James Catherwood Hormel, born January 1, 1931 in Austin, Minnesota, is a philanthropist and heir to the fortune of George Hormel, founder of Hormel Foods (producers of SPAM and other meat products). He lives in San Francisco. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Austin is a city located in Mower County, Minnesota. ... State nickname: North Star State Other U.S. States Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty Official languages None Area 225,365 km² (12th)  - Land 206,375 km²  - Water 18,990 km² (8. ... Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) is probably best known as the producer of SPAM luncheon meat. ... Spam typically refers to any of the following: SPAM - a brand of canned meat sold by Hormel Spam (Monty Python), a comedy sketch involving this meat, which in turn gave rise to the phrase: i like spam Spam (electronic) - unsolicited bulk electronic messages, such as e-mail spam. ... This article is about the city in California. ...

Distinctions

• Dean of the University of Chicago Law School
• Member of the 1996 US delegation to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
• Member of the 1996 US delegation to the United Nations General Assembly
• Member of the Board of Directors, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
• Member of the Board of Directors of American Foundation for AIDS Research
• US Ambassador to Luxembourg
• A founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Human Rights Campaign, 1981

After a long history of contributions to the civil rights agenda, he was made US ambassador to Luxembourg by President Bill Clinton in 1999. When he was appointed, he became the first openly gay man to represent the United States as an ambassador. His partner, Timothy Wu, held the Bible on which he swore his oath of office. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The United Nations Commission on Human Rights, a commission supervised by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, is composed of representatives from 53 member states, and meets each year in regular session in March/April for six weeks in Geneva. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. ... AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, sometimes written Aids) is a global, human epidemic. ... HRC logo The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equal rights organization in the United States. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... For other uses, see Ambassador (disambiguation). ... Seal of the President of the United States, official impression The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ... Order: 42nd President Vice President: Al Gore Term of office: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic William Jefferson Clinton (born... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Gay, in addition to meaning happy, also means, simplistically, preferring the same sex in current usage, though to tie down the word to a specific cultural meaning might be to misrespresent a huge community of individuals who find themselves described by the word gay. The term gay, or lesbian for... The Bible (From Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, plural of βιβλιον, biblion, book, originally a diminutive of βιβλος, biblos, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos, meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this writing material), is a word applied to sacred scriptures. ...

The James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center at the San Francisco Public Library is the gateway to collections documenting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) history and culture, with a special emphasis on the San Francisco Bay Area. This article is about the city in California. ... Librarians and patrons in a typical larger urban public library A public library is a library which is accessible by the public and is often operated by civil servants and funded from public sources. ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an acronym used as a collective term to refer to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people. ... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...

Education

• B.A. History 1955, Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania
• Law 1958, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois

1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Name Swarthmore College Address 500 College Avenue Town Swarthmore, PA 19081 Established 1864 Community Suburban Type Private coeducational Classification Liberal arts college Religion Originally Quaker; now secular Enrollment 1400 Faculty 167 President Alfred H. Bloom Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Middle States Commission in Higher Education Nickname... State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Other U.S. States Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich Official languages English Area 149,998 km² (25th)  - Land 143,968 km²  - Water 6,030 km² (4. ...

Sources

• [US State Department Biography (http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/biography/hormel_james.html)]
• [glbtq.com biography (http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/hormel_jc.html)]