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<em>Jack Borden</em> was born in Beaumont, Texas on 8 October 1914, the son of Christian and Alma (Gloer) Borden. He was graduated from Beaumont High School in 1934 and from Lamar Junior College (now Lamar University) in 1936. He was appointed to the Military Academy by United States Representative Martin Dies, Jr., and graduated in 1940.</p>
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Jack first was stationed with the 25th Infantry Regiment at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. During World War II, he served with the 3rd Infantry Regiment at Fort Pepperell, Newfoundland. He was with the 71st Infantry Division when it made the farthest advance into Austria of any American unit.</p>
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Following the war, Jack was with SHAEF Headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. He later was assigned as an ROTC instructor at the North Dakota Agricultural College in Fargo, North Dakota. Jack served as an information officer at Fort Benning, Georgia in the early 1950’s before being assigned to the Korean Military Academy as an advisor during the Korean Conflict.</p>
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He returned to the United States, where he taught in the Army Information School at Fort Slocum, New York. Jack’s final tour of duty was as advisor to the 42nd Street Army Reserve Center in New York City.</p>
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Jack earned a Bronze Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the European-Africa-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two Bronze Campaign Stars, the Korean Service Medal with two Bronze Campaign Stars, the Purple Heart and the United Nations Service Medal.</p>
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After retirement as a lieutenant colonel in 1961, Jack moved to Bryan, Texas, where he obtained his teacher certificate at Texas A&M College (now Texas A&M University). He earned his master’s in education from A&M in 1964. From 1961-74, Jack taught mathematics and physics at the junior college and high school level at Allen Military Academy in Bryan, where he also served as head of the mathematics department. He moved to the Bryan Independent School District in 1974, teaching mathematics at Stephen F. Austin Junior High School until his retirement in 1984. He also taught mathematics for Blinn Junior College’s Bryan campus at night.</p>
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Jack married Shirley F. Baker of North Tarrytown, New York on 2 July 1941 in Beaumont, Texas. Jack and Shirley enjoyed traveling in their travel trailers, and later their motor home, touring almost every state in the union. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Bryan, Texas, where he was a member of the Upper Crust. He was a member of the Retired Officers Association, Phi Delta Kappa education fraternity and the Gulf Coast Rebels Travel Club. He was a volunteer worker with the American Red Cross monthly blood drives.</p>
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Services for Jack were held at the First Presbyterian Church of Bryan the afternoon of 2 February 1989. Graveside services with full military honors were at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas, the morning of 3 February 1989.</p>
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Survivors include his beloved wife, Shirley Baker Borden of Bryan, Texas; three sons, Jack, Jr. and Robert C., both of Bryan, Texas, and Bruce R. of Phoenix, Arizona; and two grandsons, Daniel Lee Borden and Bruce R. Borden, both of Phoenix, Arizona.</p>