WHATEVER HAPPENED TO....?

Well, here is some limited biographical information from the people who have responded. If you want more detail addresses are included so you can contact individual classmates directly. If we do not have your name in this section it means we have not heard from you, so let us know where you have been and what you have been doing for the past fifty years.

Betty Mullican Arnold, 4400 Belmont Park Terrace, Unit 170, Nashville, Tennessee 37215 (615) 385-5304, emarnold@comcast.net. Retired, doing volunteer work. Two children, five grandchildren.

George H. Bass,831 Sutton Hill Road, Nashville, TN 37204 (615) 297-8894, george.h.bass@hotmail.com.  Graduated from Tennessee Tech in 1958. Second Lt at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Employed by the State of Tennessee from 1959-1987 retiring as Assistant Commissioner of Human Resources . Executive Director of Mountain T.O.P. (Tennessee Outreach Project) until retirement in 2005. Wife Lorena (Johnson) owns Tennessee Memories in Green Hills. Two daughters.  

Barbara Robinson Bomar , P.O. Box 831, Moncks Corner, SC 29461 (843) 899-1169, brbomar@homexpressway.net  Moved to South Carolina after retiring from the University of Louisville after 25 years in the School of Justice Administration. Presently working in the Berkley County Sheriff's Office as Training Coordinator and Crime Analyst. Two children, three grandchildren. 

Hilda Powell Bray, 212 Brenda Drive, Converse, TX 78109 richildabray@stic.net Married to Richard for 47 years. Husband's military career led her to live all opver theworld with the last 34 in Texas. Retired from banking career and presently involved in American Legion Auxilary. Two sons.

Kent Cathcart , Nashville, Tennessee, cosmicmonk@aol.com, Retired from teaching in May 1999 after 40 years at every level. Retired again in 2000 as Live Show Director for major labels in Music City. Two children.

Faye Jewell Chiles, 3901 West End Avenue, #35, Nashville, Tennessee 37205, (615) 386-9020(h) (615)532-0007(w), Faye.Chiles@state.tn.us, Attended Vanderbilt University. Presently working for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Three daughters.

 Beverly Daly, 833 Neelys Chase Drive, Madison, Tennessee 37115, (615) 860-3183, bxdaly@comcast.net. Went to work at National Life and Accident Insurance Co. after graduation and retired in 2000 as Director of Customer Service for American General Life and Accident Insurance Co. Working part-time as church secretary.

John Doak , 220 Cumberland Circle, Nashville, TN 37214, (615) 889-1112 doak@comcast.net .  Vanderbilt (BA 1960, JD 1963) Practice of law since 1963. USAF/Tennessee Air National Guard 1958-1971 (Major). Five children, one grandchild.

Sarah O'Dell Dyer , 12309 Kane Alexander Dr., Huntersville, North Carolina, (704) 947-1876, sarahfod@aol.com. Met husband E.B. Dyer when both were students at University of Tennessee. Both are retired now. Enjoying teaching bridge on cruise ships and living on a golf course. Two sons, three grandchildren.

Cecilia Liman Fordham, 2147A Mauna Place. Honolulu, HI 96822-2550, fordham001@hawaii.rr.com. Educational administration and prep school teaching for 37 years. Also found time to act and direct on stage, tv, and film. Four children, eight grandchildren.  

Mary Nell Holmes Fruit 2665 Cayman Circle, Zellwood, Florida 32798, (407) 884-7981. marinel@earthlink.net

Archie (A.T.) Grant ,1302 Melaleuca Lane, Fort Myers, Florida 33901 (239) 936-7471, rgrant3813@aol.com .  Vanderbilt University (Civil Engineering) 1958, Tulane University(MSCE) 1962. Worked for Mobil Oil Company (58-61); US Forest Service (82-67); Johnson Engineering since 1967. Three children, three grandchildren.

Dot Jordan Hodges , 633 Rochelle Drive, Nashville, Tennessee 37220 (615) 833-4701, plumdot@webtv.net . She and her husband have eighteen grandchildren and one great grandchild between them. Retired now, but still actively involved in ministry which has led them to Russia, Cuba, Jamaica, and China.

Jo Anne Caldwell Jones ,15 Milligan Lane, Johnson City, TN 37601 (423)926-2922, JonesJo@usa.redcross.org . Attended Vanderbilt University after graduating from West. Employed by the Red Cross in various capacities from Public Relations Director to Disaster Operations for over twenty years. Three children. 

Sarah Jones , 693 Captain Kell Drive, Macon, Georgia 31204, (912) 742-2713,   sarahbob@mindspring.com, Degree in elementary education. Retired. Three Children. six grandchildren.

John Kepler, 256 Los Cerros Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405, (805) 594-1820, Westhigh@keplercom.com, Peabody (BS), Vanderbilt (MA), worked for IBM for 32 years. Moonlighted as a professional actor making nearly 100 commercials, industrial films, and an occasional drama. After IBM became a professional speaker/trainer (business seminars) and was recently certified as a Personal Fitness Trainer. One son, two grandchildren. Wife Jan is an interior designer.

Jim Lewis, 2516 Sherwood Drive, SE, Decatur, Alabama 35601, (256) 353-1557, lewisjl@pclnet.net. Graduated from Vanderbilt in 1958 (Electrical Engineering). Went to work for the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama which was transferred to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1960. Worked on the development of ground and flight digital computer systems until retirement in1994. Two children, four grandchildren. 

