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A Milestone
Birthday
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Dorothy
(Blair) Heying
(seated), shown
with her good
friend Rita
Thomas, wife of
the late Jim
Thomas (Jim was
a member of the
Truman faculty
from 1964 to
1994).
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Dorothy (Blair)
Heying, a
1938Truman
alumna,
celebrated her
103rd birthday
on Dec. 5, 2012.
Born in 1909 in
St. Louis,
Heying’s family
soon moved after
her father
purchased a
variety store in
Vandalia, Mo.
Throughout her
childhood,
Heying’s passion
for education
and teaching was
encouraged by
her parents.
During her
junior year in
high school, she
accepted a
teaching
position in
Potosi, Mo.,
after completing
a
teacher-training
course that
resulted in a
two-year
teaching
certificate.
Determined
to achieve a
degree in
education,
Heying attended
classes for a
series of eight
summers at
Truman back when
the school was
known as
Northeast
Missouri State
Teachers
College. During
that time, she
sang in the
college chorus
and performed in
a production of
“The Barber of
Seville.”
Heying’s
teaching career
spanned more
than 50 years,
and she taught
at schools in
Hermann and
Rhineland, Mo.
She retired from
teaching at age
70. —
Brad Chambers
(’86)
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