Jesse was a former newspaper publisher and editor, who also freelanced for 25 years. As a travel writer, his works on Shiloh National Military Park were published at The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. At the time of his passing, he was Senior Editor Emeritus in The HillHelen Group, where he guided book projects to completion.

He wrote his children’s book, “Rusty, The Wonder Dog,” which received a five-star Readers Favorite review.  He was working on his sci-fi novel, “Leisure Suit Larry and the Blue Notes.” He was a skilled photographer, whose work has been published in websites, newspapers and magazines.

 Jesse had been employed by companies such as Teledyne Total Power, FedEx, and the Marsh McLennan Companies. During his career with these businesses he worked as an applications programmer, server administrator, senior network administrator and regional technology manager. This gave him particular insight in editing technology projects. He was retired from IT. He had a particular interest in physics and astronomy and taught himself quantum physics.

He was a member of the Military Writers Society of America and the Independent Book Publishers Association.

He is greatly missed and loved by all who knew him.

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