Jim and Fran didn’t marry until November of 2009, though they knew each other before that through their late spouses. He then moved to teaching at Lockport West (now Romeoville High School) and spent more than 33 years in the field of education. Upon graduation in 1960, Jim performed his student teaching at Lockport Township High School and worked in Valley View School District in Romeoville and Bolingbrook. I was accepted at Lewis and worked towards becoming a social studies teacher,” says Jim. James Zelko – who also provides a scholarship at Lewis - encouraged me to go to school. It was that day when I realized carpentry wasn’t for me. One nail that had popped up from the roofing caught my foot, and I was saved from going over the side. It was December and I started slipping down the side of the roof, sure that I was about to plunge to the ground. Well, that lasted until a frightening episode where I was working on a roof. When I came back to Joliet, I thought I’d be a carpenter because woodworking has always been popular in my family. “After graduation from Joliet Junior College, I was called into the service for two years and stationed in Germany. After both earning college degrees and retiring after successful careers, they began to evaluate the various ways they might give something back to future generations of college students, resulting in scholarships at Lewis and other area universities. Jim ’60 and Fran Sczepaniak have always embraced a deep appreciation for education.
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