Wolfe, Robert Thomas Tom Saturday, February 27, 2021
Tom Wolfe
He was born on July 6, 1933, and was raised in Chattanooga. Tom attended Sunnyside School, where years later as an educator, he would serve as principal! After studying at Brainerd Junior High and Chattanooga High School, he received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Chattanooga and a master’s degree from George Peabody Teacher’s College in Nashville.
Back in Chattanooga, he taught at Hemlock School and Barger School, as well as one year teaching at the American School in Augsburg, Germany. Tom served as the first music resource teacher for the Chattanooga public schools and then became the principal of Sunnyside School. Shortly after that school’s eventual closure, he embarked on a career at St. Nicholas School in the Early Learning Center.