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Posts Tagged ‘1950s’

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.