Posted by DEAN SKIP RUTHERFORD – We lost a good friend this week. Jack Fleischauer, 58, whose distinguished banking career spanned over 30 years, died after a courageous battle with cancer. Jack and his Regions Bank colleague, Chuck Cook, were among the earliest supporters of the Clinton School.
I’ve known Jack for years and before joining the Clinton School; I worked with his very talented and creative daughter, Jennifer. In recent months, Jack gave the Clinton School another very special gift. Cartoons, which formerly were displayed in the long departed Farkleberry Restaurant in the Regions Bank building, were donated to the Clnton School by Jack. These prints, from originals by Arkansas’s most famous cartoonist, the late George Fisher, will someday be on display again.
The enjoyment they will bring and the stories they will spark will be reflective of both George’s creativity and Jack’s love of life. We will even tell the story of the Farkleberry, which George initiated and Jack loved. We are better for having known Jack Fleischauer. We at the Clinton School will miss him.