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|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]

|religion=[[Episcopalian]]

|religion=[[Episcopalian]]

|alma_mater=Centenary College of Louisiana<br>

|alma_mater=Shreveport High School<br>Centenary College of Louisiana<br>

[[United States Military Academy]]<br>

[[United States Military Academy]]<br>

[[Tulane University]] Law School<br>

[[Tulane University]] Law School<br>

[[Yale Law School]]}}

[[Yale Law School]]

|branch=[[United States Army]]<br>

|branch=[[United States Army]]<br>

United States Army Reserve

United States Army Reserve

Jack's father, George W. Jack, Sr., a native of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, was from 1917 to 1924 a U. S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana; his younger brother, Wellborn Jack (1907-1991), was from 1940 to 1964 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012: Caddo Parish|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref>  

Jack's father, George W. Jack, Sr., a native of [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, was from 1917 to 1924 a U. S. District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana; his younger brother, Wellborn Jack (1907-1991), was from 1940 to 1964 a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012: Caddo Parish|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref>  

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 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>

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>