John Robert Hood, Jr., of Lockhart, Texas, formerly from Austin, Texas, New Haven, Connecticut, Nashville, Tennessee and Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, passed away on July 17th, 2015. John died from complications with pneumonia in the care of the Seton Medical Center in Hays County. Although John never married and had no children, he is survived by thousands, his students. They are his legacy and his voice for future generations. John Hood was born January 13th, 1935, in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, to the loving parents of John Robert and Margarette Elizabeth Hood. A gifted and precocious child, John graduated from high school early and matriculated to Vanderbilt University, where he earned his B.A. in English. After being drafted and serving in the …show more content…
Hood also held concurrent administrative appointments including Production Coordinator for the Yale Repertory Theatre and Director of the Electro-mechanical Research Laboratory; at Yale, he was a Pierson College Fellow. Later in life, John would regale his students with stories from the ‘glory days,’ the turbulent, yet artistically profound times under Robert Brustein. Hood spoke of mistaking Meryl Streep for an enthusiastic stage hand, of Sigourney Weaver removing pineapples from unseemly locations in a play by Christopher Durang, and of the cigarettes that Henry Winkler still owed him. John Hood spoke of legends, and, to his many students, became one …show more content…
Hood formed a Bluegrass band called Hard to Make a Living and played professionally for the next ten years in communities within the Texas hill country. John played the bass and cello along with singing in several folk, bluegrass, swing, and jazz ensembles. An advocate of the performing arts and a leader by talent and trade, John assumed the leadership of the Central Texas Bluegrass Association and spearheaded monthly publications, music productions, scholarships, and countless jam
John Hancock was born on January 12, 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was orphaned as a child and then was adopted by a wealthy merchant uncle who was childless. Hancock went to Harvard College for a business education. He graduated Harvard College at the age of 17. He apprenticed to his uncle as a clerk and proved to be honest and capable that in 1760, he was sent on a business mission to England. In England, he witnessed the coronation of King George III and engaged some of the leading businessmen of London.
Jackson was born on 1938, in Dallas, Texas. His family valued education and politics. His mother Irene graduated from Spelman College, she was a Professor of French. His father Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Sr. was a civil rights leader. He was a founder of Democratic Progressive Voter’s League in 1936. When Jackson was seven his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where his father became a pastor of the Friendship Baptist
John Adams was born October 30th, 1735, in Quincy(formerly known as Braintree), Massachusetts. The son of John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston Adams. When Adams was sixteen years old he received an scholarship to Harvard University where he graduated in 1755 at the age of twenty. After graduating he studied law in the office of James Putman a very well known lawyer even though his father wanted him to join the ministry. He earned a master's degree in 1758, from harvard and then admitted to the bar.
John C.Calhoun was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina on March 18,1782.His father Patrick Calhoun and mother Martha Calhoun.The family moved to southwestern Virginia after the passing of Patrick Calhoun elder.John
To begin with, John Tyler was born in Charles City, Virginia on March 29, 1790. His particular birthplace was on a big plantation called Greenway where he spent his first years. As a child, John was gentle and polite, but could be strong and stubborn when he desired to. His parents, John Tyler Sr. and Mary Marot Armistead Tyler both took care of John and his siblings until they were old enough to care for themselves. As a child, John enjoyed writing poetry and playing the violin in his spare time in order to keep himself occupied.
Jackson was born in 1767 in Waxhaw, South Carolina, to Scotch-Irish immigrants. He fought as a boy in the Revolutionary War, studied law, and in 1788 moved west to Nashville. In 1791, he began living with Rachel
Jack Johnson was born in Galveston, Texas, on March 31, 1878. He was born the third child of nine and the first son, of Henry and Tina "Tiny" Johnson. After a few years of school, He went to work as a laborer to help support his family. Most of his childhood was spent working on boats and
John Hardin Field was born on December 7, 1918. Benton City, Missouri was his birthplace. As was customary in those days, Roy Robert and Addie Estes Field named him after his grandfather, John Hardin Field. School for him consisted of a one-room school where he attended until the eighth grade. Having grown up as the second child in a family of eight
John Sevier is a well-known figure still figure still today in Tennessee. He was born in 1745 in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. The eldest of all his seven siblings, he workd with his father on their farm, in their tavern, helped trade fur and speculated in the real estate industry. He married at the prime age of 16 to Sarah Hawkins who he proceeded to have ten kids with. Sarah died after giving birth to the tenth baby. He then married to
John Hancock was born on January 23, 1727 in Braintree, Mass. He is the son of John Hancock and Mary Hawke. John Hancock (father) was a Harvard graduate and minister. They lived in a part of town which eventually became the
He was born on October 30, 1935. He was born in Braintree, that is now Quincy, Massachusetts. At age 16 John had received a scholarship to the school where he got his education called, Harvard University. This is where he received his undergraduate degree and his masters. At age 20, John studied law in the office of John Putnam’s, a prominent lawyer. Despite of his father’s wish for John to enter into the ministry.
James Earl Carter, Jr., also known as Jimmy Carter, was born on October 1, 1929.1 He was born in Plains, Georgia, where he lived until he was four. His father, James Earl Carter Sr., was a hardworking peanut farmer. He owned a small plot of land along with a warehouse and a store. (footnote b) Bessie Lillian Gordy,
John Wayne Gacy was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 17 1942. Gacy had an uneventful childhood up until the age of eleven. While out playing he had been struck on the head by a swing. Subsequently he suffered fainting fits for many years.
President Jimmy Carter was born October 1924 in a little town called Plains located in Georgia. As a young boy, he grew up in Archery a little nearby community and Jimmy Carter was drawn into farming just the same way his father James Earl
Born on November 30, 1667, Irish author, clergyman and satirist Jonathan Swift grew up fatherless. Under the care of his uncle, he received a bachelor 's degree from Trinity College and then worked as a statesman 's assistant. Eventually, he became dean of St. Patrick 's Cathedral in Dublin. Most of his writings were published under pseudonyms. He best remembered for his 1726 book Gulliver 's Travels.