Jim Magid, 350 Park Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10022, (212) 755-3008, jimagid@aol.com. Amherst College(1958), Harvard Busines School (1961). Security analyst in New York since 1967. Presently with Neeedham & Company. Married to Caryn for 38 years. Three children. 

William (Billy Joe) Marks , 6180 Arbutus Drive, Pensacola, Florida 32504, (850) 476-1654,   william1935marks@wmconnect.com .

Steve McHugh , 5955 Post Road, Nashville, Tennessee 32705, (615) 325-7669, bbmchugh@comcast.net .    Peabody College (BS 1958) Employed in Nashville since graduation in the insurance industry. Two children, five grandchildren.

Don Miller, 9746 45th Avenue NE, Seattle, Washington 98115, (206) 523-5156. millerd@u.washington.edu University of Chicago BA , University of California, Berkeley Masters in city and regional planning. Served as faculty member at University of California and University of Virginia. Received PhD at Berkeley. Professor at University of Washington since 1970. Chairman of Seattle City Planning Commission and head of the International Urban Planning and Environment Association for the last nine years. Author of several publications in the area of growth and planning. Two children. Two grandchildren.

Dorothy Ghertner Miller , 1461 Memorial Drive, Clarksville, Tennessee 37043, (615) 648-1111. jgmdgm@aol.com .

Pat Walker Pile, 3619  Whitland Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37205, (615) 292-0052, pwp1004@bellsouth.net. Graduated from University of Tennessee (Knoxville). Retired as Executive Director of United Way of Clarksville-Montgomery County in 1995. Part-time bookkeeper. Four children, six grandchildren.

Larry Reid , 3328 Dresden Drive, Montgomery, Alabama 36111, (205) 288-1109. Vanderbilt University (BE 1958). Employed by Federal Highway Administration from 1958 to 1994. Two children, four grandchildren.

Marjorie Murrell Ridge, 509 Brixham Park Drive, Franklin, Tennessee 37069, (615) 595-9540 lv2stch@comcast.net BS from Peabody College. Legal Secretary in Kansas City for 13 years. Two children. Four grandchildren.

Gene Rutledge , 404 Julius Street,  Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605, (337) 478-7093, genenoble@suddenlink.net U.S. Air Force 1954-1959. Belmont College (major in Church Music). Minister at churches in Fayetteville, Tennessee; Columbus, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Vermillion, Ohio; Louisville, Kentucky; and Lake Charles, Louisiana. Agent with Liberty Life Insurance since 1994. Semi-retired. Five children, nine grandchildren.

Alyse Morris Sprintz , Nashville, Tennessee. Masters in Special Education. Author of "Relationships-The Missing Links". Operating a furniture, accessory, and design store since 1981. Three children, five grandchildren.

David Sugerman , 11013 Boston Drive, Cooper City, Florida 33026, dlsugerman@earthlink.net.  Moved to Miami after graduation from medical school to train in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. Opened the first free standing dialysis unit in Broward County, Florida. Retired. Three children, two grandchildren.

Whit Stokes , 1500 Rufer Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40204, (502) 583-5217, whitstok@aol.com .  Vanderbilt University (BA 1958), Nashville School of Law (JD 1963), Nova University (MBA 1982, MS 1984). Practiced law in Nashville (1963-1968), US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Memphis and Washington, DC (1969-1970), Practiced law in Washington, DC (1971-1978), Assistant Professor, Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida (1978-1988).  House Manager, Actors Theatre of Louisville (1996-2000). Two children, two grandchildren..

Wanda Whitwell Bradford-Suggs, 1200 S. Mutual Union, Cable, Ohio 43009, (937)653-8510  dwsuggs@woh.rr.com. Attended Vanderbilt, received degree from Indiana University. Moved to Ohio in 1957 and taught Special Education for over thirty years. Retired in 1999 and opened an antiques/collectible shop. Five children, nine grandchildren, five great grandchildren.

Louis Vodopya, Clarksville, Tennessee, lvodopya@att.net.  BA (Social Studies), MA (Economics). Varied career from songwriting to pro bowler (with farmer and restaurant owner along the way). Discus champion in Senior Olympics. Author of "Fotos From the Future" and "Two Thousand Eighty Four"

John Wade, 1153 Fernbank Drive, Madison, Tennessee, 37115-5346, (615) 868-8316, jwade1153@mindspring.com. Attended George Peabody College (BS & MA), Band Director for Metro Public Schools at Madison, Issac Litton and Stratford High Schools, retired 1982. Tennessee National Guard Bank 1954-1996. Nashville Symplony (double bass) 1957-1977. Band Director Dabvidson Academy 1990-1995. Presently Band Diorector and Fine Arts teacher at Watertown High School. Adjunct Assistant Professor Volunteer State Community College. Two sons.

Shirley Ann Frazier West,  3506 Amanda Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37215, (615) 297-2874,  lux4488@aol.com.  Career has led her to Florida, Oklahoma, and back to Tennessee. Earned doctorate from Vanderbilt. Presently  self employed. Four children.

Elaine Yarbrough Wolf, 2104 Island Point, Lexington, Kentucky 40502, (606)269-6136, elenayw@yahoo.com.  Married Lyle Wolf shortly after graduation from West. Their travels around the world have put her in contact (or close proximity) with Alex Haley, Colin Powell, and Queen Elizabeth. Founding member and former President of Bluegrass Engineers Auxiliary. Board of Directors of the Lexington Deaf Oral School. Founding member of the Midway College for Women Development Council. Three children, six grandchildren.

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