Through letters and visits, eight women have maintained strong friendships begun in 1961 during their freshman year at Tech.
The eight members of the Class of 1965 are Linda Wooten Clevenger, secondary education; Jo Ann Perry Everett, home economics education; Maxine Mullins Hopper, medical technology; Jackie Hendrixson Slaton, home economics education; Helen Smalley Smith, English; Lois Jones Smith, marketing; Patti Judd Wilson, home economics education and Frances “Cissy” Perry Chambers, elementary education, who passed away last year.
Five of the eight married Tech alumni. Cissy married Jim Chambers, ’65 industrial technology, who retired from the army as a lieutenant colonel. Linda married Jerry Clevenger, ’65 mechanical engineering. Jo Ann married Jon Everett, ’64 business management; Maxine married David Hopper, ’66 mechanical engineering; and Helen married Charles Smith, ’65 civil engineering.
Since 1990, the group has gotten together to share old memories and create new ones every year.
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Bottom row, left to right: Patti Wilson, Jo Ann Everett, Cissy Chambers, Linda Clevenger. Top row, left to right: Lois Smith, Maxine Hopper, Helen Smith, Jackie Slaten