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NMEA President Elect Contact: Jim Larrabee 302 Ciniza Ct. Gallup, NM. 87301 Res. 505-863-6028 - Bus. 505-863-3821- Cell. 505-870-1024 e-mail: Jimlarrabee@ msn.com
Jim Larrabee was born October 22, 1946 in Elmira, New
York. He graduated High school in l964 from Horseheads and enlisted
in the Air Force. Upon his discharge in l968 he enrolled in college,
earning a Associate Degree in Business Administration from Suffolk County
Community College, a bachelors degree in Accounting/Business Education
from Albany State and a Masters Degree in Education from Elmira College.
Jim taught for 11 years at his old high school before
moving to Texas and starting a new career in Business. Learning that he
missed his students, he returned to teaching in Gallup, New Mexico. He
has been teaching in Gallup for the last 21 years.
Jims family consists of his understanding wife Josie, a
son Jim, a college professor, a daughter Jaime, living in Texas and a
daughter Savannah, a junior at UNM.
Jim was initiated into the Elks at the Horseheads Lodge
in l972. He transferred to the Gallup Lodge in l987 when he took the
teaching position at the local high school. He progressed through the
chairs and was elected Exalted Ruler in l992. In 1999 he was appointed
District Deputy for New Mexico Northwest by the Honorable George Klein. He
served as the State Scholarship Chairman twice and was elected to the
State Trustees in 2005, serving as chairman in 2006.
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