James A Cole

James A. Cole was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, and graduated from the University of Washington in 1957 after serving in the Coast Guard during the Korean War. He entered the marine industry as a marine designer at Philip F. Spaulding & Asociates, Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Over his 56-year career, Jim Cole has been employed at the offices of four naval architecture firms and in the engineering departments of four shipyards in the Puget Sound area. Jim Cole is a past president and honorary life member of the Puget Sound Historical Society of Seattle, has received the King Neptune Award from the Fisheries Committee of the Norwegian Commercial Club of Ballard, Washington, and has been named a fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.