Seniority Counts

36 years

Jim Von Eschen

University of Wisconsin

A high school fascination with Ben Franklin and the printing industry has turned into 36 years of service to the University of Wisconsin Printing Services in Madison, Wis., for Jim Von Eschen. Von Eschen began working in the pressroom in 1962, printing and setting type. This is where he learned to be a "true craftsman," he says. He later got into management and is now shop supervisor.