[Archived] Former Alexandria City Councilman Jack Ticer Dies

City Press Release


	For Immediate Release	For More Information, Contact
	August 30, 2007 PIO# 214-07/ajb	Andrea Blackford, Communications Officer, at 703.519.3489

Former Alexandria City Councilman Jack Ticer Dies

John “Jack” Ticer, former Alexandria City Councilman, died on Wednesday, August 29, at the age of 84. Ticer, who was born on June 9, 1923, served three terms on the City Council between 1955 and 1970. He was a life-long resident of Alexandria and had lived in his current Alexandria home for more than four decades.

“We all mourn the loss of a longstanding member of the Alexandria community,” said Mayor William D. Euille. “I extend my deepest personal condolences to his wife, Patsy, and to the rest of the Ticer family.”

Ticer, a third-generation Alexandrian, grew up in the City and never lived more than seven blocks from his birthplace in Old Town. Ticer attended the old Washington School (now the Campagna Center), the Alexandria Academy, the old Jefferson School (which has since been torn down), and the former George Washington High School. He was a 1948 graduate of the University of Virginia. His university education was interrupted from 1943 to 1946, when he was called up from the enlisted reserve to serve in the army. He worked as a combat engineer in Europe during World War II.

After the war, he returned to Alexandria and worked for Westinghouse Electric. Following in the footsteps of his father, Edmund Fillmore Ticer (who served as the Mayor of Alexandria from 1932 to 1934), he was elected to City Council, serving from 1955 to 1958 and later, from 1964 to 1970. During that time he also worked for the Atlantic Research Corporation. After leaving Atlantic Research Corporation in 1971, he spent the next 10 years working as the chief clerk for the United States Senate Armed Services Committee. He finished his career working for the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Defense, and he retired in 1996.

He is survived by his wife, State Senator Patricia S. Ticer, a former mayor and city councilmember of Alexandria; a son and three daughters; four grandsons and one granddaughter; and one step-granddaughter and one step-grandson.

Visitation is scheduled for Monday, September 3, from 5 – 7 pm. A memorial service for Ticer will take place on Tuesday, September 4, at 2 pm. Both events will take place at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, located at 228 S. Pitt St., in Alexandria.

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