Lewis A. Jackson
was born in 1912 and started flying in 1930. He gained
his transport license in 1935; his barnstorming paid for
the B.S. he received from Marion College in Indiana in
1939. Jackson joined Cornelius Coffey in Chicago as flight
instructor before leaving for Tuskegee where he became
director of training for their CPT Program. In 1948, he
earned his M.A. in education from Miami University in
Oxford, Ohio, and his Ph.D. from Ohio State University
in Columbus in 1950. Jackson served in various teaching
and administrative positions, including the presidency,
at Central State University. He left in 1972 for an administrative
post at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. He
has maintained an interest in flying, examining applicants
for pilot licenses, and designing and building airplanes
that could also be used on roads. |