Jim Swanson, aka James Lee Swanson, aka Swany

• Born in the USA: Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1947
• Graduated Robbinsdale (Minnesota) High School, 1965
• Studied chemistry at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1965–1968
• Veteran of the United States Army, 1969–1972 (highest rank attained: private E-1)
• Citizen of Canada
• Married the ravishing Abigail E Goshorn of Baie D'Urfé, Quebec, in 1973
• Lived happily ever after in Denver, Colorado; Brainerd, Minnesota; Prince George and McBride, British Columbia; Banff, Alberta …
• Couple of grown-up kids (Rebecca Jean Swanson of Fernie, B.C., and Abraham Warner Swanson of Hudsons Hope, B.C.) and a mess of nieces and nephews
• Currently employed by the Banff Centre for Continuing Education as a web monkey
• Ordained band member No. 17 of the Solute Carrier Family