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Jimmy Dale Peacock
1926 South Bixby Street
Sapulpa, OK 74066
Tel: (918) 224-7729
Fax: (918) 224-6152
jdpedit@aol.com

FREE-LANCE EDITOR/WRITER

Work Experience:
25 yearsPeacock Editorial ServiceSapulpa, Oklahoma
Owner-Operator
Copyediting prepared manuscripts and editing tape transcripts into manuscripts on contract basis (i.e. pay rate-scale by page or hour based on each project completed).

Primary clients in length of service:
Harrison House (23 years), Honor Books (18 years), Pelican Publishing Company (16 years).


6 yearsJ. L. Jayet MinistriesVichy, France
U. S. Representative
Administration and translation-interpretation for Jean-Louis Jayet, French evangelist, in U. S. branch office.

4 yearsOsborn FoundationTulsa, Oklahoma
Editorial Assistant/French Translator
Editing manuscript copy for religious paperback books, Faith Digest (bi-monthly magazine produced in English-French-German), and tracts, brochures, advertisements of World Museum, etc; gathering research material on special assigned topics; assisting in French-English translation of books, Faith Digest, tracts, letters, etc.

18 monthsNorth Greenville Junior College/
Anderson College
Tigerville, South Carolina
Anderson, South Carolina
Instructor in French
Teaching Elementary-Intermediate French.

3 yearsArkansas State UniversityState University, Arkansas
Instructor in French
Teaching Elementary-Intermediate French and advanced French and foreign language teacher preparation courses (French Civilization, Conversation, Composition, Phonetics, Applied French Linguistics).

5 yearsHolly Grove High SchoolHolly Grove, Arkansas
Teacher
Teaching French I-IV and Social Studies (Civics, American History, Economics, Geography).

Education:
1969University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas
Acquired a Master of Arts degree with a major in French.

1964,1965Kansas State Teachers CollegeEmporia, Kansas
Attended two NDEA French-language summer institutes.

1962University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas
Acquired a Master of Business Administration degree in Marketing and Economics.

1960Ouachita Baptist UniversityArkadelphia, Arkansas
Acquired a Bachelor of Arts degree in General Business and Economics with a minor in French.

Honors:Alpha Chi National Honor Society, Who's Who in American Colleges & Universities, Dean's Lists, President's Honor Lists (for straight A's), graduated magna cum laude (3rd in class of 164), awarded graduate assistantship to University of Arkansas on basis of academic excellence.

Writing:Southern-style humorous and nostalgic stories, poems, and essays (all based on personal life and experiences and often reflecting a spiritual theme), which have appeared in national, regional, state, and local periodicals (21 years); regular monthly column (9 years) on parish persons-ministries for local church newsletter (Trinity Episcopal Church in Tulsa).

References:Available upon request.
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