Jack Claxton, P.E., has been involved with pump engineering for Patterson Pump Company in Toccoa, Georgia, since his graduation from Georgia Tech. in 1975. He has served as the Engineering Department head since 1980 and is currently vice president, engineering. He served as the chair of the Hydraulic Institute's Vibration Committee from 1995-2012. Since 2005, he has chaired the Hydraulic Institute's Dynamics of Pumping Machinery committee.