David Sackett graduated Summa Cum Laude from Illinois State with a B.S. in Economics and History in 2000.  In 2002, he completed an M.S. in Applied Economics: Electricity, Natural Gas and Telecommunication Economics. He has taught introductory economic theory and statistics here at ISU off and on for three years.

He and his wife, Laura, also an ISU graduate (B.A. English, 2000) have been married for seven years and are proud parents of a three-year-old son, Noah and a newborn, Andrew. Both David and Laura are devoted Christians and are actively involved in a local church.

In addition to his job as a lecturer at the University, David is a First Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, where he serves as the Executive Officer for an infantry company in Terre Haute, Indiana.  He spent most of 2004 on a combat tour in Iraq where he served  as a force protection officer for several installations in the Al Anbar Province to the west of Baghdad. David is scheduled to return to Iraq for a second tour this fall.

 

 

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http://davidsackett.blogspot.com/