I worked for J.D. in 1964-5 as a R&D tech. for American Lava Corp. I do not remember his call other than he was a W4, but since I'm now 73 yrs old and he was quite a bit older, I'm guessing he might be a SK by now although if not he would probably be in his 90's. My only interest is to pay my respects to a hell of a nice guy and the one boss that truly stands out as someone I liked, both as an Elmer and as a friend. Please contact me if you know of him, SK or not. Thanks, Robert AA6UP topdawg044@yahoo.com
James D. Rivers Jr, W4JVM 2955 Nurick Dr Chattanooga 5, TN USA License Class: Advanced James D. Rivers died on August 15, 1978 at the age of 80. James last resided in Hamilton County, Tennessee. http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/226597824/James-D-Rivers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Davis Rivers Birth: Jan. 11, 1898 Death: Aug. 15, 1978 U.S. Navy, World War I Family links: Spouse: Flora Martin Rivers (1898 - 1984) Burial: Forest Hills Cemetery Chattanooga Hamilton County Tennessee, USA Plot: Section A, Lot 211 Created by: Colleen L Record added: Jun 03, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 53186889 http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg...Sst=45&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=53186889&df=all&
Thank you so much Lee - I had written his call down somewhere . Anybody who knew JD can testify to the fact that he was a great guy. I had done some research a couple years ago which is where I got his call but it eluded me when I posted this. I knew little else other than the fact that it was no longer issued. I also had no idea that he had served in WWI. In my faulty memory of him, I remembered that he was about 20 years older than I was and it turns out from the info you provided that he was in his late 60's instead of his 40's. I was proud to have had him as a mentor, and most of my feelings about how to engineer projects the right way came from him. I have no doubt he influenced many other hams in very positive directions as well. With Gratitude, Robert AA6UP