Background
Kent, Jack Thurston was born on September 26, 1908 in Sardis, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Franklin and Daisy Josephine (Craven) Kent.
Kent, Jack Thurston was born on September 26, 1908 in Sardis, Tennessee, United States. Son of John Franklin and Daisy Josephine (Craven) Kent.
AB, Lambuth College, 1930; Master of Arts, U. Arkansas, 1931; postgraduate, Ohio State University, 1931-1933; postgraduate, Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, 1949-1952.
Professor of mathematics, Lambuth College, Jackson, Tennessee, 1930; graduate assistant, U. Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1930-1931; graduate assistant, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1931-1933; professor, head mathematics department, Fort Smith (Arkansas) Junior College, 1933-1935; professor, head mathematics department, Arkansas Technology College, Russellville, 1935-1936; from instructor to associate professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1936-1974; retired, 1974. Visiting lecturer Texas Academy Science/National Science Foundation, 1957-1965. Area director American Meteor Society, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, 1930-1945, Moon Watch Program, Bryan, Texas, 1957-1961.
Chairman March of Dimes, Bryan, 1953. Member Equalization Board, College Station, 1951. Scoutmaster to council Boy Scouts American, Russellville, Arkansas, 1936, Bryan, 1952-1965.
Married Pauline Elizabeth Oates, May 27, 1936. Children: Christine Elizabeth Johnson Ellis, David Harbet.