Career
Junkins was born in Fort Madison, Iowa. He was the salutatorian of his high school class of 25 students. Junkins would later marry the class valedictorian, Sally Schevers.
Junkins graduated from Iowa State University"s electrical engineering program in 1959, where he was a member and chapter president of Theta Xi fraternity.
Upon graduation, he moved to Dallas where he joined Texas Instruments, and on a part-time basis attended Southern Methodist University. A Dallas Information Systems Development elementary school in Carrollton, Texas named Junkins Elementary School was named after Junkins.
The school opened in fall 2006. Jerry Junkins died from a myocardial infarction at the age of 58.
