Background
Capps, Jack Lee was born on July 16, 1926 in Liberty, Maryland, United States. Son of Ernest Lee and Georgia Dean (Ha..) Capps.
Capps, Jack Lee was born on July 16, 1926 in Liberty, Maryland, United States. Son of Ernest Lee and Georgia Dean (Ha..) Capps.
Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1940. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1963.
Battery officer Commander 7th Field Artillery, Schaubauch, Germany, 1949—1952. Operations officer 82d Airborne Division Artillery, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 1952—1953. Battery Commander and adjutant 86th Missile Battalion, Chicago, 1954—1956.
Military advisory Imperial Ethiopian Military Academy, Adoisababa, Ethiopia, 1956—1958. Professor United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1959—1988. Chairman english department United States Military Academy, West Point, 1981—1988.
Visiting professor University Massachusetts, 1965, American University, Beirut, 1970, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England, 1980. Colonel United States Army, 1948-1988.
Tour director Hanover Area History Society, 1994—2000. President. Rotary International, 1992—1993. Institutional representative Boy Scouts American, West Point, 1977—1987.
Fellow: Harry Son of Truman Institute. Member: American Association of University Professor, Modern Language Association.
Married Marie Theodora Pappas, July 29, 1953. Children: Steve George, Caroline Kate.