Meet...Jim
Name: Jim Graves
Department:
Human Resources Management.
How long at MUSC: 15 years.
Family: Wife, Barbara; daughter, Katherine.
Favorite movie this year: “The Green Mile” which I saw for the first time in January.
Favorite food: Italian cuisine.
Favorite restaurant: “Flo’s Conk Bar and Restaurant” on Little Harbour Cay, Berry Islands, Bahamas.
Pet peeve: Vanity.
What do you like most about your job: Unlimited opportunity to help make a difference in people’s lives.
What is your biggest challenge: Building a universitywide awareness in the “Value of Training.”
Funniest thing you have seen on the job: I’m taking the fifth on this one; next question please.
Guest to imaginary dinner party: Anne Frank.
Words that best match your personality: Liaison, quaint.
Hobbies: Cooking, fishing, and hacking at golf.
Dream vacation: Chartering with Captain Bob Murray to sail back to the Berry Islands for a week or two. First stop Little Harbour Cay. Then fly out to the California coast to play a few rounds of golf at Pebble Beach. Next stop Canada to fish for “Walleye” in a secluded lake that can only be accessed by way of a bush pilot.
A perfect day: A day that I am able to lend a helping hand, play a role in solving problems, and finding a parking spot on the first floor of Harbor View Tower Parking garage.
Most treasured material possession: My grandfather’s handmade carpenter’s toolbox.
Something people don’t know about you:I was one of four carpenters who built the “Rice beds” for the tenth floor hospital Palmetto pavilion during its renovations around the mid eighties.
Words of advice: “Kindness
is a renewable resource.”