He will be missed by everyone in the SCAD community who knew him. Eulogy for James P. Alley Jr. It is very hard to say goodbye to someone who has been so dear to us and such an important part of all our lives as Jim Alley has been. Originally from Tennessee, Jim was an accomplished artist and highly respected teacher for 37 years. He was a painter, photographer, illustrator, graphic designer, and computer guru.
Good designers can do either.
Jim received letters from strangers commending the SCAD student work Jim submitted to the Feature Gallery of America Online. I wonder if the students realize what a champion they have in you. Jim's talent for writing was one I particularly admired. In fact, rarely does one encounter such a capable writer whose primary profession is actually something else. Jim's prose was both prodigious and lucid, exhibiting the same skill for communicating complex subject matter in an absorbing, stimulating way that his teaching exemplified in the classroom.