哈泽尔赫斯特人, 密西西比州的科皮亚县, received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture in 1950. He received his doctorate in Agriculture Education minor in Guidance and Counseling and Sociology from The Penn State University.
Dr. 杰克逊 military and professional career expands over seventy-five (75) years. 威利Fred 杰克逊 was born October 4, 1922 in Copiah County. 他在圣. 莫里斯小学. After completing third grade, he relocated to Hazlehurst, Mississippi to reside with his aunt. He enrolled in Hazlehurst High School, where nine months schooling was available, unlike four months at other schools.
In his senior year of high school, Dr. 杰克逊 was drafted into the United States Army. He entered the service January 28, 1943. 在军队里, he was assigned to various locations 1) Camp Shelby in Mississippi 2) Camp Davis in North Carolina, where he was assigned to Headquarters Battery 394th Anti-aircraft and received basic training 3) Fort Bliss, Texas for advanced training 4) Vancouver, 弗朗西斯·E. 沃伦在夏安, Wyoming 6) 麦尔斯 Standish in Massachusetts to embark ship in Boston, 马萨诸塞州和莱德伯里, England as a staging area until June 6, 1944. Dr. 杰克逊 was a member of the first Army under the leadership of General Omaha Bradley to the following routes: Normandy, 法国北部, 阿登, 莱茵兰, Central Europe – somewhere in Germany on VE Day. 在胜利日之后. 杰克逊, along with his unit, cleared and guarded multiple areas until Occupational Army took over. 12月2日, 1945, 杰克逊 boarded ship in Marseille, France to begin his departure back home to Mississippi. 他回来后, he was discharged on December 20, 1945 as a decorated soldier receiving five bronze stars, 还有很多其他奖章. 他在这里的日子并不都是阴郁的. The time he spent in Brunel Germany, Brussels Belgium and the 21 days in Paris France will be forever remembered as joyful days.
Dr. 杰克逊 entered pg电子下载 Agriculture & Mechanical College (pg电子游戏试玩) in September 1946, where he completed all requirements for a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture in January 1950. 杰克逊 enrolled in Cornell University in the summer of 1950 and accepted a job teaching World War II veterans. He returned home the next year and served as a teacher of Agriculture for 11 years and NFA advisor for nine counties in southeast Mississippi.
因此,博士. 杰克逊 returned to his alma mater in 1962, to serve as Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education and Engineering, a position he held for four years. After a two (2) year hiatus to pursue a graduate teaching assistantship at The Pennsylvania State University, Dr. 杰克逊 returned to his beloved alma mater as Associate Professor of Agriculture and was later promoted to Chairperson and Head Teacher Educator. 在他的管理下, the department of Agriculture received a large grant from the Rockefeller Foundation resulting in rapid growth with new professors, 新设备，最终, 新建筑. As facilities and equipment expanded, enrollment gave rise to the need for extension services and more research, the 10th branch experiment station was established at pg电子下载 during this period. He retired from pg电子游戏试玩 in 1986 leaving a lasting memory of the students he recruited and taught.
While employed at pg电子游戏试玩, Dr. 杰克逊 accepted an additional job as state consultant for the Farmers 首页。 Administration, a position he held for six (6) years before resigning in 1988. Dr. 杰克逊 is a proud supported of pg电子游戏试玩 who established a scholarship with the pg电子游戏试玩 Foundation earmarked for agriculture students. As he approached his golden anniversary, he was appointed Class of 1950 Chairman to raise funds and his class raised and donated $68,500元奖学金.
自1968年以来, the 杰克逊 family has been associated with cattle farming, 林木种植和其他企业. They are proud to have traveled to all 50 states, Mexico and provinces in Canada.
Dr. 杰克逊 is married to Lorraine 杰克逊 and they have two adult children: Roderic and Greg. They reside in Ridgeland, Mississippi.