Jack G. Webb photograph collection, 1940-1989

Jack Gale Webb was born November 9, 1912 in Pasadena, California to George Washington and Gladys Jackson Webb. He graduated from San Diego State University.

Jack began his career with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in 1942 as a flight inspection pilot on Los Angeles, California. During his thirty two years of experience with the FAA he held several leadership positions including Director of Flight Standard Controllers, Section Chief and then Section Division Chief of the Washington DC headquarters, Deputy Director of the Southern Region Headquarters and Director of the FAA’s national Aviation Facilities Experimental Center in Atlantic City. In 1970 he became Director of the Alaskan Region and directed the Pacific-Asia Region in 1972 until he retired in 1975.

In March of 1934, Jack married Hildreth “Dottie” Osborne. Together, Jack and Dottie had two children, Jack Webb, Jr. and Marilynne Wright. Jack passed away on November 6, 1990 in his home in Bloomington, Utah. His wife, Dottie died on June 7, 2001.