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Jack graduated from the former Shreveport High School, prior to the opening of Clifton Ellis Byrd High School, and attended [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport, at which he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. In 1928, he graduated from the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point, [[New York]]. He received a bachelor's degree and an Army commission as a second lieutenant. He then spent one year in the 9th Infantry Regiment at Fort Sam Houston in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]].<ref name=bio/>
Jack graduated from the former Shreveport High School, prior to the opening of Clifton Ellis Byrd High School, and attended [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport, at which he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. In 1928, he graduated from the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point, [[New York]]. He received a bachelor's degree and an Army commission as a second lieutenant. He then spent one year in the 9th Infantry Regiment at Fort Sam Houston in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]].<ref name=bio/>
He resigned from the Army to attend [[Yale Law School]] in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], but left Yale for his father's alma mater, the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]] so that he could take courses needed for admission to the Louisiana bar. He then returned to Yale for his third and final year of law school and procured the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1932.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/8366/|title=Whitfield Jack (Class of 1928)|publisher=[[United States Military Academy]]|location=West Point, [[New York]]|date=October 30, 1989|accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref>
He resigned from the Army to attend [[Yale University]] Law School in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], but left Yale for his father's alma mater, the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]] so that he could take courses needed for admission to the Louisiana bar. He then returned to Yale for his third and final year of law school and procured the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1932.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/8366/|title=Whitfield Jack (Class of 1928)|publisher=[[United States Military Academy]]|location=West Point, [[New York]]|date=October 30, 1989|accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref>
==Career==
==Career==