Jack Ford:  

Life: Raised in Temple City in southern CA, my family moved to Red River County Texas in 1959 where I began 8th grade at the Dimple Unified School a very rural K-12 school. We then moved to the “big” town of Paris, TX where I finished 8th grade and attended Paris High School for my freshman year, 1960-61. We then returned to CA, this time to the north state area where I graduated from Roseville High School, in Roseville, CA in 1964. I worked for Safeway and Raley's Supermarkets as a clerk while I worked my way through 5 years of college, first graduating with an AA degree in the winter of 1966 from Sierra College in Rocklin, CA where I served as Editor-In-Chief of the college newspaper and yearbook and as a member of Student Government. Moving on to Sacramento State University I earned my BA degree in Government/Journalism in the Spring 1969 and then worked on a teaching credential until the following year chosing however not to pursue a teaching career. While at Sac State I become a life-long member of Sigma Phi Epsilon national fraternity and was Editor-In-Chief of the college yearbook in 1969 and in 1970 and I was very active in school spirit activities. I began my financial services career with Pacific Life in December 1968, In the spring 1980 I graduated from American College, PA - studying a financial planning curriculum and went on to pass the national exams for certification as a Certified Financial Planner, CFP® certificant and became an Investment Advisor Representative for Princor Financial Services, Inc, Des Moines, IA as well as a Senior Financial Advisor for Principal Financial Group® in 1980. My practice remained at the Principal until my retirement in 2014. My favorite teachers in high school? The ones that gave me the most personal, confidence, knowledge and wisdom before I left Roseville High, are Mr. Ernie Titus and Mr. Jack Pelletier both English teachers, Mrs. Marjorie Lieser my typing teacher and Ms. Noel Ring, my Journalism instructor. I am sure they all would be amazed to hear this. My favorite coaches from Roseville were: Mr. George Goto, Mr. Fred Besana, Mr. Carl Foote and Mr. Barney Ransome, and from Paris High School (Paris, Texas that is), Mr. Bill Redell. Each of these gentlemen had so much confidence in me that it actually rubbed off onto me and helped me pursue and obtain my college diploma while almost everyone else (including my high school advisor) along the way told me I could never accomplish that. My favorite college professors at Sierra College were Mr. Donald Muir, Coach George Goto, Dr. John Creelman, Ms. Alison Hare and everyones favorite Dr. Robert Corbett. At Sac State it was Dr. Gary Wilhelm, Dr. Howard Dorman, Dr. Lee Thompson and the most important to me was my college math professor in my senior year whose name I cannot remember (I am very sorry to say), because without his personal help I would have never passed the required college math course for teacher candidates in order to graduate. I waited to take it until my senior year, (dumb decision) and by then I forgot what little ma...Expand for more