James E. "Jim" Dooley, 65, Utah civil rights activist, died Sunday, Dec. 13, 1998, at his Salt Lake home.
He served as president of the Salt Lake branch of the NAACP from 1968-1980 and was well-known for his civil rights crusade in Utah.Born in Arkansas, Mr. Dooley attended Philander Smith College in Little Rock on an earned scholarship.
Mr. Dooley moved to Utah in 1963 to be employed by Salt Lake County government as an Equal Opportunity Coordinator. He later worked for the Utah Department of Employment Security as a minority consultant from 1967 to 1971.
He also unsuccessfully ran for a Salt Lake County Commission seat in 1972 and worked in the anti-poverty program in the central city area of Salt Lake.
Mr. Dooley was also active in Masonic affairs and the Order of Elks. He had served as a consultant to the Salt Lake Board of Education, KUTV, the University of Utah Division of Community Development and Utah Issues.
He had been an assistant professor and lecturer in the College of Business at the University of Utah.
Funeral services will be Monday, Dec. 21, 11 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, 532 E. 700 South. Friends may call beforehand, beginning at 10 a.m. Interment will be at the Mount Olivet Cemetery.