During a series of static experiments, an exploding JATO did significant damage to the rear fuselage of an Ercoupe; one observer optimistically noted that "at least it wasn't a big hole", but necessary repairs delayed their efforts. [165] Parsons had the reputation of being a womanizer, and was notorious for frequently flirting and having sexual liaisons with female staff members at JPL and Aerojet.

Jack Perkins Jack Ray Perkins, 90, of Granite City, Illinois passed into eternal life with his Savior at 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at his home. Parsons, Summerfield and the GALCIT workers focused on the task and found success with a combination of gasoline with red fuming nitric acid as its oxidizer; the latter, suggested by Parsons, was an effective substitute for liquid oxygen. [48] Parsons himself gained further media publicity when he appeared as an expert explosives witness in the trial of Captain Earl Kynette, the head of police intelligence in Los Angeles who was accused of conspiring to set a car bomb in the attempted murder of private investigator Harry Raymond, a former LAPD detective who was fired after whistleblowing against police corruption. [100] With this money he bought the lease to 1003, which had come to be known as "the Parsonage" after him.

[54] Another scientist to become involved in the GALCIT project was Sidney Weinbaum, a Jewish refugee from Europe who was a vocal Marxist; he led Parsons, Malina, and Qian in their creation of a largely secretive communist discussion group at Caltech, which became known as Professional Unit 122 of the Pasadena Communist Party. Haley persuaded them to sell their stock, resulting in Parsons leaving the company with $11,000. In this sense Parsons was described by Carter as an "almost fundamentalist" Thelemite who placed The Book of the Law's dogma above all other doctrine. Perkins was born on December 28, 1933, in Cleveland, Ohio. [93] Smith and Helen left with Kwen for a two-room cabin in Rainbow Valley in May. Though Parsons in his mid-thirties was a "prewar relic" to the younger attendees, the raucous socials often lasted until dawn and frequently attracted police attention. Jack Morton Perkins (December 28, 1933 – August 19, 2019)[1] was an American reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman. [71] Parsons and Forman were unfazed, informing Haley of their prediction that the rocket industry would become obsolete in the postwar age and seeing more financial incentive in starting a chain of laundromats. [172] His father Marvel, after suffering a near-fatal heart attack, died in 1947 as a psychiatric patient at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., diagnosed with severe clinical depression, a condition Pendle suggested the younger Parsons inherited. Cameron scattered his ashes in the Mojave Desert, before burning most of his possessions. [84] Parsons decorated his new room with a copy of the Stele of Revealing, a statue of Pan, and his collection of swords and daggers. [1][12], "Jack Perkins, NBC Reporter and 'Biography' Host, Dies at 85", "Nature of God: Exploring Creation to Meet the Creator", "Mike Harney: MST3K Rescued by Sci-Fi Channel", "Jack Perkins, NBC newscaster who became host of A&E's 'Biography,' dies at 85", "KNBC's Perkins Heading for Island Life in Maine", "Jack Perkins, 'Biography' host and Casey Key resident, dies at 85", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Perkins_(reporter)&oldid=973450568, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 17 August 2020, at 08:28.

Two colleagues from the Bermite Powder Company described Parsons' work habits as "scrupulously neat" and "exceptionally cautious". [132] None of these works were published in his lifetime. [3], Perkins appeared on NBC Nightly News and The Today Show, and on A&E as host of Biography. [82] Conflicted in her feelings, Helen sought comfort in Smith and began a relationship with him that lasted for the rest of his life; the four remained friends. [108] Motivated to find a new partner through occult means, Parsons began to devote his energies to conducting black magic, causing concern among fellow O.T.O. [43] They continued their experiments throughout the last quarter of 1936; after the final test was successfully completed in January 1937 von Kármán agreed that they could perform future experiments at an exclusive rocket testing facility on campus. This set a precedent which according to his biographer John Carter "changed the future of rocket technology": the thermoplastic asphalt casting was durable in all climates, allowing for mass production and indefinite storage and transforming solid-fuel agents into a safe and viable form of rocket propulsion. The main reason for Arnold's appointment to this position was his provision of a donation to the Group on behalf of an anonymous benefactor. In 1945 Parsons separated from Helen after having an affair with her sister Sara; when Sara left him for L. Ron Hubbard, he conducted the Babalon Working, a series of rituals designed to invoke the Thelemic goddess Babalon to Earth. [192], Jack Cashill, American studies professor at Purdue University, argues that "Although his literary career never got much beyond pamphleteering and an untitled anti-war, anti-capitalist manuscript", Parsons played a significant role—greater than that of Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey—in shaping the Californian counterculture of the 1960s and beyond through his influence on contemporaries such as Hubbard and Heinlein. Mark and family, So sorry for your loss. With the onset of the Great Depression their fortune began to dwindle, and in July 1931 Jack's grandfather Walter died. [136] Von Kármán put Parsons in touch with Herbert T. Rosenfeld, President of the Southern Californian chapter of the American Technion Society—a Zionist group dedicated to supporting the newly created State of Israel. "[61], At von Kármán's suggestion, Frank Malina approached the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Committee on Army Air Corps Research to request funding for research into what they referred to as "jet propulsion", a term chosen to avoid the stigma attached to rocketry. It also stated that he had turned down several honorary degrees. [30] Naming themselves the GALCIT Rocket Research Group, they gained access to Caltech's specialist equipment, though the economics of the Great Depression left von Kármán unable to finance them. Parsonage resident Alva Rogers recalled in a 1962 article for an occultist fanzine: "In the ads placed in the local paper Jack specified that only bohemians, artists, musicians, atheists, anarchists, or any other exotic types need to apply for rooms—any mundane soul would be unceremoniously rejected". Jack's father returned to Massachusetts after being publicly exposed as an adulterer, with Ruth forbidding him from having any contact with Jack. [71] The solid JATO fuel invented by Parsons consisted of amide, corn starch, and ammonium nitrate bound together in the JATO unit with glue and blotting paper. After he received poor school results, Parsons's mother sent him away to study at the Brown Military Academy for Boys, a private boarding school in San Diego, but he was expelled for blowing up the toilets.

