Jack Sampson

Personal Information

Birthplace: Beloit, Kansas

Service Information

Branch of Service: Navy

Theater of Operation: Other

Honored By: Dickinson Historical Society and Heritage Museum and the Eisenhower Foundation

Biography

John “Jack” Shearer Sampson graduated from Abilene (KS) High School in 1945 and was 18 when he received his initial naval indoctrination at the US Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, Illinois. No other information is available about his World War II service. Jack Sampson came home and earned a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State university in 1950 and got married that same year. For over 50 years, Jack and Arvy owned Sampson Communications in Hutchinson, Kansas, specializing in print and radio media, including KSKU and KLEO radio stations. Jack was appointed to the Kansas Board of Regents in 1988, and in 2022, inducted into the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He passed away at the age of 95.