James Bonner

GRADUATED IN 1933 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN WITH A MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. AFTER GRADUATION MR. BONNER WENT TO WORK FOR STANDARD OIL IN GRAND RAPIDS AND LATER WORKED FOR ERNST & ERNST CPAÆS IN DETROIT, AND FOR CUNNINGHAM DRUGS , DETROIT AS THEIR SECRETARY AND TREASURER FOR 30 YEARS. IN HIS RETIREMENT MR. BONNER SERVED AS CONTROLLER AND FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR THE L.A.S.E.D. LATIN AMERICAN SOCIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN DETROIT. MR. BONNER WAS A AVID U OF M FAN WHERE HIS NAME IS PLACED IN THE ALUMNI PLAZA OF THE MICHIGAN STADIUM. HE WAS A AVID DETROIT TIGER FAN AND FAITHFULLY WATCHED ALL OF THEIR GAMES. MR. BONNER WAS A LONGTIME ACTIVE MEMBER OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF ROYAL OAK, MEMBER OF THE DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB FOR 57 YEARS, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF ROUND TABLE, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CORPORATE SECRETARIES, MEMBER OF MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF CPAÆS, AND THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CPAÆS.