Bryan Creed Jack

Bryan C. Jack
Nationality American
Education MBA
Doctorate in Economics
Alma mater California Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of Maryland
Home town Tyler, Texas[1]

Bryan C. Jack was an American economist, mathematician, and professor as well as a US Defense Department analyst and executive.[2][3][4]

Jack was killed as a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77[5] that crashed into the Pentagon, where he worked, during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.[6][7]

Jack was a Director of Programming and Fiscal Economics at the US Department of Defense and Adjunct Professor of Economics at The George Washington University. He resided in Alexandria, Virginia[8] and New York City with his wife, artist Barbara Rachko.

He was twice awarded the Defense Exceptional Service Medal (1998 and 2000)[9] and posthumously received both the Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Medal and the Defense of Freedom Medal.[10] The Defense Department now awards the Bryan Jack Award for Distinguished Defense Analysis in his honor and Stanford Business School established a memorial scholarship in his name.[11]

Jack's life story was featured in the 2016 book Finding Fifteen by Tim Oliver.[12]

References

  1. "Students at Dr. Bryan C. Jack Elementary School observe Patriot Day" CBS 19. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. "TRIBUTE TO AN AMERICAN HERO, BRYAN JACK, PASSENGER ON AA FLIGHT 77" Congressional Record, November 8, 2001 to November 28 2001. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  3. "Lives, dreams cut off by terror" Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  4. "Bryan C. Jack: 'A Real Intellectual'" New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  5. "Flight 77" Boston Globe. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  6. "Portraits" New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  7. "Bryan C. Jack" Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  8. "Sept. 11: A Memorial" CNN. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  9. "Bryan C. Jack" Pentagon Memorial. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  10. "Attacks victim focus of 9-11 ceremony at namesake school" Tyler Morning Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  11. "Stanford creates memorial scholarships to honor alumni killed Sept. 11" Stanford News Service. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  12. "Chapter Eleven: Bryan" FINDING FIFTEEN: A new book about 9/11. Retrieved 2016-11-10.


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