Evers orders flags at half-staff for late Major General

MADISON, Wis. -- Gov. Tony Evers announced Friday he signed an executive order for the flags of the United States and the State of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff on Sunday, July 21, in honor of Major General Jerald David "Jerry" Slack.

Evers said Slack served in the National Guard for 37 years, and transferred to the Wisconsin Air National Guard in 1961. He started as a civil engineer with the State Highway Commission, then a chief engineer with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and finished his career as an administrator of the Division of Facilities Management within the Wisconsin Department of Administration.

Evers said Slack was appointed as Wisconsin's adjutant general by former Gov. Tommy Thompson in 1989, and oversaw 12,300 Wisconsin guardsmen until his retirement in 1996. He was inducted into the Wisconsin Air National Guard Hall of Fame in 2019.

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