Terry Fossum
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| Alma mater | Texas A&M University |
| Occupations | Actor, producer, and businessperson |
| Website | terrylfossum |
Terry Fossum is an American actor, writer, public speaker, businessperson and philanthropist. He is best known as the winner of the 2017 reality television series Kicking and Screaming.[1] Fossum has written several books including the #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, The Oxcart Technique: Blueprint for Personal Success[2] and he is recognized as “one of 30 most influential TEDx Talks of the Century” with his TEDx Talk ranking number two in the world.[3]
Fossum was born in Mission, Texas and raised in McAllen, Texas as one of three brothers. He was a member of the Boy Scouts of America rising to position of an Eagle Scout. Fossum is a pioneer student at Memorial High School graduating in 1982. He studied for a degree in mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University[4][5][6][7] while serving in the Corps of Cadets before serving in the U.S Air Force where he rose to the rank of captain.[8] He was Officer of the Year for the Fairchild Air Force Base[9] and was the Executive Officer for a Group of Nuclear B-52 Bombers.[10]
After his military service, Fossum went into business founding a sales company and the Terry L. Fossum Learning Center in Rwanda and the Terry L. Fossum Scholarships for Underprivileged Youth in McAllen, Texas; providing agricultural training for Malawi, Africa in 2018.[11]