James B. Rasco, CPA (Retired) “Jim” as he is personally known, is a 9th generation Arkansan and Legacy Partner for the firm. Jim began his professional career in 1963 in the Little Rock office of the international CPA firm Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG). In 1973, along with two other PMM managers, Jim founded our firm – which was first known as Rasco, Burris & Winter. Over the years the firm grew to become Rasco Winter Abston and Moore, LLP which then merged with L. Cotton Thomas & Company in 2018 to become Rasco Winter Thomas, LLP.
During his sixty-year career, Jim’s extensive and specialized experience in taxation and planning for medical corporations and their related retirement plans, estates & trusts and farm corporations has been relied upon by our Arkansas community.
Jim was born and raised in DeWitt, AR. At DeWitt High, he was a four-sport star athlete and valedictorian of his senior class. He was awarded a basketball scholarship to Hendrix College, where he earned letters in basketball and track. After college, Jim took up tennis and won over fifty doubles tournaments. In the 1990s, a local television station christened Jim “The Ultimate Sports Fan” and did a feature on his collection of sports memorabilia – much of which clients could view and enjoy during office visits. He has been inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and into the Hendrix College Sports Hall of Honor. Jim and his wife of over 60 years, Pam Dunaway, have 2 married daughters and 3 cherished grandchildren. In retirement, Jim continues following the Razorbacks, writing articles about Arkansas athletes and continues his genealogical research of his Arkansas ancestors.
Education
- Hendrix College – B.A. Accounting, 1963
- University of Illinois – Graduate School of Accountancy
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) – retired
Community Involvement
- Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame – Forty-year board member
- Past President, Permanent Historian
- Country Club of Little Rock – Eight-year Officer
- Member of the Board of Governors
- Arkansas Genealogical Society – Board Member
- Little Rock Touchdown Club – Ten-year Board Member
- Introduces guest speakers at weekly meetings
- Junior League of Little Rock – Community Advisor
- Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas – Chairman of the “Builders for Christ” capital campaign
- Kiwanis Club of Little Rock
Professional Affiliations
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants – inactive
- Arkansas Society of Certified Public Accountants – inactive
- Central Arkansas Estate Planning Council and CPA Tax Discussion Group – past
- Federal Tax Institute – Chairman 7th Annual – 1968
