He graduated from Lampasas High School in 1952. Worked for the forestry service. Earned a pilots license and was a member of the high school State Champion Golf team. He went on to graduate from the University of Texas with a Masters Degree in Business Administration Marketing in 1960. While in college, he competed on the university's gymnastics team, specifically the Rope Climb and Side-Horse.
He also served as a Captain, Navigator-Bombardier in a B47, in the Air Force Strategic Air Command from 1956-1959. He then worked in Houston for McCann-Erikson Inc. an advertising agency for the Interpublic Group of Companies for 40 years as the executive vice-president. He managed the Houston and Dallas offices as well as being the worldwide coordinator for Exxon Corp. His contribution to the advertising world will be missed. He received the Robert E. Healy Award in 1973, as well as the Clio Award in 1976 for the “Spirit of Achievement” ads For Exxon.
He will be dearly and lovingly remembered by family and friends for his deep and abiding strength of character and his honesty. We will miss sharing the things he enjoyed. He found his joy in nature, and comfort being out doors. He started very young in life hunting, fishing, and competing in athletics. He continued to enjoy these hobbies until late in his life. He will always be remembered for a striking sense of humor with old stories still being retold till this day. He was remarkably creative.
He survived three types of cancer with the help of MD Anderson Hospital beginning in 1995. He was truly a man of impeccable integrity, generous to a fault, and charitable at his core.
Jimmie G. Hetherly "Jim" 1934-2009
The “Campaign”
Jim’s career in advertising resulted in a deep appreciation for the way we choose to communicate through media in life. Here’s a little “memory lane”, for those of you who worked with him, and a look at some of the work he contributed to, for those of you who didn’t have the opportunity.
Advertising,…30 years at McCann-Erickson
Key frames from the award-winning TV commercial series for Exxon, which highlighted the success a number famous had in overcoming hardships and limitations. Created to mark the U.S. Bicentennial in 1975, they were built on the theme "Spirit of Achievement is the Spirit of America." Personalities included Mark Twain (Left), Dizzy Dean, the famous baseball pitcher (Middle), and the gifted Anne Sullivan, (Right), who taught the blind how to communicate, and whose most famous pupil, Hellen Keller, carried on Anne's work with the blind and the deaf.
Jimmie G. Hetherly "Jim"
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