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Jim Rich is a life-long learner, student and teacher, and has been a coach, pizza and taco maker, restaurant owner, educational administrator, after-school specialist, Executive Producer of two rock and roll albums, advisor, counselor, shopper, insurance claims adjustor, carpet buyer, sporting goods warehouse manager, investor, Santa Claus, U. S. Army Veteran, fence builder, worker, carpenter, substitute teacher, roofer, salesman, defensive end, 4x100 relay track member, shortstop, second baseman, educational consultant and now, finally, an author. He lives in the southwest Missouri Ozarks with his soulmate, who is also his wife, Nancy, and their long-time puppy “Diamond”. He spends time in the Ozarks, at the cabin on the Lake of the Ozarks, traveling, and in Florida during the winter. He has visited all of the major league baseball parks, and he attends the Super Bowl every eleven years. He has been to every major sporting event finals except the NHL Stanley Cup finals, which remains on his to-do list, along with a hopefully not too distant in the future trip to the Fiji Islands, New Zealand, and Australia. Dr. Rich attended Southwest Missouri State for his Bachelor of Science in Education, Masters in Administration, and Specialist in Administration degrees. He attended the University of Missouri for his Ph.D. in Educational Administration. He continues to strive to positively impact others by the way he lives, learns, and teaches.
