James Philip LaBounty, Jr.
Education:
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado; B.S. (Engineering Management/Economics), 1965.
George Washington University, Washington, D.C., M.B.A., 1972.
Married: Katherine Anne Bartlett (Colorado Womens College) of St. Louis, MO in 1965.
Children: (4)
Terri, born 1966, Denver, CO; graduated Tufts University; works for Gibson, Dunn, Crutcher, a law firm in Washington, D.C.
John, born 1968, Monterey, CA; graduated York College; works for Wells Fargo Bank, in Reisterstown, MD.
Becky, born 1973, Boston, MA; attended Mt. Holyoke College 2 years,
graduated Emerson College; works for Co-Op America, an environmental
organization, in Washington, D.C.
Christine, born 1974, Atlanta, GA; graduated Mt. Holyoke College; works
for a medical insurance claims processing firm in Harrisburg, PA.
After graduation from USAFA, attended Office of Special Investigations
School, Washington, D.C., and assigned as Special Agent at Lowry Air
Force Base, Denver, CO. Served as fraud investigator and case
supervisor, with brief period as OSI Detachment Commander at Hill Air
Force Base, Utah.
In 1967 was assigned to the Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA,
to study the Vietnamese language. Subsequently served in Vietnam as
criminal investigator and counter-intelligence agent, with assignments
throughout Vietnam and Thailand. Returned to Headquarters OSI in
Washington, D.C. where I served as a case supervisor and instructor in
OSI school. Also, became the liaison investigator for Senator
Ribicoff and his Committee on Government Operations.
Upon completing my MBA at George Washington, I went to Hanscom Air
Force Base, MA, where I became a Special Projects Officer for the
Electronic Systems Division/ MITRE Corporation.
In 1973, I resigned my commission and moved to Atlanta, GA, where I
became Vice-president, later President, of Southeastern Cutting Die, a
division of Independent Industries, Inc. In 1975,
four managers and I bought Independent and began to expand and
consolidate operations. This led to my moving to York, PA in 1978 where
we continue to live. After starting and selling various divisions over
the years, we closed down our final operation in 2004. Instead of
retiring, which I doubt I could do, I agreed to serve as
CFO for a friend/ former competitor, who is attempting to expand his
operation. We're coming along quite nicely, and in a couple of years, I
may have to find another challenge.