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MICKEY WILHITE, Class of '67, was chosen as the
Outstanding Ex for 1988 by
the Irvin
Alumni Association. Mr. Wilhite has been a Detective in the
Special
Investigations Division of the
El Paso Police Department for the past 8 years;
prior
to this assignment, he served for
5 years in the Crimes Against Persons Division.
He
began his career on the police force
some 17 years ago as a uniformed police
officer
on the streets of the lower
valley in El Paso.
Mr. Wilhite
attended Crosby Elementary from 1959 - 1962 and then spent the next
5 years at Irvin, graduating in May
1967. He has attended U.T.E.P., San
Antonio
College and El Paso Community
College, studying History, Mortuary Science
and
Criminal Justice, concluding his
formal education in 1978.
He has
lived in El Paso for 30 years. He is married to JANET
TAYLOR-BECKNELL,
Outstanding Ex for 1978
- 1979 and they have 2 daughters, Courtnee Lynn (14)
and
Steffnee Ann (11), who will be
attending Irvin, graduating in the Classes of '93 and
'95.
Mr. Wilhite presently is
President of the Irvin Alumni Association and is
personally
responsible for the
newsletters that are an important part of keeping the
alumni
association an active, dynamic
group. Mickey & Janet are also very involved in
the
class reunions that are held each
July. He was also instrumental in obtaining the
Nike
Hercules Missile from the Red Stone
Arsenal in Alabama, which is scheduled
for
installation in November 1988 at the
front of our campus.
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