Tom Updike is from Maysville, Kentucky and was born about a week later than Rosemary Clooney. He graduated from Orangeburg High School in the days before all the high schools were consolidated into Mason County High. Tom was in the Air Force stationed in France during the Korean War. He earned a BA in Economics and English from Kentucky Wesleyan in 1958 and a MA in Counseling from UK in 1959. He got a specialist degree in Leadership there in 1961 and later earned his PhD in Leadership and Behavioural Science from Auburn in 1967. He taught at Bryan Station in Lexington before becoming the Director of Counseling in Hardin County. He was a professor at U of L and later VP of the Etown Community College. Tom came to Western in 1968 and held various posts from Assitant Registrar to Director of Admissions as well as a full Professor of Counseling. Tom married his wife Norma in 1960. They have one son, one grandson, and one great grandson. Tom enjoys reading and sports.
