Terry Jacob:
CLASS OF 1966
Pettus High SchoolClass of 1966
Pettus, TX
Northern Oklahoma CollegeClass of 1991
Tonkawa, OK
NSF Young Scholars Program - Texas A&M UniversityClass of 1973
College station, TX
Texas A&M University - Law EnforcementClass of 1973
College station, TX
Texas A&I UniversityClass of 1971
Corpus christi, TX
Terry's Story
Life
Born in Cushing, OK and lived there
until after I finished the 6th grade in elementary school. In July
of 1960 our family found out we were being transferred with my father's employer USSteel Corp. We
were transferred to Pettus, TX which is location 75 miles South of San Antonio, on HWY 181. July
21, 1960 was our first day in South
Texas. I went through junior high
and high school in that small town.
Then my folks were transferred to Alice Texas. Then
for economic reasons I transferred
to Texas A & I Univ. I completed a
BA on 5/21/71. In the fall I taught science in middle school at Riviera, TX, drove a bus route and was the bus driver for most athletic events. After that year my contract was renewed but I surrendered it to a local family member who was certified in the science I was teaching. Then I did construction work for about 6 months and convenience store work
in Houston for 6 months while I looked for a career job. Then I went to polygraph school for 6 months, found a job as a polygraph intern in San Antonio, 1 year later took my state board, 2/3 of those taking it have to take it 3 times before they obtain a passing score. I passed on my first attempt. For 11 years I conducted over 22,000 polygraph examinations in Texas and Oklahoma. Then federal regulation made private sector use of polygraph illegal.
Next I had to hussle around to find a job. I found a job in Cushing as a demolitions expert blasting rock for a rock crusher.
This lasted two years, then the plant closed because the gravel
we were making failed the slump test, meaning it was inferior for
road construction use. Then I went back to college and brushed up on my math skills. After that I took the Conoco technician test, scored the highest score possible without being disqualified for being over educated. During the first four years I worked in a print shop in the Geophysics department. By this time 4 lay-offs had occurred and 4,000 people were gone. I applied for a technician job in R&D, scored higher on the technician test than all 2,000 other applicants and was one of two people that were qualified for the job. The remainder of my time with Conoco was spent in R&D. I was a research technician doing operations with PC controlled chemical processes determining optimum parameters of operation for future commercial facilities processes these same chemical processes for Conoco and Dupont. I was a part of 27 different projects, all successful and several highly successful.
After fourteen years my income was $75,000/yr but I had several years of shift work and I got permission from Conoco to go back to school and work on a masters in counseling. They wanted me to go back in chemical engineering, I had been working on that at night, but because of prevalent layoffs I chose the counseling field. I completed a 3 year 60 hour masters in 2 years while working full time on shift work for Conoco. When I finished my masters I waited one more year for my 50th birthday and then took early retirement. Since then I have been working on my doctorate in christian counseling. I have also been available for support for my father, who passed
on 11/2/03 and my mother who has been having health problems since
my dad's death. Along with this I am enrolled in a Bible study program over the internet, spend
time on my 25 different flight simulators. I have accumulated over 15,000 actual hours of flight time on these simulators over the last 12 years.
College
When I graduated from High School I went straight to college to SWTSC
in San Marcos and Calvin Kientz was
my roomate. I went one semester and
transferred to Texas A & I Univ. I did that because A & I had a degree
in psychology. I had determined I wanted to by a psychologist when I was 11 years old. Also I could live
at home and save my parents a bundle o...Expand for more
n room and board. Books and tuition were only$150/semester but room and board was around $3000
per semester. That semester I really enjoyed having Calvin as a
roomate but I knew his days in single life were numbered. He was already getting serious about the girl from Beeville that he was dating and later married. Five years later I graduated, one year off for military training. Actually I did not attend my own
graduation. I was in a private hospital with my brother being a
laison to the staff. That lasted all summer. The next college was 2 years later. I did postgraduate studies in polygraph, 13 weeks of
very intensive studying. Classes all day and studying till 1AM. The next college was San Antonio College, I took a speed reading course, a cource in criminal justice and an accounting course. The next time I attended college I took accounting, Business Management and Marketing. I was considering an MBA. Next I took a graduate course in abnormal psychology, maxed that course and my decision was made.This was North Texas State Un in Denton in '75. The next time I attended college was at Ok State Un in Stillwater, Ok. I was working toward Math certification. Next I attended North Ok College where I completed the course work for an Associates in Engr and Computer Science. Later, I went back to school and completed a MS in counseling before my retirement. Now I am attending Andersonville Theological Seminary working on a Doctorate in christian psychology. I am also working on certification in religious studies through the In Touch Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia. The course is a Bible Study cource in basic Bible principles that involves 4 terms of cources. Once completed then if you are interested you can go on to more indepth theology. I have spent my whole attending school not because I am a paper chaser
but because I wanted to learn and because I felt led by the Lord to take these courses, at present I have over 300 college credits, enough for 2 doctorates if the courses were all in the same field.
Workplace
After college graduation on May 21, 1971 my first career job was as
a teacher, route bus driver and bus
driver for most of the athletic events. I taught 7 middle school classes of science and had one planning period. At the end of the
year after a glowing evaluation in
February my contract was renewed.
I knew that a person married to someone from this town had certification in that field. They needed that job to be able to transition back to the community. I
gave her my job and gave her my summer pay to help them in their transition.
Military
In the spring of 1969 I kept having a recurring dream. I am dressed in olive drab fatigues, I have a 150 lb pack on my back, 500
rounds of 4.62 mm rounds in packs
on my belt, I am wearing facial
grease, carrying a M16 loaded with
the first round engaged, I hear the
whirl of the bell helicopter our
air mobil unit is attached. The
pilot is young and naive. What he
lacks in sophistication he more than makes up for in raw talent. He
can literally turn this baby upside
down and engage a fast mover in the process. Thank you Lord for such a talented man. We put our lives in his hands every day and
by jimenee he is worthy, he is worthy and he is worthy. We are now approaching the LZ, helicopter is about 10 feet from the ground
and we know our cue is to unload.
I hit the ground with lmy body quivering from the sudden adrenal
rush into my blood stream. Then
all sights disappear, all I see is
a white light. What is happening?
The light continues, white white no
focus, no images but a sense of peace begins to come over me. Speaking is Charlie from LA and he
says, Oh my God Jacob just got it
in the head no way he will survive
that hit. Let him lay our medics
will police him up once the LZ is
no longer hot.
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