Louise and Albert Jackson.

Married in 1955, Louise and Albert Jackson first met in 1952 when they were both teaching in Bermuda - she at the Berkeley Institute and he at Francis Patton School. Three years later they married. Together they own the Jackson School of Dance. Mrs. Jackson is chairman of the Broadcast Commission and chairman of the Bermuda Library Committee and sits on the board of the National Dance Theatre. Mr. Jackson is president of the Senate. They have two daughters.

Louise: I came to Bermuda from Philadelphia, where I was born, to teach physical education at the Berkeley Institute in 1952. I was boarding with my husband's eldest brother Vernon Jackson and his wife. Albert had been in New York and returned to Bermuda about the same time that I came here. It was on my second day in Bermuda that I was introduced to him. He had come to visit his brother. I remember the first time I saw him I was thinking, `This is the most handsome man I have ever seen'.

After we first met, Albert took me to a cricket game - he had a very good friend who was one of Bermuda's top cricketers. There were others who were very good friends. There was a group of us - a nice group of young professionals. We had some very good times together.

Albert had impeccable manners. He opened doors for me - he still does that.

All the Jacksons are like that. They're such nice people. Albert doesn't have a temper. I can maybe think of two times in the 38 years we've been married that Albert has lost his temper, and even then it wasn't much. He's always been that way. The man is almost too good to be true. I know I've wondered how I've been so lucky.

We are both very busy but we always try to travel together in the car, and all our evenings are together. We do everything socially together. I'm even in Rotary with him now. We've had a brilliant marriage. Albert: It was November 11, 1952, when I had invited Louise to attend a tennis tournament, that marked the beginning of a friendship that grew over the next three years until our marriage in April, 1955. As Louise continues to be, she was a very lively, involved and outgoing person, and this seemed to attract my attention.

My career developed as Louise's developed. She was working at the Berkeley Institute and had started The School of Dance, which became the Jackson School when we were married. I was at the Francis Patton School and then became the principal at Harrington Sound. In 1957, when I was the first principal of St.

George's Secondary School, we had our first child, Debbie. In 1962, we had a second daughter, Susan.

I think we've been lucky - extremely lucky. It's so difficult to think it's been 38 years since we became man and wife. It's been mutually satisfying and happy -this has meant becoming parents, and sharing the experience of study and professional growth. We had two years of life in Britain, first in 1960-61, when I was studying a Masters in education at the University of London. That was a very, very satisfying and happy year. It gave us the opportunity as a family unit to travel through various parts of Britain as well as the continent and western Europe. The second year was 1967-68, when I did an MA in psychology and counselling.

We've had a lot of enjoyment ... fulfillment in terms of our lives together and our lifestyle. We've been able to be deeply involved in aspects of community life. We hope we can contribute to this country that we really love.

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