[177] Parsons had also attended lectures on Theosophy by philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti with his first wife Helen, but disliked the belief system's sentiment of "the good and the true". Parsons converted its large, first-floor laundry room into a home laboratory to work on his chemical and pyrotechnic projects, homebrew absinthe and stockpile his materials.

[64] Crowley concurred with such assessments, informing Smith that Parsons "is the most valued member of the whole Order, with no exception! [40][41] Parsons's biographer John Carter described the layout of the contraption as showing[42]. [132] Following his apparent success in doing so, Parsons recounted having an out-of-body experience invoked by Babalon, who astrally transported him to the biblical City of Chorazin, an experience he referred to as a "Black Pilgrimage". [89][53] He continued to have sexual relations with multiple women, including McMurtry's fiancée Claire. [40][1][77], Aerojet's first two contracts were from the U.S. Navy; the Bureau of Aeronautics requested a solid-fuel JATO and Wilbur Wright Field requested a liquid-fuel unit. [37], Malina recounted that "Parsons and Forman were not too pleased with an austere program that did not include at least the launching of model rockets",[32] but the Group reached the consensus of developing a working static rocket motor before embarking on more complex research.

Parsons was expelled from JPL and Aerojet in 1944 due to the Lodge's infamous reputation and his hazardous workplace conduct. It was here that JPL would be founded. He was friends with my dad, many years ago. He gave almost all of his salary to the O.T.O. [63] Wolfe wrote to German O.T.O. [211], In 2005 Weidenfeld & Nicolson published Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons by George Pendle, who described Parsons as "the Che Guevara of occultism". When asked for comment, Aerojet secretary-treasurer T.E. They often socialized, smoking marijuana and drinking, while Malina and Parsons set about writing a semiautobiographical science fiction screenplay they planned to pitch to Hollywood with strong anti-capitalist and pacifist themes.

The first JATO tests using an ERCO Ercoupe plane took place in late July 1941; though they aided propulsion, the units frequently exploded and damaged the aircraft. The military were interested in jet propulsion as a means of getting aircraft quickly airborne where there was insufficient room for a full-length runway, and gave the Rocket Research Group $1,000 to put together a proposal on the feasibility of Jet-Assisted Take Off (JATO) by June 1939, making Parsons et al. He was dubbed "America's most literate correspondent" by the Associated Press. He dropped out of Pasadena Junior College and Stanford University due to financial difficulties during the Great Depression, and in 1934 he united with Forman and graduate student Frank Malina to form the Caltech-affiliated Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory (GALCIT) Rocket Research Group, supported by GALCIT chairman Theodore von Kármán. [1], Perkins devoted a great deal of his time to creating original photography and poetry which he brought together in books, titles including Island Prayers: Photographs and Poems of Praise (2006) and Nature of God: Exploring Nature to meet the Creator. [111] As described by Richard Metzger, "Parsons jerked off in the name of spiritual advancement" while Hubbard "scanned the astral plane for signs and visions. Despite this drastically increased turnover, the company continued to operate informally and remained intertwined with the GALCIT project. activities at the Parsonage but began renting rooms at the house to non-Thelemites, including journalist Nieson Himmel, Manhattan Project physicist Robert Cornog, and science fiction artist Louis Goldstone. He also believed that in the future the restrictions on sexual morality within society should be abolished in order to bring about greater freedom and individuality. Jack Perkins, the NBC newsman and “Biography” host who retired to Florida and began “A Gulf Coast Journal,” died Monday on Casey Key.

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