Biographical Sketch of Jack Stites
Chief Instructor, President and Past President of RCMB and Honored Recipient of RCMB’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009
Originally from Littlestown, PA, I spent four years in the U.S Navy, specifically in the Naval Air in anti-sub warfare from 1954 – 1958. After my service in the Navy I entered the Peabody Conservatory of Music, which is part of the Johns Hopkins University. My music training was from Peabody and all academic classes were done through Hopkins. After I graduated, I taught in the Baltimore School System as Band Director, mostly at Loch Raven. While teaching, I received a Master’s Degree in Education from Towson State. I retired from teaching with 31 years of service and then worked as a technician copiers and fax machines for another ten years. I am now 76 and am truly enjoying retirement.
I spent 20 years in organized target and field archery, For six years , I was the Mid-Atlantic Councilman for the National Field Archery Association.
Then I started into RC models and that is what brought me to this point in life. I worked my way up to big and fast and then slow planes, I taught my son and he is a corporate pilot now and files all over the world. I do get him on the ground sometimes so we can still enjoy the hobby together.