GRAYS HARBOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
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GRAYS HARBOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
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As the third Executive Director of the Grays Harbor Community Foundation, Jim Daly conducts the day-to-day operations from their offices in the historic 7th Street Theater building in Hoquiam. He has a very extensive and diverse base of experience that he brings to the Foundation.
Jim, the son of Dr. and Mrs. John Daly, graduated from Aberdeen’s Weatherwax High School in 1970, and reported to boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego in July of that year. From there he continued training in Aviation Electronics in Memphis, TN and then was on to his first assignment Cherry Point, NC. After only a few months, Jim volunteered for an overseas assignment and participated in the hostilities in Viet Nam in 1972 – 73. He returned to El Toro, California, and in August of 1973 married the former Doris Eucker after her graduation from Grays Harbor College. They have two adult children in Grays Harbor: Andrea, a teacher in the Aberdeen School District, and Brian, an Accountant with SafeHarbor Technology Corporation. After 10 years enlisted service, Staff Sergeant Jim was selected to participate in the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Education Program (MECEP) and in 1981 after only five quarters at the University of Utah, earned two degrees: a Bachelor of Science in Management and Bachelor of Science in Finance. He is a member of the Beta Sigma Gamma Business Honor Society and the Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity. Daly was commissioned a Second Lieutenant on March 19, 1981 and was trained as an Aircraft Maintenance Officer. Among his assignments, he was the Aircraft Maintenance Officer for the FA-18 Hornet Introduction Team, where he inspected and accepted the aircraft for the USMC and the Navy’s Blue Angles. In 1986, Captain Daly was selected to participate in another “Special Education Program”, and graduated with a Master of Science degree in Information Systems from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA in 1987. His next assignment was to Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey as the acting Program Manager for the $260 million Position Location Reporting System (PLRS), a navigation system that is in service today in the Marine Corps, the Navy, and the Army to provide navigation throughout the world, including Afghanistan and Iraq. In 1990 Jim became an Adjunct Professor of Information Technology at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Then on December 31, 1991 Captain Daly retired from the Marine Corps and went to work for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) and later worked for C3I Systems Group in support of U.S. Army programs at Ft. Monmouth. For the next eight years he was deeply involved in design, testing, and development of the Internet, networks, communications systems, and command and control systems. In 1999 he moved to San Francisco to become the Systems Manager for the U.S. Department of Labor's Regional Office supporting 5 states and three island protectorates. He was responsible for maintenance of a network with 900 accounts and 51 sites covering the western half of the world, from Saipan to Alaska to Denver to San Diego. Two years ago after more than 30 years away, Jim and Doris moved home to Aberdeen and live less than a mile from their childhood homes in Central Park. Doris works in the Business Office for the Aberdeen School District and Jim worked for two years as a Software Test Engineer for SafeHarbor Technology Corporation. Daly says: “I’ve been a lot of places and done a lot of things, having visited 21 countries and lived in 7 states. The Grays Harbor community has everything we wanted, and dollar for dollar, is the best place I have ever lived.” Jim is not one to be idle and jumped right into the Grays Harbor community at Calvary Lutheran Church where he is a member of the choir, works on the sound system and the computers, is an usher, and maintains the church Web Site (www.calvary-lcms.org). Daly is a former Commander of VFW Post #224 in Aberdeen. Since returning to Aberdeen, Jim has become a hobby woodworker and is the current Treasurer and former President of the Grays Harbor Fine Woodworking Guild that meets Tuesdays at 7:00pm at the Woodworking Shop at Grays Harbor College. He also produces the monthly newsletter for them. A long-time Barbershopper, Jim sings Tenor for a Gospel Quartet, “Livin’ Harmony.” They are currently on the lookout for a fourth member so they can get back to performing publicly. Jim also loves to run and plays softball in two leagues. To reach Jim, contact the foundation here or he may be contacted by phone at 532-1600. LINKS
An introduction to community foundations A history of community foundations What is the Grays Harbor Community Foundation?
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Grays Harbor Community Foundation is a tax-exempt public charity dedicated to serving the broad needs of Grays Harbor County in Washington State. We are a member of the Council on Foundations; we have committed ourselves to the National Standards for U.S. community foundations; we are audited annually; and we consider ourselves accountable to the public upon whom we depend for support.We thank Darrell Westmoreland, Kevin Hong, Ellen Pickell, and the Polson Museum for providing the photographs used in this website. We'd like to showcase the work of more local photographers and artists on this website and in our publications. Please contact us if you'd like to help. Mail: 707 J Street | P.O. Box 615 | Hoquiam, WA 98550Email: info@gh-cf.orgPhone: 360.532.1600Fax: 360.532.8111Last modified: 01/11/06 |
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