 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Moved in with Roseann Lloyd |
| 2000 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Started work at CDXC (Content Delivery eXchange and Conversion) |
| 2001 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Married Roseann Lloyd |
| 2002 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | CDXC goes out of business (March). |
| 2002 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Unemployed (March through July) |
| 2002 | Mpls / St. Paul | MN | Started work at University of Minnesota ( College of Biological Sciences ) |
| Academic Degrees | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.S. | 1976 | University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg | Mississippi |
| M.S. | 1979 | University of Missouri - Rolla | Rolla | Missouri |
