W. H. Adamson High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • Charles P. Cabell - U.S. Air Force four-star general and deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1953–1963)
  • Leonora Corona - opera singer
  • Tom Chandler - head coach of baseball for Texas A&M University from 1959–1984
  • Yvonne Craig - Batgirl from the 1960s TV series Batman
  • Samuel David Dealey - Navy submarine hero
  • E. King Gill - Texas A&M University's 12th man
  • Larry Groce - noted singer, songwriter, musician and radio host.
  • 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
  • Ray Wylie Hubbard (Class of 1963) - country-western
  • James L. Holloway Jr. (class of 1915) - U.S. Navy four-star admiral and superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy (1947–1950)
  • B. W. Stevenson (class of 1967) - country pop music artist
  • Doyle Willis (class of 1926) - served on Texas Legislature
  • 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)
  • Allen Melton, Attorney; Co-Founder and President, Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc.; Justice of the Peace for Oak Cliff, 1932–36; Chairman, W.H. Adamson Scholarship Foundation for over 20 years, providing thousands of dollars in college scholarships to deserving Adamson Graduates; Member, National YMCA Board of Directors.
  • Maurice Acers, Attorney; (Husband of Ebby Halliday).

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