BOMBER MEMORIAL

JAMES EMMIT "JIM" FLEMING ~ Class of 1965
May 28, 1947 - May 18, 2010

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Jim was born in Richland on May 28, 1947. He died on May 18, 2010 in Spokane when he was going to work and collapsed in an elevator. He was taken to a hospital but could not be resuscitated.

He attended Lewis and Clark Elementary School, Carmichael Junior High School and graduated from Richland's Columbia High School in 1965 and began working for International Telephone & Telegraph in the Tri-Cities.

Jim married Cheryl Moran ('66) in 1967. They moved to San Jose, CA where he continued working in electronics and earned a degree in Microbiology from San Jose State University. He began his career as a scientist with NASA and found an interest in Aging Research while employed there for three years. Jim moved on to continue his Aging Studies at the Linus Pauling Medical Research Center in Palo Alto, CA as a Senior Scientist for 12 years.

In 1992 he and Cheryl returned to Washington and settled in Spokane. At Eastern Washington University, Jim continued his Aging Research, as well as taught Biology as an Adjunct Professor. In 1997 he joined EWU associates and other colleagues to start up and was chief technology officer for Spokane biotech firm GenPrime, Inc. There, he helped develop products for rapid microbiological analysis.

Outside interests included playing guitar with the Carcinogens, a local Spokane rock and blues band.

Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Cheryl; his daughter, Jamie; granddaughter, Taylor; brother, Fred Fleming ('75); and sister, Fran Fleming Henniger ('69). Many other family members shared his life.

A "Celebration of his Life" was held in Spokane.

Published in the Spokesman-Review from May 30 to May 31, 2010.

NOTE: His brother, Fred Fleming ('75) , passed away on November 6, 2020. The link to the memorial .jpg for his brother is Fred Fleming ('75) .

Bomber Memorial put together by Maren SMYTH ('63 & '64) and edited by Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66).