Background
Jackson, Bill D. was born on April 23, 1937 in Mulberry, Arkansas, United States. Son of Ernest W. and Mattie (Murray) Jackson.
Jackson, Bill D. was born on April 23, 1937 in Mulberry, Arkansas, United States. Son of Ernest W. and Mattie (Murray) Jackson.
Student, Fort Smith Junior College, Arkansas, 1955-1956; student, University Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1956-1959; student, Indiana State University, Evansville, 1972-1973, 78.
Managing editor, Jacksonville Daily Progress, Texas, 1960-1961; news editor, managing editor, Paris News, Texas, 1961-1963; city editor, managing editor, editor, Evansville Courier, Indiana, 1963-1986; editor, Evansville Press, since 1986; president, Evansville Press, since 1991; instructor, U. Evansville, Indiana, 1970-1971.
Board directors Vision 2000, Albion Fellows Bacon Shelter for Battered Families, United Way Southwest Indiana, 1978-1983. President Leadership Evansville, 1982-1983. President Southwestern Indiana Easter Seals Society, 1986.
President Albion Fellows Bacon Center, 1994. Member American Society Newspaper Editors. Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors (president 1985-1986), Metropolitan Evansville Chamber of Commerce (director 1978-1987), Sigma Delta Chi (president Cardinal states chapter).
Married Alice Ann Morgan, September 5, 1959. Children– Kimberly, Kerry, Rod, Ryan. Married Jill Kremer, June 22, 1991.