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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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