South Oak Cliff High School - Den Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Linus Wright 0000 0

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DJ. .D. School Board tif-q J la John Martin L Leonard Clegg Board President Howard E. Driggers District-I District -2 District-3 Richard Cury Robert H. Hester Dewayne Jarvis District-4 District-5 District-6 O O O Mary Rutledge Robert Medrano Kathlyn Gilliam 6 District-7 District-8 Vice President District- 9

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Principal Of outh Oak Cliff High School 9000, DR. FREDERICK TODD South Oak Cliff High School has undergone many changes in the past nine years. Striving for Educational Excellence has been emphasized as the number one priority of the school. Educa- tional excellence has always been of the utmost importance to Dr. Frederick Douglas Todd, Sr., principal of South Oak Cliff. Dr. Todd's parents, Clifton and Adelaide Todd, stressed the im- portance of education as a tool to overcome the inequities of a social and political system that attemp- ted to discriminate against minorities. Dr. Todd attended the Dallas public schools and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1948. Upon completing high school, Dr. Todd enrolled at Prairie View A8LM University where he com- pleted the requirements for a Science degree in l952. While at Prairie View, Dr. Todd served as .lunior Class President and Senior Class President. He was also a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps. After his college graduation, Dr. Todd entered the United States Army where he achieved the rank of First Lieutenant. ln December of l952. Dr. Todd mar- ried his college sweetheart, Earle Berneice Nathan. To this union, three children were born. Dr. Todd received his Master of Science degree from Prairie View A8cM University in 1958. In l96l, he began another phase of his career as a principal. Dr. Todd assumed the leader- ship duties of M. B. Lamar Elementary, William B. Miller Elementary, Elisha M. Pease Elementary, Roger Q. Mills Elementary, and Sarah Zumwalt Junior High. ln l970, Dr. Todd was ap- pointed principal of his alma mater, Lincoln High School. The years Dr. Todd spent at Lincoln were ones of self-fulfillment in that he left Lincoln as a high school graduate and he returned as Lincoln's principal. Due to his strong commitment for quality education, Dr. Todd became principal of South Oak Cliff High School in 1975. During his nine years at South Oak Cliff, he has encouraged the faculty and students to achieve the optimum level of educational excellence possible. ln 1979, Dr. Todd received his Doctrate degree in Education-Administrative Lead- ership from North Texas State University. Dr. Todd is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Pro- Line Corporation and rife North Texas State University Ad- ministrators and Supervisors Council. He is a former Board of Directors member of the Boy -Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America. By A.H. Lee in collaboration with C.L. Todd