James H. Glanville, a native Texan, entered the industrial and commercial real estate business in Houston over 48 years ago and has been an active member of HAR since early 1965. He has chaired many committees and contributed as a committee member in numerous endeavors. He was instrumental in the selection and acquisition of the present HAR facilities and served as 1976 president of HAR and as convention co-chairman for NAR at the last national convention in Houston in 1976. He was the 1979 REALTOR of the Year, and has served on the HAR Board of Directors as recently as 1992.

One of several particularly memorable and successful projects in his career included the concealed acquisition (on behalf of Eric and Baron Hilton and the Hilton Hotel Foundation) of the first and original Hilton Hotel in Cisco, Texas, which started the dynasty as recited in the Bedside Reader.

Jim is currently still very active in the real estate market, both as a broker with personal production, consulting and expert witness work, and as an investor, primarily in the Greater Houston area, Texas and with activities in several foreign markets, as well as elsewhere in the U.S., including California and Louisiana. Numerous Houston ship channel projects, activities in Fort Bend County, the airport areas, leased and investment properties, and pipeline row projects are included in his current business projects.

He is a principal in Colliers International, was an active member of the Board of Directors for more than 13 years, and is consistently among their top income producers. He was the top producer for contiguous years 2006 through 2009.

Jim is also president of James H. Glanville Company and Glanville-Mabray, Inc. which are active in both real estate and mineral development.