Background
Jackson, Robert Emerson was born on February 21, 1926 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert Emerson and Ethel Matilda (Schandelmayer) Jackson.
Jackson, Robert Emerson was born on February 21, 1926 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert Emerson and Ethel Matilda (Schandelmayer) Jackson.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Tufts University, 1952. Postgraduate in executive development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1962.
Assistant sales manager, Foxboro (Massachusetts) Company, l952-57; sales manager, manager instrument division, director corporation planning, Trans-Sonics Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, l957-68; sales manager aircraft instrumentation, General Electric, Wilmington, Massachusetts, l968-70; assistant general manager, Sparton Technologies Inc., Albuquerque, l970-77; executive vice president, Extelcom, New York City, l977-79; vice president, Anixter Communications, Skokie, Illinois, l979-8l; president, Jackson Associations Ltd., Douglas, Michigan, l98l-.
With United States Naval Reserve, l943-46. Member Holland Chamber of Commerce (industrial development committee l988—),Lions (vice president Saugatuck-Douglas l988—).
Married Katherine G. Jackson, May l8, l946 (divorced January l979). Children: Melanie L. Jackson Baird, Melissa L. Jackson Akers. Married Kay Ann Palmer, June 29, l979.