Dr. Bryan Jack graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler, Texas in 1970 as a National Merit Scholar and Presidential Scholar for the State of Texas. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with honors in 1974 and studied in Japan as a Henry Luce Scholar. He received an M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1978, and received his Doctorate in Economics from the University of Maryland in 1991. In 2000, he was appointed Adjunct Professor of Economics at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He worked for the Department of Defense at the Pentagon for 23 years as a budget analyst and director of the programming and fiscal economics division. He was awarded the Defense Exceptional Service Medal for his work in 1998 and 2000. On September 11, 2001, he was headed to California to give a lecture at the Naval Postgraduate School. He died when the plane he was on, American Airlines Flight 77, crashed just 200 feet from his office. His hometown of Tyler, Texas named Jack Elementary School in his honor.
THE PARIS NEWS, Monday, Sep. 17, 2001: "Bryan Creed Jack, 48, son of James and Marie Myers Jack of Tyler, formerly of Paris, was killed Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, when the hijacked American Airline plane crashed into the Pentagon. He was traveling to California on State Department business and was one of 60 passengers who died. Ironically, if he had been in his office in the Pentagon he would have been safe.
He was born Jan. 3, 1953, at Travis Air Force Base in California. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler and attended and graduated from California Institute of Technology. He studied for a year in Japan as a Luce Scholar then returned to Cal Tech for a year of graduate work before receiving an MBA from Stanford. He then received a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Maryland.
He went to work for the Pentagon upon graduation and had worked there since 1978. He was in charge of an office in the programs analysis and evaluation section of the Secretary of Defense's administrative group. He was a senior executive, the top level civilian position in the Pentagon next to appointees. He also had supervisory responsibilities for a school for the Department of Defense and was traveling there when the plane was hijacked.
He is survived by his wife of three months. Barbara Rachko Jack of New York City; his mother and father, James and Marie Jack of Tyler; a brother, James Terry Jack of Denver, Colo.; two nephews, James Jack of New York City and Brett Roger Jack of San Jose, Calif.; a niece, Heather Jack-Doyle of San Jose; an aunt and uncle, Ollie and Gloria Jack of Dallas, Martha McGinty of Houston; an aunt and uncle in Paris, Gene and Ruth Ann Stallings, and other relatives in the Paris area. He was the grandson of the late Ollie C. and Bertha Jack and the late Creed and Bertha Myers, all of Paris. A memorial service will be held in Washington, D.C. at a later date."
Source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (06/25/2023)
THE PARIS NEWS, Monday, Sep. 17, 2001: "Bryan Creed Jack, 48, son of James and Marie Myers Jack of Tyler, formerly of Paris, was killed Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, when the hijacked American Airline plane crashed into the Pentagon. He was traveling to California on State Department business and was one of 60 passengers who died. Ironically, if he had been in his office in the Pentagon he would have been safe.
He was born Jan. 3, 1953, at Travis Air Force Base in California. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler and attended and graduated from California Institute of Technology. He studied for a year in Japan as a Luce Scholar then returned to Cal Tech for a year of graduate work before receiving an MBA from Stanford. He then received a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Maryland.
He went to work for the Pentagon upon graduation and had worked there since 1978. He was in charge of an office in the programs analysis and evaluation section of the Secretary of Defense's administrative group. He was a senior executive, the top level civilian position in the Pentagon next to appointees. He also had supervisory responsibilities for a school for the Department of Defense and was traveling there when the plane was hijacked.
He is survived by his wife of three months. Barbara Rachko Jack of New York City; his mother and father, James and Marie Jack of Tyler; a brother, James Terry Jack of Denver, Colo.; two nephews, James Jack of New York City and Brett Roger Jack of San Jose, Calif.; a niece, Heather Jack-Doyle of San Jose; an aunt and uncle, Ollie and Gloria Jack of Dallas, Martha McGinty of Houston; an aunt and uncle in Paris, Gene and Ruth Ann Stallings, and other relatives in the Paris area. He was the grandson of the late Ollie C. and Bertha Jack and the late Creed and Bertha Myers, all of Paris. A memorial service will be held in Washington, D.C. at a later date."
