Which Jim Jardine am I

Which Jim Jardine am I?

Well before the advent of e-mail, web searches and the like I was a locator/buyer of electronic parts. Several times a year I would have someone ask me if I was related to a Jardine they knew. Now, with e-mail I have had several people asking if I was the Jim Jardine they had known.

So I thought it would be appropriate and kind to people who venture onto this site to know some of my history, thus eliminating me from their list of potentials.

The strange thing about this name is that there are so many of us. Jardine is a border-clan Scottish name originating generally around the Dumfries area of Scotland. But my father's foster parents, James G. and Margarette Jardine were originally from Edinburgh. I was the first born in our family with the Jardine surname. My son, James Martin Stuart Jardine carries on this adoptive name. My true paternal grandfather was Robert King.

So, I am the Jim Jardine who:

was born James Stuart Jardine in Alameda, CA in '37
has a sister named Gayle
has a mother named Lucille Jardine
has an uncle Bill Stuart, who worked in many markets in San Lorenzo and Hayward, CA
had two uncles, Mel and Ken Stuart who didn't come back from WW-II
had an aunt, Ethel Haynes who was the family smoker
had a father, Bert Jardine, who left early in the game
lived on his granddad's (William F. Stuart) chicken ranch in Castro Valley, CA from '41-'53
made trips to Yosemite thanks to godfather, Alexander F. Fleming - '44-50
became the stepson of Manual S. Cabral - '48
learned singing and harmonica playing from "Ted" Cabral - '49-51
attended Castro Valley Grammar School from '43 to '51
was a member of the Castro Valley 4-H Club '49-51
attended Hayward (CA) High School from '51-53
- studied Vocational Agriculture
- was in the Future Farmers of America (FFA)
thanks to friend Gordon Wilcox began reading science fiction - '51
worked on A. J. Gutnik's chicken farm - '51
moved to Livermore, CA in '53
worked at the Agriculture Dept Experimental Farm in Pleasanton - '53
attended Livermore (CA) High School - '53-55
- was FFA reporter - '54-55
- worked on the technical aspects of the high school plays
bought the '35 Chevy pickup with the hole in the radiator from Jim Bledsoe - '54
worked for Purity and P-X butcher shops - '53-55
drove the '36 Dodge with noisy tappets and the fairly nice '36 Chevy sedan - '53-57
spent 4-1/2 years in the US Marine Corps - '55-60
- MCRD San Diego - '55-56
- Combat training, Camp Pendleton, CA - '56
- 2d AAA A/W 29 Palms, CA - '56
- Security Guard Detachment, NOTS, CA - '56-57
- Fox Company, HQMC, Arlington, VA - '57
- AmEmb, Lima Peru, Julio Becerra 227 - '57-58
- AmEmb, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Juncal 770 - '58-'60
- Provost Marshall's Office, 29 Palms, CA - '60
bought a classical guitar in Lima Peru - '58
learned Spanish - '57- present :-)
took guitar lessons from the daughter of the Peruvian ambassador to the UN - '58
married Elva (Chela) Garcia in Buenos Aires in December - '59
attended Electronics Training Lab on Broadway in Oakland, CA - '60-61
worked for Sylvan Rooney in the alfalfa fields and harvester in - '60
turned down the job with Jackson and Perkins to drive cat and applied for electronics work in '60
took the basic electronics course from Electronics Training Lab on Broadway in Oakland - '60-61
worked for Sargent-Rayment Co, manufacturing tube radios - '60 - assembler
worked for Sandia Corp, Livermore, CA - '61-64, in bindery, order analyzing and non-destructive testing
rented the house at 1260 Pine St from the Martins - '61-64
took basic college courses thru Diablo Valley College extension at LLL - '61-63
became a joint parent of Julie Jeanette Jardine - 7/61
did non-profit incorporation papers for the Livermore Latin American Club - '62
moved to Albany, CA '64
lived in an apartment house at the top of Albany Hill - '64-65
worked for Nuclear Research Instruments (NRI) '64 - assembler
worked for General Measurement Research (GMR) - '64-66 - tech, purchasing agent & production foreman
bought a house at 1165 Hopkins St. in Berkeley '65-'71
took flamenco guitar lessons from John Mavity, Berkeley - '65
made first batch of home brew and plum wine - '66 (fall)
became the joint parent of James Martin Stuart Jardine - 9/66
solicited fab work to start my own business (Jardine Enterprizes - sic!) - '66
- D. Buchla
- J. Pon
- L&S Manuf
- P. Dempster
- Rucker Corp.
worked at UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab (SSL) (Mariner-Mars 69) - '67-69 - tekkie
was a reserve police officer for the Berkeley PD, '69-71
worked for Yosemite Laboratory, Berkeley - '69-'70 - purchasing agent
job shopped thru Labor Force in Richmond, CA for:
