Jan Fortune
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the Seminole County district
In office 1967–1968
In office 1963–1965
Personal details
Born	(1926-11-24)November 24, 1926 Pottsville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Donna Martin
Education	Pennsylvania State University ( BS) University of Pennsylvania ( MBA)
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Battles/wars	World War II Korean War

Jan Fortune (born November 24, 1926) was an American politician and engineer in the American state of Florida.

Career

Fortune was born in 1926 in Pennsylvania to Robert J. and Blanch (Rauch) Fortune, of Scottish and Dutch ancestry. ^[1] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial management from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

Fortune worked for the Westinghouse Air Brake Company in Pennsylvania, Curtiss-Wright in New jersey, A. T. Kearney and Company in Chicago, and the Glenn L. Martin Company in Florida. ^[1]

He served in the Florida House of Representatives for Seminole County from 1963 to 1965 and 1967 to 1968. ^[2]

Personal life

Fortune married Donna Martin of Norwood, New York, in 1953. They have one son, Jan Eric. Fortune served in the United States Army Signal Corps as a lieutenant during the Korean War and with the United States Maritime Service in World War II. He is Protestant. ^[1]

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