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Posts Tagged ‘1940s’

Wilbern “Bill” Dorris (1942)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died November 28, 2007 in Ripley, TN.
Dorris was a retired lieutenant colonel, WWII veteran, and received a silver star for outstanding service in the South Pacific. He received his master’s degree from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.



Frank R. Johnson (1942)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died March 6, 2007 in Knoxville, TN.
Johnson was a U.S. Army WWII veteran. He graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences.



Helen Moore Carlen (1942)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died on Februrary 26, 2008 in Cincinnati, OH.
Carlen graduated from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.



Catherine Bowers Pittard (1941)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died on March 26, 2008 in Raleigh, NC.
Pittard was an alum of UT Chattanooga.



Virginia Sellers Cartwright (1941)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died on Februrary 18, 2008 in Tyler, TX.
Cartwright graduated from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.



Thomas Crampton Smith Jr. (1940)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died on March 31, 2008 in Oklahoma City, OK.
Smith graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences and was selected the Volunteer of 1940. He was called to active duty in the U. S. Army Air Corps and assigned to the Judge Advocate General Corps. After active duty, Smith remained in the Air Force Reserves, [...]



James Dortch Ramsey (1940)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died on March 15, 2008 in New Orleans, LA.
He began his professional career at DuPont while attending the University of Tennessee and worked with DuPont defense projects through WWII. Following the war, he moved to Shell Oil Co., where he remained until he retired. He graduated from the College of Engineering.



Sarah McNeese Keller (1940)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died on December 28, 1999 in Santa Rosa, CA.
Keller graduated from the UT Health Science Center. She was a Navy nurse in WWII.



Harold O. Brown (1940)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Class Notes

Died on January 30, 2008 in Marietta, GA.
Brown graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences.