{"id":843,"date":"2016-08-10T18:18:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T18:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/tucker\/?page_id=843"},"modified":"2023-06-07T19:49:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T19:49:25","slug":"early-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/tucker\/virtual-exhibit\/early-life-and-family\/early-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tEarly Life\n\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\tForest Park Elementary\n\t<\/h3>\n\tngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\t<p>Years Attended: ca. 1948 &#8211; 1955<\/p>\n\t<p>Tucker was born on June 13, 1943, while his parents were living in Oklahoma. While Jim Guy was still a toddler, the family moved back to Arkansas. In his youth Tucker:<\/p>\n\t<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Grew up in Arkansas suburbs<\/li>\n<li>Had two older sisters (Carol and Francis were five and eleven years older than him, respectively)<\/li>\n<li>Attended Little Rock public schools<\/li>\n<li>Served as a Cub Scout<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n\t\tForest Heights Junior High\n\t<\/h3>\n\tngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n\t<p>Years Attended: ca. 1955 &#8211; May 28th 1958<\/p>\n\t<p>Forest Heights Junior High was a brand new public school, opened when Jim Guy Tucker was in 7th grade. As a junior high student he was:<\/p>\n\t<ul>\n<li>Active in basketball, football, and track<\/li>\n<li>Became an Eagle Scout at age 12<\/li>\n<li>Inducted into the Order of the Arrow, a national honor society<\/li>\n<li>Spent free time in the woods hunting or fishing<\/li>\n<li>Toured Washington, D.C., and New York City on a Boy Scout trip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n\t\tHillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida\n\t<\/h3>\n\tngg_shortcode_2_placeholder\n\t<p>Years Attended: October 1, 1958 &#8211; December 1958<\/p>\n\t<p>Tucker reached high school right when the Central High School Crisis was disrupting school operations in Little Rock.<\/p>\n\t<p>While there, was involved in social clubs and athletics:<\/p>\n\t<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Began playing football at Hall High School in August 1958, prior to the Arkansas General Assembly&#8217;s August 26 extraordinary session, which postponed operations of any area schools threatened with desegregation<\/li>\n<li>Continued playing football from August &#8211; September, but moved to live with his aunt Lillian in Tampa, Florida, when the Little Rock Crisis was not quickly resolved<\/li>\n<li>Attended Hillsborough High School for the Fall semester of 1958<\/li>\n<li>Within the first week of playing footbal in Florida, Tucker had his nose broken twice<\/li>\n<li>Was highlighted in the local newspaper while at Hillsborough High School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n\t\tHarding Academy in Searcy, Arkansas\n\t<\/h3>\n\tngg_shortcode_3_placeholder\n\t<p>Years Attended: January &#8211; May 1959<\/p>\n\t<p>Tucker attended school in Searcy, Arkansas, with other students from the Little Rock area.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tHall High School\n\t<\/h3>\n\tngg_shortcode_4_placeholder\n\t<p>Years Attended: August 1959- May 30, 1961<\/p>\n\t<p>Tucker attended Hall High school for his junior and senior years.<\/p>\n\t<p>He participated in:<\/p>\n\t<ul>\n<li>Debate Team<\/li>\n<li>Kiwanis Club<\/li>\n<li>National Honor Society<\/li>\n<li>Football for the Warriors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n\t\tHarvard University\n\t<\/h3>\n\tngg_shortcode_5_placeholder\n\t<p>Years Attended: 1961- 1964<\/p>\n\t<p>Encouraged by a classmate to apply, Tucker submitted his application to Harvard University late and was accepted. Living in Massachusetts gave Tucker a better idea of how Arkansas differed from other areas.<\/p>\n\t<ul>\n<li>Elected Vice President of Freshmen Class and became a member Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity.<\/li>\n<li>Graduated in 1964 after just 3.5 years, with a BA in Government<\/li>\n<li>Joined the Marine Corps Reserve in the Spring of 1962, but was discharge in the summer of 1964 for a health condition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<p>Following graduation Tucker worked as head of the Young Democrats for Rockefeller to help elect Winthrop Rockefeller as governor in a race against Orval Faubus.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tVietnam\n\t<\/h3>\n\tngg_shortcode_6_placeholder\n\t<p>Years Involved: 1965 &#8211; 1967<\/p>\n\t<p>After being discharged from the Marine Corps Reserve, Tucker traveled to Vietnam as a journalist and war correspondent.<\/p>\n\t<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Correspondent and writer for ABC News, the Saigon Post, and various Arkansas papers<\/li>\n<li>Traveled to around Vietnam on two trips<\/li>\n<li>Was subpoenaed back to Arkansas to serve as witness in a murder trial<\/li>\n<li>Began interviewing and taking notes for Arkansas Men at War book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<p>Completed a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship in 1966 for study and teaching at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon.<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tUniversity of Arkansas, Fayettville\n\t<\/h3>\n\tngg_shortcode_7_placeholder\n\t<p>Years Attended: 1967-1968<\/p>\n\t<p>Less than three days after returning from his second trip to Saigon, Tucker arrived at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.<\/p>\n\t<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Worked his way through law school at gas stations<\/li>\n<li>Published Arkansas Men at War in May of 1968<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<p>Following graduation, Tucker became an associate attorney with the law firm Rose, Barron, Nash, Williamson, Carroll, and Clay, where he worked before being elected as Prosecuting Attorney of Arkansas 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0District.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\"><div class=\"entry-summary\">\n<p>Early Life Forest Park Elementary Years Attended: ca. 1948 &#8211; 1955 Tucker was born on June 13, 1943, while his parents were living in Oklahoma. 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