Sounds like we were both very fortunate. Ours was James P. Lovett (RIP). He was WWII Navy and retired Mercedes Benz tech from the late 40s-mid 70s. He was retirement age when we attended. He even allowed my best friend and me to take the course a third year when it was only a two year course. Our last year was the year he retired. Our high school auto shop was nicer than just about any auto shop in Macon at the time.