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Chugiak, Alaska

Born in Washington, DC, in 1940, and grew up in Fargo, North Dakota. After completing his medical degree in 1967, he moved to Alaska to serve in the United States Public Health Service and "to have an adventure."

He has worked as a pathologist for 30 years and is a member of the American Medical Association, Col. Am. Paths, and the Iditarod Trail Committee.

Jim started mushing in 1978 through the influence of Iditarod veterans Ron Gould and Jerry Riley. Jim says, "I'm just a dumb doctor who wants to hook up 16 white dogs and head down the trail again, before I get another day older!"

Jim is married and the father of four children, Margaret, Kim, Willy and Jimmy. He lists his hobbies and interests as music, mushing, commercial fishing, hunting and raising kids.

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