Jim Gregory was raised in the Upper Arroyo Grande Valley, where his education began in the two-room Branch School. He graduated from the University of Missouri and earned his teaching credential at Cal Poly.
He taught history, literature and the social sciences thirty years at Mission Prep in San Luis Obispo and at his alma mater, Arroyo Grande High School. He was named the Lucia Mar Teacher of the Year in 2010.
Since retiring in 2015, he’s written four books intended to link local history with events in American history: World War II Arroyo Grande, Patriot Graves: Discovering a California Town’s Civil War Heritage; San Luis Obispo County Outlaws: Desperados, Vigilantes and Bootleggers and Central Coast Aviators in World War II. Both Patriot Jim Gregory was raised in the Upper Arroyo Grande Valley, where his education began in the two-room Branch School. He graduated from the University of Missouri and earned his teaching credential at Cal Poly.
He taught history, literature and the social sciences thirty years at Mission Prep in San Luis Obispo and at his alma mater, Arroyo Grande High School. He was named the Lucia Mar Teacher of the Year in 2010.
Since retiring in 2015, he’s written four books intended to link local history with events in American history: World War II Arroyo Grande, Patriot Graves: Discovering a California Town’s Civil War Heritage; San Luis Obispo County Outlaws: Desperados, Vigilantes and Bootleggers and Central Coast Aviators in World War II. Both Patriot Graves and Outlaws have won national recognition, with the latter winning first place in Western history in the 2017 National Indie Excellence Awards, a competition for independent and small-press publishers.
Jim lives in Arroyo Grande with his wife, Elizabeth, a teacher at St. Joseph High School, his sons John and Thomas, two Irish setters and one Basset hound. ...more