Born: Holton, Kansas
Date: August 6
(Parents: George Wherry, Frances Sarah Courter Wherry)
School: “one room” school (Pleasant Grove), one of the last “one room” schools in Kansas. First 4 grades. Teacher was Miss Porterfield.
Netwaka, Kansas: Grades 5 and 6
Miltonvale, Kansas: Grade 7
Waldo, Kansas: (Grades 8, 9 & 10)
Dorrance, Kansas: (Grades 11 & 12)
Fort Hays University: B.A. in Economics
U.S. Air Force: Four years (Lackland AFB, TX; Lowry AFB, Denver, Colorado; Whiteman AFT, Missouri; Goose Bay AFB, Labador; Torrejon AFB, Madrid, Spain; Langley AFB, Virginia
Wichita State University: M.A. in Political Science
(In chronological order)
City of Liberal, Kansas: Administrative Assistant, Community Development Director
City of Herington, Kansas: Community Development Director, Assistant City Manager
City of Yale, Oklahoma: City Manager
City of Glenpool, Oklahoma: City Manager
Southeaster Regional Planning Commission, Chanute, Kansas: Project Planner
City of Harrah, Oklahoma: City Manager
City of Lakeland, Tennessee: City Manager
Oklahoma Tax Commission (Revenue Compliance Officer)
