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Administrators & Superintendents of TSD
Administrators & Superintendents of TSD
Administrators / Superintendents of TSD
1st Superintendent 1845 - 1851 Rev. Thomas MacIntire
2nd Superintendent 1851 - 1853 Oran Wilkinson Morris
3rd Superintendent 1853- 1856 H. S. Gillet
4th Superintendent 1856 - 1859 A. G. Scott
5th Superintendent 1859 - 1861 Rev. Thomas Park
6th Superintendent 1861 - 1882 J. H. Ijams
7th Superintendent 1882 - 1917 Thomas L. Moses
8th Superintendent 1917 - 1921 Horace E. Walker
9th Superintendent 1921 - 1951 Mrs. H. T. Poore
10th Superintendent 1951- 1957 William J. McClure
11th Superintendent 1957- 1971 Dr. W. Lloyd Graunke
12th Superintendent 1973 - 1995 William Ed Davis
13th Superintendent 1996 - 2016 Alan J. Mealka
14th Superintendent Nancy Lynn Ward
15th Superintendent Dr. Vicki Kirk
16th Superintendent Dr. Sandra Edwards
Early School History
1865 - 1924
1881 - 1940 Early History of the Dandridge Avenue Campus
1940 - 1965 History of Dandridge Avenue Campus
1923 - 1924 Island Home Campus
1924 - 1940 Changes On Island Home Campus
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1941- 1950
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