Gavel Consulting Group
Group of former Federal judges providing strategic
advice
James B. Irwin
Dr. James B. Irwin, Sr., is the Chairman of Integrated Control Systems, Inc.,
a Florida Corporation, a worldwide productivity firm, and Chairman of IMPAC
University, a state licensed degree granting University in Florida.
Dr. Irwin grew up in the Bronx area of New York City, in a traditional
second-generation Irish-American family. His mother's family, the McCook's and
O'Rourke's, arrived in the United States in the mid-19th century from County
Clare, Ireland. Dr. Irwin's father, also of Irish decent, was a battalion chief
in the New York City Fire Department and headed The New York City Fire College.
"My parents were definitely not wealthy.' Says Dr. Irwin, "but both were avid
readers, although my father tended to read technical books while my mother was a
fan of fiction and politics. This certainly created a rich environment with very
few limitations on ambition and opportunity. "The sky was my limit, if there was
such a thing as a limit, and books were the friendly doorways to the sky".
Dr. Irwin purchased IMPAC in 1972 when it had only six employees. Today the
company and its affiliates are the world's largest management-productivity
engineering organization working exclusively in this field and guarantying
results.
IMPAC companies around the world have a contract staff of 2,000 management and
productivity specialists that annually work on over 600 projects for client's
corporations and institutions in more than 60 countries around the world.
Dr. Irwin has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the United
States Military Academy at West Point. He participates in a variety of
educational programs, such as the West Point Conference on Business and Ethics.
In 1994, Dr. Irwin endowed the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the
globe's richest literary prize for a single work of fiction. Each year a winning
author receives 100,000 Euros.
Dr. Irwin is also the founder of the leading literary prize for Mexican
Writers, the IMPAC Monterey Literary Award, conducted in partnership with
Monterey Institute of Technology. The IMPAC Award for Young Writers, which
> honors the best work of young authors from throughout the State of
Connecticut, was established by Dr. Irwin and is co-sponsored by the Connecticut
State University.
The, United States National Task Force for Children has honored Dr. Irwin, for
his work in promoting children's rights throughout the United States. He
had been honored and recognized by the Adam Walsh Foundation for Missing and
Exploited Children, The Muscular Dystrophy Association, The American Cancer
Society, The American Heart Association and many other charitable and
philanthropic organizations around the world.
Dr. Irwin serves as Treasurer of the International Democratic Union an alliance
of more than 70 center right political parties from countries throughout the
world. Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and former British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher founded the organization. Annually Dr. Irwin supports
the IDU "Young Leaders Forum" bringing together young
parliamentarians and other elected leaders for a conference held at IMPAC
University twice annually.
Dr. Irwin is a director and a member of the Executive Committee of the Center
for Democracy in Washington, the international organization that promotes the
rule of law, in open and just societies. Through this organization, he works
tirelessly for traditional democratic values and for the cause of fair
procedures and public liberty.
Dr. Irwin also serves on the Board of Florida Intergovernmental Relations
Foundation, which assists the State of Florida in business cultural and
governmental relations with other nations.
Dr. Irwin has dual citizenship, Irish and American, and has been repeatedly
named one of "The Top 100 Irish Americans" by the Irish American Magazine.
Dr. Irwin has three adult children, four grandchildren, and an amazingly busy
life. He travels more than 40 weeks of the year visiting IMPAC offices, clients
and associates all over the world, as well pursuing a variety of international
civic and public services activities.
For additional information:
Contact
Judge Eugene
Sullivan (ret) at
JudgeSullivan@West-Point.org
or (202) 390-5959