Famed Alumni

• Henry Price III  - (class of 1963)

Professor of Music, GRAMMY AWARD, Best Opera Recording (1978).   His singing career turned into an opera career.  He has been all over the world in many distinguished operas. He's now living in Malibu, CA with his wife of 43 years on the Pepperdine University campus and is a professor of music.

Leonora Corona Operatic soprano, was born in Dallas on October 14, 1900. She attended Oak Cliff High School (W. H. Adamson) and lived at huge frame residence at 232 North Marsalis Avenue. Her family moved to Seattle while she was still a teenager. Read more here

Tom Chandler Tom Chandler-head coach of baseball for Texas A&M University from 1959-1984 Coaching one shy of 1,000 games, Chandler was among the top 15 winningest coaches in the country and had 54 players sign professional baseball contracts. Read more here

Yvonne Craig - Batgirl from the 1960s TV series Batman

Samuel David Dealey - Navy submarine hero - Medal of Honor recipiant

E. King Gill - Texas A&M University's 12th man

Malcolm Harris (class of 1988) - noted comic book writer

Brenda Hayward (class of 1959) - elected first Miss Teenage America in 1958 (then Brenda Brodnax)

Michael Martin Murphey (class of 1963) - country-western music artist

 

Joe R. Pool - served in Texas State House of Representatives 1953–1958; U.S. Congress 1963–1968

B.W. Stevenson (class of 1967) - country pop music artist

Doyle Willis (class of 1926) - served on Texas Legislature

Lew Williams attended W. H. Adamson High School, graduating in 1951.  American and European Rockabilly performer and song writer. www.lewwilliams.com

Jim Wright (class of 1939) - elected to Texas State House of Representatives (1947), mayor of Weatherford (1948), elected to U.S. Congress (1955), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1987-1989)

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