Entrepreneur, Philanthropist. James "Jim" Casey was born in a small Nevada mining town the eldest of four children. His father was an innkeeper and gold prospector who moved his family to Seattle while Jim was an infant. At age eleven his father's failing health forced him out of school to help support the family. He found employment as a bicycle messenger in Seattle. His father died in 1902 and Jim always gave credit to his mother for holding their family together after the death of his father. He continued as a bicycle messenger for department stores and a telegraph company until 1905 when he left for Nevada to seek gold during the Klondike Gold Rush. Not finding any gold, he returned to Seattle a couple years later. On August 28, 1907, with one hundred dollars in starting capital, Jim founded the American Messenger Company with fellow teenager Claude Ryan. Working from a small room beneath a tavern run by Claude's uncle, he began to establish a delivery business based on professionalism and courtesy. His motto was "best service and lowest rates." Jim's brother George Casey and other teenagers were the company's messengers. Deliveries were made on foot, bicycle or motorcycle. In 1913, Jim agreed to merge his company with Evert McCabe's Motorcycle Messengers. Merchants Parcel Delivery was formed and the focus was now on packages. Their first delivery car was a 1913 Model T. Jim's partner, Claude Ryan, sold his shares of the company in 1917. In 1919, the company expanded beyond Seattle and changed its name to United Parcel Service. United Parcel Service, also known as UPS, grew rapidly after World War II. Package handling and sorting machinery developed by Jim that is used industry-wide today allowed UPS to go beyond store deliveries. UPS became the most recognized and largest global logistics company. Jim served as president, chief executive officer and chairman of UPS. He is credited as the inventor of modern consolidated parcels services. He retired as chief operating officer and chairman but remained honorary chairman and served on the board until the month before his death in 1983. In 2002, he was inducted into the U.S. Department of Labor Hall of Fame and, in 2016, was inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame. Jim was also a humanitarian who sought ways to help those who lacked family life he found to be very important. At the time of his death he left three legacies: UPS, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Casey Family Programs.