Jack's History
 

Aviation Cadet, US Army Air Corps, March, 1944

Entered service, June, 1945, automatically transferred to US Army, Infantry for invasion of Japan. While in training, war ended; transferred back to USAAC.

Honorable Discharged: 1946

Bachelor of Science, Aeronautics, St. Louis University, 1951

Dropped out a semester in summer, 1950 when G. I. Bill ran out of money

Sold Encyclopedias door-to-door; made enough money to return to school; graduated 1951

Won wings as a USAF fighter pilot, September 1952

Korea, 61 close air support combat missions, 1953

USAAF Test Pilot, 1954-1955: Project Pilot on the development of the world's first supersonic fighter,
the North American F-100 SUPER SABRE.

Lockheed experimental Test Pilot, 1955-1958: test flew the world's first MACH 2 XF and YF 104A, STARFIGHTER to altitudes of 70,000 feet and speeds to 1500 mph.

Member, Society of Experimental Test Pilots, 1961 to present. Past luncheon, publicity, and symposium chairman.

Sales engineer; servo hydraulic systems, mechanical actuators, Lockheed POLARIS A-1, 2, and 3. Company got caught in hostile takeover; bankruptcy followed. 1958-1961

Northrop Corporation, 1961-1964.  Resigned.

Started The Simpson Company, 1964 on $300 a month as a janitor. Every business has its advantages. Being a janitor kept me from biting my fingernails!

Professor of Marketing and Sales (as an avocation) at Orange Coast College, night school, 8 years

Professor of Marketing and Sales, now as a vocation, at Pioneer Pacific College, Wilsonville, Oregon.

California Teaching Credential (Community College Level).

Consulting contracts with a number of industrial, commercial and service corporations, specializing in defining the customer, marketing plans, business plans, financial responsibilities and accountabilities of corporate personnel and clarifying what is effective communication.

Raised four boys through BIG BROTHERS

Author of three books; a trilogy about philosophy, aerial combat, experimental test piloting, and the synergy between philosophy, war, the lessons of history, and free enterprise. The great Greek philosopher, SOCRATES, is his mentor

A fourth book “SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT” has been submitted to the publisher. It is a fictional
story about a consensus high school All American halfback who gives up numerous scholarship offers
to become a monk. Surprising finish!!

Married at 60 to a very bright, articulate blonde.