January Jones - RIP Dear Clyde! Going From Poor To Professor with Clyde McCulley

Rest in Peace, my dear friend Clyde McCulley

I am so sad to share with my listeners, that Clyde McCulley passed this past year. He was a "Prince among Men" and one of my favorite guests through the years. Clyde was so much fun while being informative and inspiring while he shared his childhood memories in his fabuous book, The Boy on Shady Grove Road: A Childhood of the 1940s and 50s in the South at amazon.com His story is a MUST read! My interview with him was featured in my book, Priceless Personalities Vol. 2

Now you can Meet: Clyde McCulley who grew up in the religiously conservative, segregated South. His Daddy lost all of his money and was forced to move the family to Arkansas to be near relatives. He was disabled and could not work, but wouldn’t take public assistance. Clyde’s Mother made $15/week cleaning houses. The family tried to subsist on food grown on their five-acre plot. With an additional mouth to feed, the oldest two boys enlisted in the service to send money home. 

Clyde graduated HS as the first married class president …ever! He became Dean of Boys at a private high school, completed his BFA and MFA; and after years of college teaching and achieving the title of Professor, he earned a Doctorate in Education and Higher Education Administration. Clyde was retired as the Director of a private Art School in Upstate NY.