{"id":129,"date":"2015-10-01T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T19:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/?p=129"},"modified":"2018-11-20T11:21:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T17:21:40","slug":"jim-getty-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/2015\/10\/01\/jim-getty-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Getty &#8217;54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/files\/2015\/10\/james-getty-54.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-130 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/files\/2015\/10\/james-getty-54-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"james getty '54\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/files\/2015\/10\/james-getty-54-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/files\/2015\/10\/james-getty-54-138x200.jpg 138w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/files\/2015\/10\/james-getty-54.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a>It is with great sadness that we share of the news that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eveningsun.com\/gettysburg\/ci_28884635\/jim-getty-lincoln-re-enactor-dies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Getty<\/a>, one of the country&#8217;s most renowned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eveningsun.com\/local\/ci_28890950\/lincoln-re-enactor-james-getty-remembered-by-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abraham Lincoln<\/a> presenters, passed away\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">September 26th, 2015 in Gettysburg.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0He received his Bachelors of Education Degree (Music) and his Master of Music Degree from Illinois Wesleyan University.\u00a0Jim met his wife Joanne at IWU, and they married on Jan. 19, 1952 in Grandview, Ill.\u00a0For the past four decades, Getty&#8217;s full-time vocation was the study and portrayal of Abraham Lincoln. Over the years, Jim touched countless thousands of lives with his vast knowledge of all-things Lincoln. Getty would often present his programs over 500 times each year to visitors to Gettysburg, and to students in schools. Jim later developed a leadership presentation specifically for corporate executives and government leaders, where audiences were able to capture the lessons of history and apply them in today&#8217;s business environments.<br \/>\nYou can read the full obituary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettysburgtimes.com\/obituaries\/article_ae6f150f-cce8-5a63-9396-df7489aa10be.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great sadness that we share of the news that James Getty, one of the country&#8217;s most renowned Abraham Lincoln presenters, passed away\u00a0September 26th, 2015 in Gettysburg.\u00a0He received his Bachelors of Education Degree (Music) and his Master of Music Degree from Illinois Wesleyan University.\u00a0Jim met his wife Joanne at IWU, and they married [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":296,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/296"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":879,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/1950sclassnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}