Born in Nice and raised in Monte-Carlo, Jacques Ferraris graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy in 1940 and joined the French Resistance against the Nazis. In 1944, while attached to the U.S. A...voir plusBorn in Nice and raised in Monte-Carlo, Jacques Ferraris graduated from the Merchant Marine Academy in 1940 and joined the French Resistance against the Nazis. In 1944, while attached to the U.S. Army in Normandy and Southern France, he organized and supervised the most complete News Map Service in ETOUSA.
Impressed by his Army experience, he immigrated to Kansas City where he started as a maintenance man in 1948. Quick promotions made him Sales Manager, training salesmen in 49 States. He obtained his citizenship in 1954.voir moins