Gerald Sims:
CLASS OF 1973
Barbe High SchoolClass of 1973
Lake charles, LA
LaGrange High SchoolClass of 1973
Lake charles, LA
S. J. Welsh Middle SchoolClass of 1971
Lake charles, LA
A. A. Nelson Elementary SchoolClass of 1968
Lake charles, LA
Prien Lake Elementary SchoolClass of 1967
Lake charles, LA
Gerald's Story
Life
All of my primary education was received in Lake Charles (I was a native of LC). The order was Prien Lake Elementary (1st grade), AA Nelson (2-6th), SJ Welsh (7-9) and LaGrange (10). Barbe was built while I was in the 10th grade at LaGrange and I transferred over the first year Barbe opened. I was not particularly outgoing and didn't know that many people. I dropped out of school my last year, then in the summer of 1974, finished via LSU correspondence school. In a complete reversal of this behavior, I went on to college and grad school (Ph.D. from Purdue), and became a research scientist/pr...Expand for more
ofessor (go figure). Now I am a Department Head at a Land Grant University. Hopefully, if anyone reading this was one of my students - you didn't have too bad of an experience. Former Claire Wilfert (also went to Barbe) and I have been married 35 years and have one son who graduated college a few years ago. My mother was Connie Sims, who taught at several schools in the area (mostly 2nd and 3rd grade) and my dad was Harvey Sims, who worked for Cities Service. Both are now deceased. I haven't kept up with friends in Lake Charles and would be happy to hear from anyone who even barely remembers me.
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