Coleman ISD Now Accepting Hall of Honor Nominations
Coleman ISD is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Coleman ISD Hall of Honor.  The Coleman ISD Hall of Honor was established to recognize members of the Coleman ISD’s family who have distinguished themselves as outstanding contributors to Coleman ISD or whose life achievements have brought honor and value to the district. Nomination forms are available below or at the CISD Administration Office, 2302 S. Commercial Avenue, Coleman, TX.

Nominations will be accepted until November 1, 2019

2020 Hall of Honor Nomination Form

Nomination Categories
Student – Coleman ISD is fortunate to have numerous alumni that have made significant contributions or received great honors while as students or after they have left Coleman ISD.

Distinguished Service – Numerous educators, parents, community supporters, business people and elected officials have made significant contributions to the development and improvement of Coleman ISD

The Hall of Honor Banquet is scheduled for February 1, 2020.

  Coleman ISD Board of Trustees
       The CISD Board of Trustees will meet Monday, November 18, 2019 for the regular monthly
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  2019 Coleman ISD Hall of Honor Banquet

The Coleman Independent School District Hall of Honor is proud to announce the Hall of Honor Class for 2019.  The banquet was held February 23, 2019. Congratulations to (L-R) Ralph Terry, W.A. "Bill" Stephenson Family, Tom Jones Family, Jack Baucom, and Dr. J.E. McDaniel.

JACK BAUCOM
Jack Baucom graduated from Coleman High School in 1955.  Following his graduation from Howard Payne University, he began his teaching and coaching career at Coleman ISD in 1960.  He coached football, basketball and track.  He taught and coached at Coleman ISD for 32 years in which seven of those years he was Athletic Director.  During his CISD tenure, his teams won 18 District Basketball Championships and advanced to the State Basketball Tournament in 1980. His basketball career record is 754 wins and 260 losses.  He is still ranked as the 25^th all-time winningest basketball coach in Texas history.  Jack, and wife Karen, were lifelong residents of Coleman raising their three children as Bluecats.  He retired from teaching and coaching in 1996.

TOM JONES
Tom Jones graduated from Coleman High School in 1945.  He graduated from the University of Texas and became a successful songwriter/lyricist.  He is known for hundreds of recordings, notably for “Much More,” “Try to Remember,” “Soon It’s Gonna Rain,” and “They Were You” which he co-authored.  He is known for his most successful work, “The Fantasticks” which opened in 1960 and became the longest running production in the history of the American theatre.  Jones and composer Harvey Schmidt also wrote two successful Broadway shows, “110 in the Shade” and “I Do! I Do!” along with many more notable shows. Mr. Jones received an OBIE Award and the 1992 Special Tony Award for “The Fantasticks.” In 1999, he was inducted into the Broadway Hall of Fame at the Gershwin Theatre, in 2012 he was inducted into the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, and in December of 2017, he received the Oscar Hammerstein Award. His “star” is on the Off Broadway Walk of Fame outside the Lucille Lortel Theatre in New York City, New York.  Mr. Jones currently resides in Connecticut and is working on three new shows.

JOHN E. McDANIEL
Dr. J.E. McDaniel graduated from Coleman High School in 1950.  Dr. McDaniel graduated from Texas Christian University and then studied French culture and civilization at the University of Strasbourg on a Fulbright Grant.  Following college, he served as an officer in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict. Dr. McDaniel postponed his graduate studies at Harvard to work in John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign; he then served in the Kennedy White House and later as Chief of Staff to an Oregon congressman. Following the Kennedy assassination, he completed his doctoral work at the University of Texas before joining the Adams State University faculty in 1967.  Dr. McDaniel, emeritus professor of history at Adams State, is fondly known as “Dr. John” where he taught history, government, philosophy and English until his retirement in 2007.  During his tenure, he established 40 scholarships as well as the McDaniel Scholarship Trust which continues to benefit the students at Adams. In 2012, the newly renovated Education and Social Sciences Bldg. was dedicated as the John E. McDaniel Hall in his honor.

W.A. “BILL” STEPHENSON
Bill Stephenson graduated from Coleman High School in 1949. He was a graduate of Texas A&M College class of 1953.  He was inducted into the US Army in 1954.  Following the army, he and his wife, Joy, returned to Coleman to raise their family.  Mr. Stephenson became very active in the community, working and owning several businesses.  He was a Boy Scout leader and volunteer, Little League baseball coach, 20-year member of the Coleman volunteer fire department, and served six years on the CISD School Board.  He served on the Coleman Country Club Board, was a member of the Masonic Lodge, a 25 year member of the Coleman Rodeo Association, an Elder in the First Christian Church and served on the Coleman Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He was instrumental in organizing the Coleman Betterment Council.  Because of his love and commitment to service for Coleman, he received the “Citizen of the Year” award in 1981.

RALPH TERRY
Ralph Terry graduated from Coleman High School in 1965.  He received his degree from Sam Houston State University and undertook post-graduate work in photography, cinematography and chemical plant operations and management. His career has been focused on photography and historical research. After several commercial photography jobs in Houston and Texas City, he returned to Coleman in 1974 where he has owned and operated Terry Studio ever since.  Mr. Terry has done extensive research on the history of Coleman County, Coleman County Cemetery, CHS ex-students, and CHS football and basketball records.  Mr. Terry received the Texas Historical Commission’s Distinguished Service Award in 1981, the Bluecat Booster Club Top Cat Award in 1988, named Coleman Citizen of the Year in 2004, and proclaimed “Coleman Historian” by the Mayor of Coleman in 2018. Books published by Ralph Terry are “Coleman County and Its People”, Coleman County Cemetery Inscriptions”, “The Episcopal Church in Northwest Texas”, Looking Backwards, 1858-1940”, “Coleman High School Football, 1910-2009”, and  “Looking Backwards, 1940-1980.”  He also built and maintains the Coleman High School Alumni Website.

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