"Crump", as his students and colleagues affectionately refer to him, teaches A&P I and II at the Gainesville campus and is a highly reputable fixture in the science department where he has taught for the past 43 years. His most recognized teaching method is being able to fill a student's mind with precise anatomical and physiological art created by fragments of colored sidewalk chalk.

Jim received his Bachelor's and Master's degree from East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas and was immediately drafted into the United States Army. From 1961-1963, he spent his active military career at the Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C. and the Atomic Energy Commission at Kirkland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In August of 1963 in Washington, D.C., he had the firsthand privilege of watching Martin Luther King deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech.

Jim's memberships in civic and professional organizations include being an active member of Texas Community College Teachers Association, the ACLU, and Amnesty International. He is a self-proclaimed "Yellow Dog" Democrat.

Jim enjoys traveling and hiking and his excursions have taken him from the Artic to Antarctica. His most passionate hobby is taking cedar logs and transforming them into unique home furniture, each piece meticulously sanded and varnished, providing the future owner with a fine piece of "Crump" history. His wooden art masterpieces have been the center of many hot bidding wars at various community related auctions.

Each days ends almost precisely for Jim as he leaves campus "going to see a man about a dog".