Jack Eckerd's family includes seven children — two from a previous marriage, plus three adopted and two of his own after his marriage to Ruth Eckerd ( 1922-July 18, 2006 ).

A businessman to the core, Eckerd always introduced himself as " Jack Eckerd — Clearwater, Florida ".

After serving as a pilot in World War II, Jack Eckerd started a phenomenal expansion of the chain by buying three stores in Florida in 1952.

The company went public as Jack Eckerd Corp. in 1961 and when Eckerd sold his shares in 1986, there were about 1, 500 stores.

In the President ’ s words, “ Jack ran GSA cleaner than a hound ’ s tooth .” Ford also named Eckerd to serve on the U. S. O.

* Florida Presbyterian College in St. Petersburg, Florida, changed its name to Eckerd College in 1972 following a $ 12. 5 million contribution from Jack, who also served for a time as its interim president.

* In 1968, Jack and Ruth Eckerd founded Eckerd Youth Alternatives ( known simply as " Eckerd "), a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to strengthening children, families and communities, using an Outdoor Therapeutic Program model that included opening the first OTP in the state of Florida for boys in 1968 and the first first OTP for girls in the southeastern United States.

In 1987, Jack wrote his autobiography with Paul Conn, Eckerd: Finding the Right Prescription.

The sale erased the chain's name among its 622 Florida stores, where it had been synonymous with the pharmacy business since Jack Eckerd bought three old drugstores in the Tampa Bay area in 1952.

Jack Eckerd, son of the founder, was responsible for the expansion of the company when he acquired three stores in Florida in 1952.

Jack Eckerd, the son of the founder of the drug store chain, made a large donation to Florida Presbyterian College in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1971, after which it was renamed in his honor as ( Eckerd College ).

Hawkins was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for the U. S. Senate in 1974, which was won by Jack Eckerd.

In 1978, she was the Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor on the ticket headed by Jack Eckerd.

** Jack Eckerd / Paula Hawkins ( R )

In 1971, Jack Eckerd donated $ 12. 5 million to the college, the largest single gift it had received to that date.

The past presidents of the college are William Kadel ( 1958-1968 ), Billy Wireman ( 1968-1977 ), Jack Eckerd ( 1977, Interim President ), Peter Armacost ( 1977-2000 ), and Eugene Hotchkiss ( 2000-2001, Interim President ).

In 1970, Kirk struggled through two Republican gubernatorial primaries against drugstore magnate Jack Eckerd of Clearwater and state Senator and later U. S. Representative L. A.

Millionaire Eckerd drug store chain owner, Jack Eckerd, defeated Paula Hawkins for the Republican nomination.

On 2 May 2011 CEO Jack Pelton retired.

The 1974 edition lists Jack Boyle, age 52, of Barrow-in-Furness as having consumed a 3 pint yard of ale in 10. 15 seconds on May 14, 1971.

On May 11, Florida replaced manager Jeff Torborg with 72-year-old Jack McKeon.

Houston sent second baseman Joe Morgan, infielder Denis Menke, pitcher Jack Billingham, outfielder Cesar Geronimo and prospect Ed Armbrister to Cincinnati for first baseman Lee May, second baseman Tommy Helms and infielder Jimmy Stewart.

Whitstable, Kent, hosts a good example of more traditional May Day festivities, where the Jack in the Green festival was revived in 1976 and continues to lead an annual procession of morris dancers through the town on the May Bank Holiday.

A traditional Sweeps Festival is performed over the May bank holiday in Rochester, Kent, where the Jack in the Green is woken at dawn on 1 May by Morris dancers.

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* May 2 – Jack Barry, American television host and producer ( b. 1918 )

* May 1 – Jack Paar, American television show host ( The Tonight Show ) ( d. 2004 )

* May 3 – Jack Weston, American actor ( b. 1924 )

* May – Jack London's novel White Fang is serialized in The Outing Magazine.

* May 1 – Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player and coach ( b. 1895 )

* May 26 – Jack Kevorkian, American physician, right-to-die advocate ( d. 2011 )

* May 6 – Babe Ruth hits his first career home run off of Jack Warhop.

* May 31 – Jack Holt, American actor ( d. 1951 )

* May – The Hulk debuts with The Incredible Hulk # 1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

* May 10 – Jack E. Leonard, American comedian ( b. 1910 )

* May 2 – Comedian Jack Benny's radio show airs for the first time.

* May 13 – The Premier of New South Wales, Jack Lang, is dismissed by the State Governor, Sir Phillip Game.

* May 8 – Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.

Jack Bruce told Detroit's WCSX radio station in May 2007 that there were plans for a Cream reunion later in the year.

After sessions with Ted Lewis ( 1930 ), Jack Teagarden ( 1931 ), and Billy Banks's Rhythmakers ( 1932 ), he began in May 1934 the voluminous series of recordings with a small band known as Fats Waller and his Rhythm.