Thanks to Hannah Campbell for her article on those working to preserve Wyatt Hall home to Chattanooga and Riverside High Schools. And special thanks to everyone involved in the project.
Here are some other notable students and faculty not mentioned who walked though those hallowed halls:
Garrison Siskin- industrialist and philanthropist
Carey Hanlin- CEO Provident Life
Rickey Pierce- educator and community leader
Scrappy Moore- College Football Hall of Famer, Scrappy attended CHS and then transferred to McCallie
Dorsey Sims- one of the greatest prep coaches in Tennessee history
Richard Fuqua, Richard Stone, Anthony Roberts and all the others on Coach Sims Riverside teams, generally regarded as the best in Chattanooga history
Gene Roberts- mayor of Chattanooga
Dr. Margaet Hudson- first Lady Vol's coach, yes she was before Pat
The Honorable Mickey Barker- Chief Justice Tennessee State Supreme Court
Dr. Wayne Clough- president of Georgia Tech and secretary of the Smithsonian
Jay Craven- one of the most accomplished musicians in Chattanooga history both as a student and faculty member
Dr. George Mabry- professor emeritus at Austin Peay, former director of all music programs at Opryland and the the Nashville Symphony Chorus
Dr. Mary Barker - professor and administrator at Cleveland State for over 20 years, Mary T. Barker Humanities Building named after her
Dr. James Henry- student, principal and superintendent of City Schools
Vance Travis- designed the course and visitor center for the 96 Olympics at Ocoee. Also here is a note from Vance about Wyatt Hall. "As the architect for the original CSAS renovation I completed the forms necessary for the school system to submit Wyatt Hall for the National Register and it was approved back in the 80’s . So it should already be listed on the Register."
I'm sure there are many well deserving others I have left off. I attended the, "Old City," for a year and my father and three aunts graduated there from 1934-1944.
Douglas Jones
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Mr. Douglas Jones covered this pretty well, but I might add a name or two to the list who graduated from Chattanooga High School, the best secondary school in the south.
Senator and former Chattanooga mayor Bob Corker, 1969.
Pat Hagan, long distance runner of 155 marathons, 1968.
Peg Grover Williamham, retired teacher at Signal Mountain Elementary School, 1968.
Tim Ensign, former track and cross country runner at UTC, 1981.
I’m sure there are so many more distinguished alumni of the great CHS that should be mentioned.
Pat Hagan
CHS ‘68
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I would like to include my late brother George Dickinson, state tennis champion and UC's first national champion in tennis. George also was the first recipient of a Georgia Tech football scholarship Bobby Dodd gave to him to play tennis.
George fought his toughest opponent but lost to ALS but not before fighting a gallant fight. George was proud of City High .
Tommy Dickinson
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Rachel Sharp Decosimo, City High Class of ‘44 - earned Phi Beta Kappa at UGA, Class of ‘49. Chose City over GPS. Father, John Cessna Sharp, City High Class of 1900.
Tom Decosimo