James Arthur Tadlock

Biography

I was born April 22, 1944 in Monticello, Arkansas. My first name comes from my father. I am the third generation of Tadlock men to have JAT for my initials. My middle name is from my Mother's uncle, Arthur G. Black. I graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in San Antonio, Texas in 1962. I earned a Bachelor of Business Administration (Information Systems) - University of Texas at Arlington - Arlington, TX - May 21, 1983 and an Associate in Arts and Sciences - Mountain View College - Dallas, TX - Dec. 19, 1975.

I worked for AAFES for 27 years and retired in 1995. Right now I am teaching at Northern New Mexico Community College in Espanola, NM. I started teaching Computer Science at MVC in Dallas, right after retirement and taught there several years before moving to New Mexico.

My wife Jane and I were married in Dallas, Texas, August 22, 1969. We have two children, April Renee Tadlock Sullivan, and James Allen Tadlock. He is the fourth generation JAT.

Things I Like

(Not in any order, I like them all)

Adobe Buildings - Since we have move to New Mexico I have become interested in the many adobe buildings found in this area and around the world. See my Adobe page for some interesting pictures. Go to Adobe web page.

Electric Trains - I have several Lional (tm) O27 electric trains. One is pretty old. It is a post-war freight train my brother and I received for Christmas around 1954. It still runs and is in good shape considering the years of fun we have had with it. I have another freight train of a later vintage. My brother got it for me in Christmas in about 1970. I also have the Lional Spirit of 76 set. This set was made in 1976 by Lional to celebrate the bi-centinnal. It has 13 box cars to commemorate the original 13 states. The set is complete with original boxes. My wife got it for my birthday in 1977.

Legos - My son and I love to build with LEGOS (tm). Legos has created a line of products that allow you to build robots and program them from your PC. It's called Lego Mindstorms (tm).See my Legos page for some pictures of our creations.Go to Legos web page.

Genealogy- My daughter got me interested in genealogy. So far We have managed to trace our family line back for 6 generations.

This is a picture of my new computer. You may click a picture below for a closer view:

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