James M. Galbraith

James M. Galbraith, author and commentator. http://www.enotes.com/patient-power-salem/patient-power http://www.enotes.com/fear-failure-salem/fear-failure http://www.amazon.com/Money-Tree-James-Marshall-Galbraith/dp/0942246004 http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/Galbraith%2C+James+M/aid/1739386

James M. Galbraith is a businessman, author, and former corporate finance lawyer. With his partners, he helped pioneer the concept of leveraged buyouts in the late 1970's and 1980's. He was the President of Standard Felt (1979-1983); Bell Riddell; (Riddell Sporting Goods; 1980-1982); Bell Helmets International (1980-1985); Van de Kamp's Bakeries (1984-1987); and Lake Street Restaurants (1987-1990); and on the board of the following investments: Slotline Golf (1997-1999), and A Sport (Avalanche snowboards, and Straight Line water ski accessories; 1999-2001). He was also a principal in Huntington Hotel Partners, which developed the Ritz-Carlton, Huntington Hotel (1987-1994) in Pasadena, CA, and Huntington Hotel Associates, which developed nearby retail and residential properties (1987-1996). Since 1997, he has been the President of Crestmont Investments, LLC. James M. Galbraith was an associate of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (1967-1969), and co-founder of Rodi Pollock Pettker Galbraith & Phillips in Los Angeles, CA (1969-1984; and of counsel 1984-2003). He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Pomona College (B.A., 1960). He attended Stanford Law School (J.D., 1967), where he was an editor of the Stanford Law Review, and served on the Executive Committee of the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors (1986-1989). James M. Galbraith is the author of In the Name of the People (aka The Datax Conspiracy, 1977), Douglas West Publishers; The Money Tree (1981), Benchmark Books; Fear of Failure (1993), Benchmark Books; and Patient Power (1995), Benchmark Books. He has had over 80 articles on business, economics and politics published in national newspapers and magazines (1977-2005), and has since posted hundreds of online articles and book reviews. He also has given numerous radio and television interviews, including CNN. James M. Galbraith serves on the boards of trustees of Children's Hospital Los Angeles (since 1985) and Pomona College (since 1987), now as an honorary trustee and an emeritus trustee, respectively. He also served as administrator of the Tina C. Foundation, formed to finance research into a cure for lupus. James M. Galbraith is listed in Who's Who and Who's Who in the West. He is a member of the California Club, the Valley Hunt Club, the Athenaeum, and a former member of the Young Presidents Organization.