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Posts Tagged ‘1950’

John Fleming Pate (1950)

Feb 9th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died December 29, 2008 in Jackson, MS.
Pate served as a Marine during WWII. He worked as the District Manager for the Social Security Administration, retiring after 30 years of service. He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration.



Mary Garmany Kiser (1950)

Feb 9th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died January 27, 2009 in Charlotte, NC.
Kiser used her degree in education to become a teacher with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools. She retired after 32 years of service. Within those 32 years, her true calling was to help mold and develop the minds of her students. She received her bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, [...]



Robert Wayne Taylor (1950)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died July 12, 2008 in Madeira Beach, FL.
Taylor was a WWII veteran. He graduated from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.



Ralph W. Croley (1950)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died March 19, 2008 in Knoxville, TN.
He graduated from the College of Business Administration.



Robert “Bob” Albern Williamson (1950)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died February 22, 2008 in Oak Ridge, TN.
He served as a navigation cadet and aerial gunnery instructor in the U.S. Air Force during WWII. In 1953 he moved to Oak Ridge, where he began working at Y12. One of his favorite projects was serving as project manager for the Y12 Plant Interagency work for the [...]



Thomas Milburn Whitson Jr. (1950)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died February 25, 2008 in Charlotte, NC.
He served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Kishwaukee in the Japanese Theater. Whitson graduated from the College of Engineering.



Dorothy Rutherfold Kelly Bosson Tarver (1950)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died on February 28, 2008 in Knoxville, TN.
Tarver graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences.



William E. Sallee Sr. (1950)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died February 25, 2008 in Oak Ridge, TN.
Sallee served with the U.S. Navy and Air Force at the end of WWII. He graduated from the College of Engineering.



Ralph W. Croley (1950)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died March 19, 2008 in Knoxville, TN.
Croley was owner and president of Croley Realty Company and Success Builders Inc. He graduated from the College of Business Administration.



Dr. Joe Pat Anderson (1950)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died February 25, 2008 in Memphis, TN.
He served in the Army during the Korean War. Anderson received his bachelor’s degree and doctorate degree (1957) from the UT Health Science Center.