Source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (06/25/2023)
Dr. Bryan Jack graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler, Texas in 1970 as a National Merit Scholar and Presidential Scholar for the State of Texas. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with honors in 1974 and studied in Japan as a Henry Luce Scholar. He received an M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1978, and received his Doctorate in Economics from the University of Maryland in 1991. In 2000, he was appointed Adjunct Professor of Economics at George Washington University in Washington, DC. He worked for the Department of Defense at the Pentagon for 23 years as a budget analyst and director of the programming and fiscal economics division. He was awarded the Defense Exceptional Service Medal for his work in 1998 and 2000. On September 11, 2001, he was headed to California to give a lecture at the Naval Postgraduate School. He died when the plane he was on, American Airlines Flight 77, crashed just 200 feet from his office. His hometown of Tyler, Texas named Jack Elementary School in his honor.
THE PARIS NEWS, Monday, Sep. 17, 2001: "Bryan Creed Jack, 48, son of James and Marie Myers Jack of Tyler, formerly of Paris, was killed Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, when the hijacked American Airline plane crashed into the Pentagon. He was traveling to California on State Department business and was one of 60 passengers who died. Ironically, if he had been in his office in the Pentagon he would have been safe.
He was born Jan. 3, 1953, at Travis Air Force Base in California. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler and attended and graduated from California Institute of Technology. He studied for a year in Japan as a Luce Scholar then returned to Cal Tech for a year of graduate work before receiving an MBA from Stanford. He then received a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Maryland.
He went to work for the Pentagon upon graduation and had worked there since 1978. He was in charge of an office in the programs analysis and evaluation section of the Secretary of Defense's administrative group. He was a senior executive, the top level civilian position in the Pentagon next to appointees. He also had supervisory responsibilities for a school for the Department of Defense and was traveling there when the plane was hijacked.
He is survived by his wife of three months. Barbara Rachko Jack of New York City; his mother and father, James and Marie Jack of Tyler; a brother, James Terry Jack of Denver, Colo.; two nephews, James Jack of New York City and Brett Roger Jack of San Jose, Calif.; a niece, Heather Jack-Doyle of San Jose; an aunt and uncle, Ollie and Gloria Jack of Dallas, Martha McGinty of Houston; an aunt and uncle in Paris, Gene and Ruth Ann Stallings, and other relatives in the Paris area. He was the grandson of the late Ollie C. and Bertha Jack and the late Creed and Bertha Myers, all of Paris. A memorial service will be held in Washington, D.C. at a later date."
Source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (06/25/2023)
THE PARIS NEWS, Monday, Sep. 17, 2001: "Bryan Creed Jack, 48, son of James and Marie Myers Jack of Tyler, formerly of Paris, was killed Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, when the hijacked American Airline plane crashed into the Pentagon. He was traveling to California on State Department business and was one of 60 passengers who died. Ironically, if he had been in his office in the Pentagon he would have been safe.
He was born Jan. 3, 1953, at Travis Air Force Base in California. He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Tyler and attended and graduated from California Institute of Technology. He studied for a year in Japan as a Luce Scholar then returned to Cal Tech for a year of graduate work before receiving an MBA from Stanford. He then received a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Maryland.
He went to work for the Pentagon upon graduation and had worked there since 1978. He was in charge of an office in the programs analysis and evaluation section of the Secretary of Defense's administrative group. He was a senior executive, the top level civilian position in the Pentagon next to appointees. He also had supervisory responsibilities for a school for the Department of Defense and was traveling there when the plane was hijacked.
He is survived by his wife of three months. Barbara Rachko Jack of New York City; his mother and father, James and Marie Jack of Tyler; a brother, James Terry Jack of Denver, Colo.; two nephews, James Jack of New York City and Brett Roger Jack of San Jose, Calif.; a niece, Heather Jack-Doyle of San Jose; an aunt and uncle, Ollie and Gloria Jack of Dallas, Martha McGinty of Houston; an aunt and uncle in Paris, Gene and Ruth Ann Stallings, and other relatives in the Paris area. He was the grandson of the late Ollie C. and Bertha Jack and the late Creed and Bertha Myers, all of Paris. A memorial service will be held in Washington, D.C. at a later date."
Source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (06/25/2023)
