Jim, 66, Retired as a Chemical Company Executive. Then He Went Back to School and Became a Nurse: “Grateful for the Chance to Do What I’m Doing”

Jim Segbers spent decades as a chemical engineer and retired as an executive vice president. Most people would call that a finished career. He called it a starting point.

In April 2025, at 66, Segbers was the oldest of 50 students in the graduating class at Goldfarb School of Nursing in St. Louis, according to First Alert 4 reporter Russell Kinsaul of KMOV.

“I feel like I’ve got a little bit left to give,” he told the station…