Southwest Baptist University Athletics

Graduated from Fort Atkinson (Wisc.) High School in 1953 … Served in the United States Air Force from 1953-57 … Married Cora (Smith) in the spring of 1958 in Kansas City, Mo. … The couple moved to Bolivar where Jack attended SWBC when it was still a junior college … Graduated from Southwest Missouri State with BS degree in 1962 ... In business with Johnnie Westfall through early 1960s … In 1968 was hired as registrar at SWBC, a position he held until his retirement in 1997 … Served as Bearcat softball coach from 1991-94 … Also served in other roles for SBU Athletics including announcer, scorekeeper and administrator as well as being a huge supporter of the Bearcats throughout his life … Many of his family members were graduates of SBU and/or were also connected to SBU for many years including two sons-in-law: Mike Pitts who served as director of athletics for over a decade and Robert Murders, an SBU Athletics Hall of Famer in baseball and football ... Was a longtime member of FBC-Bolivar … Passed away on March 4, 2018.