Jim and I shared the love of photography in high school.
Even though we were same age and grade, I looked up to him as a mentor at the time. He was more skilled and experienced. I even bought my first camera from him, I bought his Practica super TL when he upgraded to Nikon.
BTW. I still have it! Unfortunately we lost touch but he may have liked to know I went to two photo colleges and graduated one, made a living for 20+ years with photography! Condolences