James and Helena Case were members of the Forum. There is no record that they performed regular duties associated with getting the papers to print like the Contact Commissioners; but they probably served in consultative capacity in observation of the contact personality. Dr James Thomas Case was one of the leading radiologists of the early period of radiology between 1900 and 1942. An accomplished surgeon and clinician, he became very interested in the development of radiology as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool. Very early in his career, he traveled extensively in Europe, primarily France and Germany, acquainting himself with the development and advances in radiology, which were occurring predominantly in those countries. He was fluent in several languages, especially German, French, and Spanish. His translations of Alban Koehler's text on Borderlands of the Normal and Early Pathologic Skeletal Roentgenology and the multi-volume work of Schinz, Baensch, Friedl and Uehlinger were well received.

James T Case was born on 5 Jan 1882, son of James Henry Case and Francis Fannie Robertson in San Antonio, Texas. On 28 Aug 1908, in Battlecreek, Michigan, James married (Jesse) Helena Margaret Sargent (1883-1959), who was born on the Isle of Wight, England. Her parents were Daniel Sargent and Francis White. They had two children, Margaret Francis, born November 2, 1915 in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, USA in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Herbert Roland, born 27 Mar 1910 in Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA.

James and Helena both attended the American Missionary College of Medicine in Chicago in the same period as Dr Lena and William Sadler. James T Case was trained in surgery and practiced at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, Michigan. Dr. Case was particularly interested in gastrointestinal radiology as well as osteology. In 1913, he was one of the founders of the Chicago Roentgen Society. In 1914, he published a four-volume work on the GI tract. He published over 100 major articles during his professional career, and he was appointed editor of the American Journal of Roentgenology in 1916. He traveled extensively in Central and South America, conducting teaching seminars and visiting South American radiologists. He was president of the Chicago Roentgen Society in 1915-1917. In World War I, he was the Chief of Radiological Services for the American Expeditionary Forces in France. In 1920, he was President of the American Roentgen Ray Society and the American Radium Society in 1923.

In 1929, they moved permanently to Chicago, though it is evident through his letters that James was consistently involved professionally in Chicago from 1907. He was the first Professor and Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois and editor for the American Journal of Surgery. During various periods, he was a radiologist at Evanston Hospital, Highland Park Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital, and St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago.

Margaret Frances Case, their daughter, spent her teenage years in Cooperstown, NY, at the Knox School for Girls, and maintained a regular correspondence with her father, Dr. James T. Case. The letters from Dr. Case to his daughter are full of fatherly affection, as well as concern for Margaret's academic progress and his wife's chronic ill health. After moving to Chicago, his letters to his daughter encouraged her to join "the Forum." In one letter to his daughter, he refers to John Harvey Kellogg as Grandpa Kellogg. Though Helena was not one of the seven officially adopted children of the Kelloggs, she was one of the many SDA children who were considered family.

In the 1950s the Cases moved to Santa Barbara, California. Helena died 10 Aug 1959 and James on 24 May 1960. Dr James T Case bequeathed money to the Urantia Brotherhood upon his death.

Dr James T Case received the gold medals of the Radiological Society of North America, the American Roentgen Ray Society, and the American College of Radiology. Unquestionably, he was the most widely known and respected American radiologist of his time.

Sources:
* Radiology in Illinois, Franklin Alcorn, M.D. Program of the Chicago Radiological Society at the Centennial of Radiology, 1995
* Margaret Frances Case Cook Papers, ca. 1901-1960 University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections, Santa Barbara, CA
* James T. Case (faculty), Alumni Merit Award, Northwestern Alumni Association 1959.
* American College of Radiology, ARC Gold Medal, 1955
* Radiological Society of North America, Gold Medal, 1950, Chicago, IL
* Janeway Medal, 1959 Santa Barbara, California, Janeway Lectures, "The Early History of Radium Therapy and the American Radium Society”
* James T. Case Radiological Foundation Research Award, UCLA School of Medicine
* Chicago Radiological Society, 1915-1917: James T. Case, President, Chicago, IL
* US Census 1920; Battle Creek Ward 9, Calhoun, Michigan; Roll: T625_759; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 48; Image: 594
* US Census 1930; Evanston, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 500; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 2138; Image: 446.0
* California Death Index, 1940-1997, Santa Barbara; Date: 24 May 1960; Social Security: 367268898
* Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T715, 8892 rolls); Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, DC; Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1921; Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_3065; Line: 25, Southampton, England, 14 Apr 1923 Microfilm serial: T715; Microfilm roll: T715_3281; Line: 10; Rio de Janeiro, 1925, microfilm serial: T715; microfilm roll: T715_3612; Line: 1 .
* Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc, 2000. Birth year: 1882; Birth city: San Antonio; Birth state: TX
* US Census 1900; Los Angeles Ward 6, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T623 90; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 54.
* US Census 1910; Los Angeles Assembly District 71, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_82; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 173; Image: 184. 1960.
* Quarterly Newsletter from the Executive Committee of the Urantia Brotherhood, July 15, 1960