Background
Mathews, Jack Sherman was born on August 28, 1924 in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of Franklin Roosevelt and Helen Adeline Mathews.
Foundation administrator company executive
Mathews, Jack Sherman was born on August 28, 1924 in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of Franklin Roosevelt and Helen Adeline Mathews.
Bachelor, Illinois College, 1948. Graduate School Insurance, Purdue University, 1988.
Insurance agent Equitable Life of New York, Jacksonville, 1948—1955. Agency vice president Central National Life, 1955—1968. General agent Franklin Life, Springfield, Illinois, 1969—1984.
Director training John Deere Insurance Company, 1984—1990, insurance broker, 1990—1995. Executive director Jacksonville Public Schools Foundation, since 1995. With Air Corps United States Army, 1943-1944.
President Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, 1951—1952. Consistery Valley of Springfield. Alderman City of Jacksonville, 1953—1961, board police and fire committee, 1981—1988.
Member of Elks, Shriners, Masons.
Married Elizabeth Caldwell Mathews, January 17, 1943. Children: Constance Lee Paige, John Harlan.