James Riley
James Riley
James McIlvaine Rileyis one of the founders of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he entered the Virginia Military Institutein the fall of 1866. Riley was a member of VMI's first baseball team in the fall of 1866, playing second base and eventually serving as the team's captain. While at VMI, James Frank Hopkins, Greenfield Quarles and Riley became close friends and founded Sigma Nu fraternity. Riley was elected the first Commanderof the chapter at VMI, and...
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth7 October 1849
CityGreenfield, IN
It's going to be the heart, the pulse of the relief effort, ... We've got a vested interest in getting back there and getting things running. That's where our homes are, that's where our families are.
It is no use to grumble and complain; It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain - Why, rain's my choice.
A Budweiser executive once grabbed me at a conference and told me how great our site was and how much good it was doing them. He didn't give me a check though.
I've been called back to assist with recovery efforts and to assist my family,
At times we could hear the shell casings from the A-10s land on the buildings we were in,
It was fantastic. I don't think I've experienced that before. It's kind of an abnormal feeling for sure. I'm used to doing the dirty work and let other guys score the goals. It's definitely a weird feeling, but a good one nonetheless.
We were like Custer. We were surrounded. We had no working weapons. We couldn't even make a bayonet charge. We would have been mowed down. We didn't have a choice,