Thad Andress was co-[[valedictorian]] of the 1950 Minden High School graduating class. He then obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[economics]] in 1954 from [[Sewanee]], officially known as The University of the South in Sewanee, [[Tennessee]], an [[Episcopalian]] institution at which he was nominated to Phi Beta Kappa. He later served for six years on the Sewanee trustees. Andress served in the [[United States Army]] Guided Missile Battalion at Fort Bliss in [[El Paso]], [[Texas]]. Thereafter, he received his [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=obit/> | Thad Andress was co-[[valedictorian]] of the 1950 Minden High School graduating class. He then obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[economics]] in 1954 from [[Sewanee]], officially known as The University of the South in Sewanee, [[Tennessee]], an [[Episcopalian]] institution at which he was nominated to Phi Beta Kappa. He later served for six years on the Sewanee trustees. Andress served in the [[United States Army]] Guided Missile Battalion at Fort Bliss in [[El Paso]], [[Texas]]. Thereafter, he received his [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]].<ref name=obit/> |