New Mexico Elks Association

2 Yr. Trustee

NEW MEXICO ELKS BIOGRAPHICAL DATA SHEET

NAME:  James L. (Jim) Lehmann

PLACE OF BIRTH: Downers Grove, Ill., 6/19/1937

EDUCATION:      

          Jim attended grade and high school in Downers Grove, Ill.  2 years at Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin.

He has taken numerous courses in Vacuum Technology, Metallurgy, Computers and Project Management thru Argonne National Laboratory and
Los Alamos National Laboratory.

CLUBS:

Active in the Los Alamos Sportsmen's Club while living in Los Alamos.  A competitive pistol shooter.  Was on the Board of Directors for 17 years.

ELKS:

Initiated on October 12, 1970.  Served as Exalted Ruler in 1980-81;  Lodge Trustee 1981 - 1986,
Chrm. 2 yr; Esquire to District Deputy NMEA Bill Boedeker 1985-86. District Deputy NMEA
1988-89, Lodge Trustee 1989 – 1995,  President of the PER Assoc. in 1985-86, and has been Secretary/Treasurer for 9 years. Served on a total
of 20 different committees in his Lodge. 
Served on the NMEA CP Executive Board for 8 years, serving as NE District Chairman for
6 years (including 2 years as Secretary), 1 year as Vice-Chairman and 1 year as State Chairman. 
Served as Sergeant-At- Arms 2005-06.  He is currently NE District Chairman for ENF,
State Protocol Chairman and NMEA Trustee.

Jim was elected to Life membership in Los Alamos Lodge #2083 on Oct. 28, 2002.

Since moving to Rio Rancho after retirement, he has been an associate member of that Lodge. 
He has been president of Rio Rancho’s PER Assoc. and for the past 10 tears has been the
Sec./Treas. He is currently serving as the Lodge Mediator, C&B Trust Chrm. and Ritual Coach.

Jim has attended 21 Grand Lodge sessions.

 OCCUPATION:

He is retired from the Los Alamos National Laboratory at the Plutonium Facility as a Technician
Project Leader in the Facilities Engineering Section.  His job involved supervising maintenance
and construction projects at this facility.

 MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN:

Jim married the former Carole Sue Johnson of Downers Grove, Ill. on August 8, 1959.  They have
a daughter, Deborah Sue Atkinson and her husband, Ken and two grandchildren, Erin Michelle Atkinson, currently attending NM State University
and Brandon Michael Atkinson who lives in Englewood, Co.

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