Synopsis
Raised on the soil of his family homestead in Indiana's historic Wabash Valley, Jim McCormick emerged as one of the most dynamic and respected leaders of America's transportation industry. Starting with a single rickety truck loaded with Knox County melons, McCormick eventually built an extensive five-state regional common carrier company. Along the way he founded and operated a series of successful and innovative business ventures including auto/truck dealerships and served as chairman and CEO of a regional bank holding company. He went on to serve as Chairman of Golf Hosts, Inc., operator of the well-known Innisbrook and Tamarron golf resorts. McCormick's unparalleled rise in the trucking industry propelled him into positions of statewide and national leadership, culminating in his election as national chairman of the American Trucking Associations, the nation's major trade and advocacy group. In this, his panoramic personal history, Jim McCormick chronicles the early foundations of his life on the farm, gives us an insider's glimpse at his business accomplishments and shares tales of struggle and triumph drawn from his years of industry leadership. McCormick goes beyond the conventional "memoir" format by delving into his lifetime love affair withb all things mobile and motorized. Expounding on an inner passion that has "driven" him from the cabs of eighteen-wheelers to the cockpit of jet aircraft, McCormick pilots the reader through a high speed, turbocharged "tour-de-fast," populated by powerful Harleys, Citation Jets and ocean-going yachts. These spell-binding pages bring into full focus a portrait of a man who has fueled his life's journey with devotion to his family, commitment to his faith and an over-arching lust for living. Jim McCormick has imbued this epic rearview mirror recollection with that same "High Octane" fuel and invited the reader to come along for the ride. It truly is an extraordinary journey.
About the Author
Clarence James (Jim) McCormick II, was born during the first days of 1925 in rural Knox County, near Vincennes, Indiana. He attended Decker High School and Purdue University. After WWII, Jim began transporting produce grown on family farms off to market and soon began adding vehicles to his fast-growing fleet. By the mid-1950s, Jim had purchased a small common carrier company, Indianapolis and Southern Motor Express, Inc., which through mergers and growth had, by 1976 expanded the company, now I&S-McDaniel, Inc., into a five-state, regional common carrier. In addition, Jim founded McCormick, Inc., a Vincennes-based White Truck dealership. During the 1970s he rose to national prominence as the national chairman of the American Trucking Associations. In addition, Jim served as Chairman and CEO of First Federal Bancorp and was the major shareholder and chairman of Gold Hosts, Inc., an operator of luxury golf resorts. In addition to his business activities, Jim is an avid golfer, yachtsman, motorcylce and motor coach enthusiast as well as a licensed pilot and sea captain. Jim and his wife, Marilym, along with Sweet Alice, their Chinese pug, divide their time between their home in Palm Harbor, Florida, traveling across the country in their luxury motor coach and enjoying their home in Vincennes, Indiana.
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