Jan Fortune Explained

Jan Fortune
State House:Florida
District:Seminole County
Term Start:1967
Term End:1968
Term Start1:1963
Term End1:1965
Birth Date:24 November 1926
Birth Place:Pottsville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Party:Republican
Spouse:Donna Martin
Education:Pennsylvania State University (BS)
University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
Battles:World War II
Korean War

Jan Fortune (born November 24, 1926) was an American politician and engineer in the American state of Florida.

Career

Fortune was born in 1926 in Pennsylvania to Robert J. and Blanch (Rauch) Fortune, of Scottish and Dutch ancestry.[1] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial management from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

Fortune worked for the Westinghouse Air Brake Company in Pennsylvania, Curtiss-Wright in New jersey, A. T. Kearney and Company in Chicago, and the Glenn L. Martin Company in Florida.

He served in the Florida House of Representatives for Seminole County from 1963 to 1965 and 1967 to 1968.[2]

Personal life

Fortune married Donna Martin of Norwood, New York, in 1953. They have one son, Jan Eric. Fortune served in the United States Army Signal Corps as a lieutenant during the Korean War and with the United States Maritime Service in World War II. He is Protestant.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Florida Lives: The Sunshine State Who's Who, a Reference Edition Recording ... - Charles L. Trinkner - Google Books . Google Books. 2014-01-03. Trinkner . Charles L. . 1966 .
  2. Web site: Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County, 1845-2012 . Ward, Robert L. / Florida House of Representatives . 2011 . December 11, 2011.