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4 June 2025
New Appointment
Name of Commission: Historic Preservation Commission
Name: James Davis
Home Address: 94801
Home and Cell Phone :
Former Occupation: Community College Professor of History, the Humanities, and Theater Arts, now retired.
How Long Have You Been a Resident of Richmond? 3 years. (I was born here, left for fifty years, then came back to retire three years ago.)
Place of Employment:
Reasons for Interest in Appointment:
I have some background in construction, am currently in charge of historical plaques for the Point Richmond History Association, and have worked for more than twenty years as a college professor in Southern California. While teaching at Mt. San Jacinto College, I taught courses in US history, Theater Arts (film), the Humanities, and California history. Since retiring to Richmond , I now lecture at the Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center on the home front during World War II. I have also published historical articles on Richmond history in the Point Richmond History Newsletter and the Richmond Museum of History and Culture Mirror . I am interested in older buildings and in Richmond history.
Fraternal And/or Civic Organizations:
I am currently active aboard the Red Oak Victory (where I host a monthly film series), lecture at the Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center as a docent, serve as vice president and board member of the Richmond Museum of History and Culture, and serve on the board and am in charge of historical plaques for the Point Richmond History Association. I am also active in the Point Richmond Neighborhood Council.
Education: Harry Ells High School (1967); BA in History from St. Mary's College, California (1971); PhD in Comparative History from Brandeis University (1982).
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