Jerry Junkins, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJerry Junkins
American businessman
Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1937
Date of Death: 29-May-1996
Profession: businessperson
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Jerry Junkins
- Jerry Ray Junkins (December 9, 1937 – May 29, 1996) was a U.S.
- electronics businessman who served as the president, chairman, and CEO of Texas Instruments, Incorporated from 1988 until his death in Germany, during a business trip. Junkins was born in Fort Madison, Iowa.
- He was the salutatorian of his high school class of 25 students.
- Junkins would later marry the class valedictorian, Sally Schevers.
- Junkins graduated from Iowa State University's electrical engineering program in 1959, where he was a member and chapter president of Theta Xi fraternity.
- Upon graduation, he moved to Dallas where he joined Texas Instruments, and on a part-time basis attended Southern Methodist University. A Dallas ISD elementary school in Carrollton, Texas named Junkins Elementary School was named after Junkins.
- The school opened in fall 2006. Jerry Junkins died from a myocardial infarction at the age of 58.
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