sentences:  He was a 1998 inductee into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.Born in Winter Park, Florida, Rogers was the namesake of two prominent architects in the family – his father James Gamble Rogers II and great-uncle James Gamble Rogers.As a young man, he chose to become a musician—while on his way to interview for a job at an architecture firm, he attended a Serendipity Singers audition in New York City, borrowed a guitar, tried out, and was admitted to the group.