Family
Jim Collins is married to former triathlete and 1985 Ironman winner, Joanne Ernst.
About his wife, he stated, “We’ve been married 20 years and we have 50–50 ownership ... but she holds all the voting shares.”
Collins re-published an autobiography called Test Pilot (Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1935), written by his grandfather Jimmy Collins, after whom Jim Collins is named. Jimmy Collins was the chief test pilot for the Grumman military aircraft company during the 1930s, and Clark Gable portrayed him in the movie version of his book. Jimmy Collins died in a crash while testing the F3 biplane, having predicted and described his death before it.
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“Though a family be a thousand, there can be only one in charge.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Govern a small family as you would cook a small fish, very gently.”
—(20th century)
“The same dreadful set,
the same family of orange and pink faces
carved and dressed up like puppets
who wait for their jaws to open and shut.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)