'Jim' James Warren Hamilton died Saturday, February 1st at his home in Cohasset
following a brief battle with bladder cancer. He was 71.

Jim was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the son of Marjorie and Harold Hamilton. He
attended Williston Northampton School and Dartmouth College and received a master's
degree in graphic arts under the tutelage of Alex Nesbitt at Southern Massachusetts
University.

Jim had a long and productive career as a printing salesman for Nimrod Press, which later
became part of Universal Printing. Well known in the printing industry of New England,
he was a longtime member of the Society of Printers from whom he received the
Benjamin Franklin Award for distinguished service in 1996. He was a member for many
years of PINE, Printing Industries of New England, and chaired their scholarship
program.

With boundless energy and enthusiasm, Jim generously gave of his time and creative
talents to many organizations. He served on the board of trustees of Williston
Northampton School from 1979 to 1989. Committed to his community and appreciative
of anyone and anything with a story to tell, he worked on countless projects for the
Cohasset Conservation Trust and the Cohasset Town History Committee. His artistic
skills, cunning wit and feelings about small town political issues were on display weekly
in the cartoons he submitted for the Cohasset Mariner. He thoroughly enjoyed his
membership in the Old Goats of Cohasset where he could share his gift for the gab and
loyalty to his town. Jim was a longtime member of the First Parish Cohasset Unitarian
Universalist Church.

Jim was a sailor, a fly-fisherman and a gifted gardener known for his ever-expanding
rows of vegetables and the pleasure he derived from working on his property. He
delighted in driving his restored vintage jeeps around town. But of his many interests and
pursuits, his greatest passions were the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the
Appalachian Mountain Club where he worked summers as a young man at Greenleaf Hut
and Zealand Falls Hut. Jim was a lifelong member of the club and served on its Board of
Advisors and as a member of the Board of Directors there. Following retirement, he
delighted in a second career in development for the AMC. He was a proud member of the
Old Hutman's Association. He rejuvenated and edited for many years the OH
Resuscitator newsletter.

Above all, Jim was a devoted family man. He leaves his wife of 48 years, Laurie
(Goodwin) Hamilton; his two daughters, Sarah Hamilton Barringer and Jill Hamilton
Yates, and their spouses, Scott Barringer and Robert Yates; his four grandchildren,
Harold and Evelyn Barringer and George and Henry Yates, as well as his sister, June
Withington, and her husband, Nuff, and many nieces and nephews whom he loved
dearly; most especially, Mikio and Naomi Aoki with whom he had a very special
relationship.

A memorial service will be held for Jim at 11am on Friday, February 7th at the First
Parish Meeting House in Cohasset. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Jim's
memory to the Appalachian Mountain Club, 5 Joy Street, Boston, MA 02108 or via their
website www.outdoors.org/tribute.

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