Claude Frady, a distinguished educator and coach for nearly 40 years, was born at Wilder, Tenn., on Dec 9, 1919 to Claude Frady Sr. and Fannie Hall Frady, The third of five children.  Frady's father was a coal miner, and young Claude grew up in coal camps.  The family moved to Kentucky in 1920's.

He graduated from Wayland High School in Wayland, Ky. in 1938, and attended Caney Junior college from 1938-40.  He attended the  University of Kentucky in 1940-41, before being drafted into the army in the late summer of 1941 (jut a few months before the Pearl Harbor was bombed). Having been awarded a Purple Heart medal for wounds received in action in North Africa in 1942, he was discharged in 1945.

Returning to UK, Frady received his bachelor's degree in 1946.  Subsequently, he received his master's degree in 1950 and an Ed. D. degree in 1966. He began his teaching career as principal and sixth grade teacher at Wayland Elementary School in 1946-47.  Between 1947 and 1949, he was a teacher and basketball coach at Garrett High School, taking the team to the state tournament in 1948.  Three players made all-district and four were chosen all-state in that tournament, and Frady was honorable mention as coach  of the year.  During the 1949-50       
school year, he taught English at Caney Junior College.                    

From 1950 until 1963 he was the principal of Hindman High School. In 1963-68 he was on the staff of the University of Kentucky's Bureau of School Services, and he was professor of Educational Leadership at Western Kentucky University from 1968 until his retirement in 1982.  During the time he spent at UK and Western, he worked closely with  high school principals throughout Kentucky. Frady is remembered with great admiration and respect for his teaching and coaching career.

Claude has been married to the former Eloise Hall of Van Lear, Ky., for over 54 years.  They have a daughter, Cathy Hays, two grand-children, and four great-grandchildren, all living in Lexington. Claude and Eloise continued to live in Bowling Green after retirement.

Corbett Mullins
May 8, 2003