G. Allen Bruce: "Do They Know We are Coming?"
G. Allen Bruce 1946-2023 We were in flight over north Mississippi when Allen Bruce, our advanced math, physics, and computer programming teacher at Adamsville High School, asked me a curious question, " Do they know we are coming? " What a question , I thought at the time as I responded in the affirmative. As principal of AHS, I had arranged for a group of our teachers and central office staff to visit the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi, to study how they were incorporating computer technology into their curriculum. Allen Bruce was one of those teachers who boarded the Aqua Glass Corporation plane that morning for a short flight from the McNairy County Airport to Columbus. Allen's question still lingers in my mind as I reflect on those days in the late 70s, 80s, and 90s, when we were all educators at Adamsville High School. That question was characteristic of Allen Bruce who was on a different wave length than many of us. He was an eccentric
