Paul B. Jackson graduated from Bluffton in 1954 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He was a three-sport athlete as a Beaver, with his greatest accomplishments coming on the hardwood. In the first basketball game in Founders Hall, Jackson scored the winning basket against Ashland. In addition to being a four-year letter winner and captain of the basketball team, he lettered three years on the baseball diamond and once in track and field.

Jackson has been involved with many aspects of athletics in northwest Ohio. He has served Bluffton as a computer programmer and a volunteer clock operator at women’s basketball games.