Jack Zink received 35 patents for his inventions of combustion equipment.
17 Facts About Jack Zink
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Jack Zink continued to run the company from 1962 until 1979 when it was bought by Sunbeam Corporation.
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Jack Zink passed control of Zeeco over to his son Darton in 2000.
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Jack Zink served on the board of directors for several companies including Telex and Sunbeam.
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Jack Zink was a sports enthusiast, and became especially identified with auto racing.
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Jack Zink became involved not only in driving his own race car, but in design and construction of the vehicles.
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Jack Zink first sponsored a race car in the 1952 Indianapolis 500 race, and continued to enter a car in each race until 1967.
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Jack Zink's entries won the races in 1955 and 1956.
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Jack Zink drove his own cars in desert off-road races from 1972 through 1980.
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Jack Zink was inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Jack Zink competed in the 1972 Baja 1000 riding a Husqvarna 400 with fellow Oklahoman Vern Street.
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Jack Zink became chairman of the John Zink Foundation, which his father, John Steele Zink, had founded.
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Jack Zink's father had started the working ranch many years before, but Jack Zink had expanded it to 31,000 acres.
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Jack Zink converted it to a private game preserve and recreation area.
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Jack Zink was a frequent volunteer for the Tulsa Area United Way and became an honorary life member of United Way.
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Jack Zink received the Volunteers of America's Premier Award and the National Jewish Humanitarian Award.
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Jack Zink was born and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was educated at Oklahoma State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1951.