Stanley Graham:  

CLASS OF 1965
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Central High SchoolClass of 1965
Jackson, MS

Stanley's Story

I went to Millsaps College on a football scholarship and started out majoring in Geology - a meathead/rockhound; the idea of being a paleontologist, working in a museum, and going on digs all over the world was intriguing to me. My junior year (after I had taken all of the available Geology courses) I fell in love with Margaret Atkinson, a theatre major, and changed my major to theatre so I could be with her all of the time. We are coming up on our 40th wedding anniversary in 2009 and I still want to be with her all the time. We went to graduate school in theatre at USM then moved back home to Jackson to be with family. I started using my degree in theatre (with an emphasis on lighting and set design) working in television, first 10 years at WJTV and then 27 years at ETV - where, because of the wonderful team I got to work with, I won three Emmys for set designs and was nominated for other Emmys as a director and a producer. While I was at ETV I was also blessed with get...Expand for more
ting to be the on-air host of What's Cooking, a weekly part of a magazine format show called Southern Expressions. As the on-air host I got to travel to all of the best restaurants in the state, have signature dishes prepared for me by the chefs, and share the recipes and techniques with the viewers... what fun that was!!! Margaret and I have shared different passions of the moment throughout our marriage: SCCA sports car racing and rallies (first in an MGB and later a Porsche), ballroom dancing, tennis, golf, sailing, dog showing. Yes, we bred and showed Irish Wolfhounds for over twenty years; our Kilty Larkin was the #4 dog in the country in 1988 and the #1 stud dog in the country in 1990... He was a great dog! I am now retired from ETV and teach Enrichment Classes in T'ai Chi at Millsaps College and work part time with IATSE (the theatrical union) at Thalia Mara Hall and the Coliseum here in Jackson, Mississippi. I hope each and every one of you has had a blessed life.
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ETV Retirement Party
ETV Retirement party
Saturday Taiji Classes in a garden at IHL
Datsun 240Z
1966 Porsche 912
1970 MGB
freshman football photo at millsaps
"Stuart" checking out the horses and a deer
Friday by the fireplace
Shadow, Bella, & Friday looking for "cookies"
Third Emmy with Art Director Karen Wing
BTL puppets: Leona, Cleo, and Lionel
Shaven Stanley working on Between the Lions
Second Emmy
Stanley with his first Emmy
Sweeney and his breeder, Mary
Margaret and Shadow

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