Interview with Reverend Jim Zmyslo

"Again, you can't do it yourself. You need people to help you along the way."

The Rev. Jim Zmyslo is the Episcopal Chaplain of the Episcopal Campus Ministry (ECM) at Penn State University, University Park, PA. He was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania in December 2007 having completed requirements for the Master of Divinity curriculum at The General Theological Seminary, New York City in May 2007. In 1992 he earned a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He continued post graduate work in Electrical Engineering at Penn State from 1996 to 2000.

He retired from the Navy in 1996 after serving in several capacities in the field of naval intelligence. His employment with the Applied Research Laboratory, Penn State in 1996, after retirement as a naval officer, established his initial connection with the State College area.