jim@jimswanson.ca
- Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1947
- Graduated from Robbinsdale (Minnesota) High School, 1965
- Studied chemistry at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1965–68
- Veteran of the United States Army, 1969–1972 (rank on discharge: Private E-1)
- Married the ravishing Abigail E Goshorn of Baie D’Urfé, Quebec, in Denver, 1973
- Citizen of Canada since 1978
- Since then lived in
- Prince George, British Columbia
- McBride, British Columbia
- Banff, Alberta
- Two adult kids (Rebecca Jean Swanson of Fernie, B.C., and Abraham Warner Swanson of Hudsons Hope, B.C.), three grandchildren (one deceased), and a mess of cousins, nieces, and nephews.
- Retired. Recently employed by the Banff Centre (formerly known as the Banff Centre for the Arts) as a web developer, and by the Whyte Museum of the Rockies as a museum technician.