"Jim's job mandated that he spend almost every waking minute on the job, but at the same time, he gave equal heart and soul to his children," Peterson says.
Rowe's family has since moved back to Washington, where Adams now manages and owns an interior design firm. The children are back with their D.C. friends in D.C. schools. Dad commutes, and recently rollicked with his son, Christopher, in a three-legged race at the school's field day.
A Washington job could stop the two-city shuffle Rowe performs weekly.
Mass. Hall observers say Rowe may resign from fair Harvard soon, although the current Currier House resident says he has no definitive plans to leave.
"He has certain skills that lend him to all different types of endeavors," Fleming says, adding that Rowe could be an active political candidate, a "Tim Russert-kinda guy," a U.S. presidential advisor or a public relations executive if he so desired.
"Frankly, I'd love it if he'd come back and work for me," Fleming laughs. "He's great fun."