Jim Hallam

Jim was born in 1964 in Iowa City Iowa.  He has lived in the Midwest all of his life.  At the age of 2, Jim's Dad took a job as the head of the Accounting Department at Illinois State University in Bloomington-Normal Illinois.  So you can guess that 1) Jim moved to Illinois with his family; 2) Jim went to Illinois State University; and 3) Jim got good grades in Accounting.  OK, all of that is true except the good grades part.  He did graduate with an Accounting and Computer Science degree and took a job at State Farm where he still enjoys a career today.

While at ISU, Jim began dating his wife, Jolene, also an accounting major (see the connection?).  While at ISU, Jolene DID get good grades and went on to get a PhD From the University of Missouri.  So you can guess that 1) that is how we got to Missouri 2) Jolene is really smart and 3) Jim was able to transfer into the Agency department with State Farm.

We moved to Lee's Summit in the early 1990s and have loved every minute.  Jim is a Lee's Summit City Councilmember, an optimist club member, and on the boards of several organizations dealing with disabled children.  Our only child, Jensen, is disabled with an undiagnosed condition.  Jolene and I spend most of our free time enjoying time with our daughter and working on diagnoses and cures.