Candidate for
Board Member; Coastside County Water District; 2 Year Term

Jim Larimer grew up in the Midwest and attended Purdue University where he earned a BS, MS, & Ph.D. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan he joined the faculty at Temple University in Philadelphia and was a Department Chairman from 1979 to 1983. Prior to moving to California in 1986 to work at NASA's Ames Research Center, he was the Director of the Sensory Physiology Program at the National Science Foundation in Washington, DC. At NASA he is a Senior Scientist and research engineer working in the field of electronic displays. He is an International Vice President of an engineering society, the Society for Information Display, that supports the worldwide display industry. A project he began at NASA was awarded an Emmy last year by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Jim and his wife have lived on the coastside since
1987. They have two school age daughters. Jim has been active in school activities and served on the Site Council at Farallone View. Jim has no financial property interests in the community other than the Miramar residence that he owns with his wife. He is running for the CCWD Board because of his concerns about maintaining an adequate water system for fire protection.