Sam Land

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I am a member of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, Jefferson Lodge No.43 AF&AM from Jefferson City, and Past Master of Lodge No.326, Linn Missouri. I am a York Rite and Scottish Rite Mason.

Biography

I was born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri on January 8, 1945. at 1:35 A.M. My Mom couldn't be there as she was at Bingo. I have lived through the technological advance and am not sure is was an advance., I am getting old with white hair and other challenges, and I expect better things to happen in the future.

One of the most important aspects of my life is that my mother and father were separated (and never divorced) when I was 2. My mother and I lived our entire lives with her father and mother, giving me a very different look at relationships and outlooks. I never saw my father to remember him. An important part of this is that my mother was married at 15 and had me at 17. That exact pattern was also accomplished my her mother. I was just 34 years younger than my grandmother. My mother and grandmother were both mothers to me and I had no father as my grandfather worked overseas as a chef, starting and operating food services on military basses in Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. I grew up in a woman's world.

Education

Kindergarten and 1st grade: Humboldt Elementary School, Kansas city, Jackson. Missouri.

2nd grade: Norclay Elementary School, North Kansas City, Clay, Missouri.

3rd to 5th(first half): McElroy Dagg Elementary School. North Kansas City, Clay, Missouri.

5th grade (second half) to 6th grade: Southwest Elementary School, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri.

7th to 9th grade: Simonsen Junior High School, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri.

High School: Jefferson City Senior High School, Jefferson City, Cole, Missouri. Graduated May, 1963.

College

Truman State University, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri. BSE.

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Illinois. MBA.

Military

I enlisted in the United States Air Force in March, 1967 with a deferred entry until June, 1967.

June. July , and August, 1967, at Lackland AFB San Antonio, Texas.

September, 1967 to Aug 1968, Electronics School, Lowry AFB. Denver, Colorado.

McClellan AFB. Sacramento, California as depot level maintenance technician.

Ascension Island, mid-Atlantic, operational technician.

McClellan AFB. Sacramento, California, as depot level maintenance technician.

RAAF Amberley, Brisbane, Australia, operational technician.

Patrick AFB, Florida, administration.

Occupation

Teacher of Business subjects at McCluer High School, Ferguson-Florissant School District, Ferguson, Missouri.

Teacher of business subjects at LIndenwood College, evening adult education, St. Charles, Missouri.

McDonnell-Douglas Corp., Manager of Occupational Safety and Health, Harpoon Missile Complex, St,Charles, Missouri.

Retired in 1991 due to medical problems.

Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by Sam Land at registration.

I hold the birth certificate for Sammy Leroy Land issued by the State Board of Health of Missouri, 1945 Standard Certificate of Live Birth (State File No.1246 and Register's File No. 373.) SLL

I hold the marriage License for Sammy Leroy Land and Marsha Rae (Cook) Davis issued by the State of Arkansas, County of Boone, on 29 February 2000.Russell S. Morgan OSJ presiding. SLL

U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2

U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012

U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012

U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012

U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012