Jess Ranson Totten died May 12, 2004. He was 76.
Born in Sherman, Texas, Jess attended the Virginia Military Institute, the Air Force Institute of Technology and Princeton, where he earned a master's degree in aeronautical engineering. He served in the Air Force as a pilot for 28 years and retired as a colonel. Subsequently, he worked at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.
Jess is survived by his wife, Julia, four sons, and 10 grandchildren.
Graduate Class of 1962