Wanda Posey:  

CLASS OF 1942
Temple High SchoolClass of 1942
Temple, TX

Wanda's Story

My father died my first year in high school, and mother died about six years later. After graduating from Temple High School, I worked and attended UT parttime. I divorced my first husband. In 1949, I moved to Houston. I attended University of Houston. I was employed as an admininistrative assistant when I sat for the CPS exams at UH. Scored in the top national 10% in exams for Business Law, Office Procedures, Accounting. I married again, and my hsband contracted multiple myaloma cancer, and died in 1975. Afterwards, I worked in Zurich, SW, for a short time. I came back to Houston. i became interested in Jungian Psychology and attended Jung Institute. After holding positions in administration for several years, i became corporate secretary for a NASDAQ company. When the company moved to New York City, I resgined and stayed in Houston. I was never a member of NOW or Women's Lib, but I did work for women's rights and was part of the group who fought to get fair credit for women. We finally received that for Texas women in October of 1975. All through my career, I spoke to various groups and high school and college graduating classes for the advancement of women in business and the possible psychological fallout their new freedoms would have on women. I also worked in an organziation to give free business courses of the year to women for n...Expand for more
ine months every year to help them secure better jobs. While I was director of government compliance (basically safety and permits for exploration) for a Gulf Intersate company, I became liaison to Vinson Elskins Law firm in Houston and worked with Jack Snodgrass, formerly of Temple, on a $29 million lawsuit against my company for a possible trespass in exploring for oil . We were prepared to prove we were not guilty, but during voir dire, we settled the case for such a small amount that it was a "win" for us and saved our spending time and another $ million for a trial. It was great working with former classmate Jack, with whom I had graduated from Temple High School. He did a great job for us. I had remarried again in 1982 to Eric Posey. In 1987, I took early retirement and remained as a consultant to Gulf Intersatee for two years. We moved to the Sacramento, California. area. Then, we moved back to Texas and located in Austin where we now live. Although many of those years were hard years for everyone, I am very grateful I grew up with the parents I had (wish they had lived longer) , lived in the place and times that I lived. Those things made me strong and able to live a wonderful, fulfilled life. I am still good friends with Temple High School classmate, Claire Snowden Hale. We remain best buddies and email daily. . Wanda Cannada Posey
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