- Systron Donner, Concord, CA - '70 - tekkie
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) Bldg 46 - '70 - assembler
worked for UC Berkeley SSL at Bldg 46, LBL (Alvarez HAPPE project) '70-72 - tekkie
bought second house, #17 Ardmore Rd, Kensington, CA - '71-'97
grew more zucchini! made more Japanese plum wine!
rented the Berkeley house to a bunch of hippies - '71-76
worked for Cardiodynamics, Dublin, CA - '72-73 - purchasing agent
attended export seminars attempting to start Jardine Technical Exports - '79-81
worked for UC Berkeley Engineering Geoscience - '73-'83 - tekkie
took UC Extension classes (Calculus, Greek, 20th C. Mex Lit, Accounting, FORTRAN, Data Structures), - '73-75
buried first wife (multiple myeloma) - 4/74
married Ana Ruth Sanders - 6/75
- and thus became stepfather to Robert Mijango, Evelin Zink and Zirla Sanders
- and son-in-law to Maria Dolores Canales
honeymooned in Mexico and El Salvador - '75
motor homed from SF Bay Area - with 3 kids and mother-in-law - up to Vancouver Is and across Canada to Alberta, down thru Yellowstone and wandered back home thru Utah and Nevada
became one of Rachel Anne Zink's grandparents - '77
became one of Matthew David Epstein Gereghty's grandparents - '79
traveled via EuroRail thru France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Luxembourg, Holland and England - '79
became one of Janae Marie Epstein Gereghty's grandparents - '81
became one of Jerry Allen Zink's grandparents - '82
went to work in his own shop (Jardine Electronic Services - later 'Systems') - '83-'94
- developed pressure monitoring equipment for geothermal wells
- maintained German turret lathes
- did tech work for various Berkeley startups or spinoffs: Teknekron, ROI and TFS
- did procurement for a SETI project
- consulted to Corwin Geophysics, Chevron Resources, BGI, EMS and EMI
traveled thru the Panama Canal to Puerto Rico on Sitmar Lines - '84
joined Mensa - '86
took classical guitar lessons from Phillip Rosheger, Berkeley, 87
joined ISPE - '88
worked with Berkeley Group Inc, Oakland, CA - '88-89 - instrument design and sales
took flying lessons at Hayward, CA airport - '89-90
became one of Sean Ryan Gereghty's grandparents - '90
traveled on Princess Diana from England thru Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia (St Petersburg, Moscow), Holland. Then drove thru England, Scotland and Ireland - '92
became a member of the Caledonian Club of San Francisco - '92-200?
- was 3rd Chieftain (secretary) - '93-94
- wrote newsletter, Caledonian Herald - '93-96
- was athletic director - '97
- was on athletic committee - '96-200?
- helped maintain the Club website - '97-200?
participated in master's division of Scottish athletics - '93-96
was athletic (co) director of Dunsmuir House Games - '94-2002
went broke with the recession of - '92-93
took folk and country guitar lessons from Barry Olivier, Berkeley, - '92
went back to UC Berkeley, EECS - '94-99
- was the LPRG who developed this printer page - '95-99
- played guitar in the Faculty Glade with the Strawberry Creek String Band - '94-00 (the good guitarist has left us)
- hosted the ISPE e-mail QV forum - '94-96
- wrote first webpage - '95
- was the original Y2K bug: stopped working on 1/1/2000
planned (and made) trip via train thru Central Europe (Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Rep., France) using internet, - 3/96
set up this website - 7/97
cruised from Singapore to Hong Kong (via Thailand, Viet Nam, Philippines, Brunei, PRC) - 2/97
moved to Rossmoor (Walnut Creek) CA - 11/97
vacationed in Israel, Jordan and Turkey - 11/97
vacationed in El Salvador - 6/99
went back to consulting as Jardine Electronic Services - 1/00
played backup guitar for the Rossmoor Harmonica Harmoneers - '00-01
wrote this webpage - 8/00
travelled to Australia, New Zealand on Regal Princess and stopped by Fiji - 11/00
became secretary (and bar tender) of the Rossmoor International Club - '00-02
handled entertainment, publicity and bar for Int'l Club, - '02-04
travelled to Central America: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama & Costa Rica - 5/01
travelled via Princess Regal to Japan, Russia, Korea & PRC - 10/01
added a room to our condo - '01-02
assisted with the University of California Retirement Center's Computer Classes 5/03 - ??
travelled on the Tahitian Princess thru the Society Islands plus Rarotonga - 10/03
did a self-guided trip thru the 10 principal countries of South America - 1 & 2/04
travelled on Holland America cruise from Athens to: Turkey, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Egypt, Croatia and Italy - 5/2006

"This" Jim and wife Ana Ruth at 2003 Caledonian Club of San Francisco Installation of Officers

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