Jack C. Davis: First president of Western Nevada Community College dies
Jack C. Davis: First president of Western Nevada Community College diesBy Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com Former college athlete supported Nevada sports throughout careerJack C. Davis, the first president of Western Nevada College, died of complications from pneumonia Saturday night.Davis, for whom the observatory at WNC is named after, was 83.Davis was born Nov. 22, 1925, in San Diego. After high school, he joined the Merchant Marine during WWII. In 1950, he joined the Veterans College Program at the University of Nevada in Reno, and earned a bachelor's degree from the College of Arts and Sciences.Davis played on the university's football team from 1947 to 1949. He also lettered in boxing. After he graduated, he became one of the top athletic officials for high school sports in Northern Nevada. Davis' son, Greg Davis of Carson City, remembered his father as a man of great integrity."Whether it was the World Boxing Council, the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the college or just being a father, he was always straight-forward and his integrity never wavered,"