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DR. WALLACE HERMAN BASSETT, JR. – 1931: Sunset Senior Play, “Listen in on the Campus”, 1931; Pastor, Cliff Temple Baptist Church, 50 years; President, Baptist General Convention of Texas; Trustee, Baylor University.  (10/9/1913 - 4/1/2009)
EARL RICHARD STEWART, JR.. – 1938: Won three State Golf Championships at Sunset;  Won 1941 NCAA Title; played on the PGA Tour in the 1950’s; only Pro Golfer in history to win Tournament on home golf course, Oak Cliff Country Club, 1961; Head Women’s Golf Coach at SMU in 1970’s and 80’s, winning NCAA Championship.
(10/15/1921 - 7/11/1990)
DR. HENRY HESTER “JOHNNY” JOHNS – 1935: Longtime Spanish teacher at Sunset; wrote the original “Bison Speaks” Script and served as “Voice of the Bison Head” for over 50 years. (6/10/1916 - 12/10/2007)
WIMBERLY CALVIN GOODMAN – 1935: (Stage Name: Henry Calvin); Sunset Cheerleader; Sunset Dad’s Club President, 1936;  played Sergeant Garcia on Disney's TV Series "Zorro" and appeared in many Disney movies in the 1950’s and 1960’s; appeared on Broadway. (5/25/1918 - 10/6/1975)
DECHARD ANDERSON HULCY – 1937: Chairman and President, Lone Star Gas Company; President, United States Chamber of Commerce; President, American Gas Company; Linz Award.  (11/14/1919 - 12/30/1980)
BALLARD BURGHER "BUCK" COBB – 1938: Seaman, United States Navy; Crew Member of U.S.S. Arizona (BB-39) on December 7, 1941; first Sunset Alumni to die in World War II; Purple Heart. (1/20/1920 - 12/7/1941)
BETTYE JANE MIMS DANOFF – 1940: Sunset Cheerleader; One of Founders of Ladies Professional Golf Tour (LPGA); Won 1947 Texas Women’s Open Title that stopped Babe Didrikson Zaharias’ 13 Tournament Winning streak. (5/21/1923 - 12/22/2011)
ROBERT MILLER – 1941: Salutatorian at Sunset; 64 year career with The Dallas Morning News –obits, reporter, Editor, wrote “Business Day” Column from 1985 until 2015, Editor, Videotex; known as “Resident Expert on Dallas History”; “Robert Miller Media Award” created in 2015 by United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. (11/24/1923 - 11/30/2019)
TERRY SOUTHERN – 1941: Author of Candy, The Magic Christian, and other novels; screenwriter on Easy Rider, which earned him an Academy Award Nomination, and Dr. Strangelove; contributed to scripts on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980’s; taught writing at NYU and Columbia University in the 1980’s and ‘90’s.
(5/1/1924 - 10/29/1995)