Linda Hart
After graduating from the University of Akron with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, I began my nursing career setting up and running health fairs with a team of community representatives and health professionals in eastern, rural North Carolina. I… Continued
Charles “Boomer” Winfrey
After studying geology at the University of Tennessee and working as a geologist for one year, Boomer took a job as a community organizer with Save Our Cumberland Mountains (SOCM). As he later described his role: “They needed somebody with… Continued
Neil McBride
From 1973-1978, Neil was a staff attorney for the East Tennessee Research Corp (ETRC). He was a valuable institutional ally to many SHC related community efforts. In this clip from a 2017 ETRC panel, Lark Hayes poignantly describes the character… Continued
John Gaventa
John Gaventa was born in Tennessee in 1949. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1971, was a Rhodes Scholar, and received his doctorate from Oxford University. In 1976, Gaventa began a grassroots adult educational program at Highlander Research and Education… Continued
Martha Stucker
Martha was a Catholic nun and a registered nurse working in East Tennessee at the Clairfield clinic in 1969 when Bill Dow first encountered her and engaged her help in designing student-run health fairs. She had been conducting primary care… Continued
Pat Kalmans
Pat, while never officially part of the student workforce in SHC, was a major player in the early work of SOCM and ETRC. She primarily worked on setting up and finding resources, including funding, for the Mountain People’s Health Clinics… Continued
