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James Muh

Director of Mail, Document & Distribution Services

Born in Taegu, South Korea, Muh migrated to Berkeley, Calif., in 1970 and graduated from UCLA with a psychology degree in 1984. “A friend asked me to apply for a temporary position at UCLA’s Mail & Messenger Service when I returned from spending a year in Kyoto, Japan, studying the tea ceremony,” he said. “And here I am with almost 19 years of service in the same department.”

If you hadn’t chosen your current occupation, what would you have chosen?
Basketball coach or photographer.

What is your favorite journey?
Watching my daughters walk down the path of life.

What is the strangest package you’ve dealt with in your job?
A box wrapped in brown paper addressed to Bill Clinton arrived when he was here for an engagement. We called UCPD because the package had signs of a bomb: no return address, too much postage and oil stains. The police blew up the package, which turned out to be chocolate chip cookies from an anonymous admirer.