William Shanks:
CLASS OF 1979
Sumner High SchoolClass of 1979
St. louis, MO
University of MissouriClass of 1984
St. louis, MO
William's Story
Life
Life has been wonderful. I have a beautiful wife (Donna) and two wonderful,smart and handsome sons,Wilson and Donovan. We live in a great area and are close to family and friends. God is good.
School
My biggest school crush was Patricia Harrison. I also had a huge crush on Arnetha Perry. Both of them were in symphonic band with me. We had great friendly memories but the relationship throughout high school stayed strictly platonic.
The teacher with the most inspiration was Mr. Blaylock. Aside from being a great history teacher and baseball coach, he was also my mentor.
One of the most memorable memories was in my senior year,due to the teachers strike of 79', we had to attend school on saturdays.
most of the seniors had enough credit to graduate and had a lot of free time afte...Expand for more
r morning classes. We would sit in the cafeteria and laugh and joke about one another,play the dozens and work on turning that secret crush into a clandestine meeting.
College
I attended the University of Missouri-St.Louis on a baseball scholarship. I graduated with a B.S. in Physical Education and a minor in sports medicine.
Workplace
I currently am employed by Teters Floral Products. We are a home decor and cemetary products importer and wholesaler. I am a Senior Territory Sales Manager covering Missouri and Illinois. I've been with my company for 9 years and did this kind of work previously with Hershey's Chocolate. I actually use my degree in education in that I am a Sales Manager trainer.
I was inducted into my company's prestigious Presidents Club for outstanding sales in 2007.
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