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'''James Terry Sherwin''' (born October 25, 1933)<ref name="Gaige">{{citation
 | last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige
 | year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography
 | publisher=McFarland
 | isbn=0-7864-2353-6
 | page=388}}</ref> is an [[United States|American]] [[corporate executive]] and [[International Master]] in [[chess]].

Born in [[New York City]]<ref name="Gaige"/> in 1933, Sherwin attended [[Stuyvesant High School]], [[Columbia College of Columbia University|Columbia College]] ([[Phi Beta Kappa]]) and [[Columbia Law School]].  He graduated from the [[U.S. Coast Guard]] Academy Officer Candidate School in 1956 and later became a Lieutenant Commander.  He is an attorney admitted to the [[New York]] and [[US Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] [[Bar association|Bars]].  He joined [[GAF Materials Corporation|GAF Corporation]] in 1960 serving in various legal and operational roles and eventually becoming its Chief Financial Officer.  He was CFO at [[Triangle Industries]] from 1983-1984, rejoining GAF Corporation as Vice Chairman from 1985 – 1990.

While at GAF, in 1988, he was indicted by the [[US Attorney]] for the [[Southern District of New York]], [[Rudolph Giuliani]], for stock manipulation in connection with the 1986 sale of stock owned by GAF.<ref>Chicago Tribune February 19, 1989, Section 7, page 3</ref> He was convicted after three trials,but the conviction was reversed on appeal<ref>ICIS News March 25, 1991</ref> and dismissed with prejudice.<ref>Lawyer Arthur L. Liman (Public Affairs 1998), Chapter 18.</ref>  In 1991 he was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of [[Hunter Douglas]] N.V., a Dutch multinational company, in which capacity he served until 1999.  Since then he has been a Director and an adviser to Hunter Douglas.   

He is an Overseer of the International Rescue Committee and member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.  He received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the [[University of Bath]] in December, 2007.

In chess, Sherwin finished third and tied for third in the [[US Chess Championship]] four times and tied for fourth three times.<ref>Fischer, Robert. ''[[My 60 Memorable Games]]''. (Faber & Faber Limited 1969) Game 1</ref> He was Intercollegiate Champion and New York State Champion in 1951 and US Speed Champion in 1956-57 and 1959-60.  He earned the International Master title in 1958.<ref name="Gaige"/> He is a previous President of the American Chess Foundation.

Sherwin resides with his wife, Hiroko, near [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], [[United Kingdom]].

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==External links==
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