Member Profile - Jack Stites
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 2:46 pm
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.
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.