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A Tennessee Tech Professor with some 61 years of experience will be remembered Thursday.
Dr. Graham Kash taught literature, speech, and folklore from 1963 to July, 2024. Kash passed away Saturday, at the age of 87.
Kash’s death was met with an outpouring of love and fond memories from Tech professors, staff, and alumni, with President Phil Oldham calling Kash “one of the most consequential and enduring figures in Tennessee Tech’s history.” There will be a graveside memorial service for Kash at 12:00pm on Thursday at the Cookeville City Cemetery. Kash’s family will receive friends immediately after the service.
Kash was a native of Lebanon, Tennessee who earned multiple awards throughout his career including the southeast region’s Debate Coach of the Year, a Writer’s Digest honorable mention award, the Marquis Who’s Who Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award, and a third-place country harmonica award at the 2021 Smithville Fiddler’s Jamboree.
Interim Communication Department Chair Scott Christen said Kash was a prolific writer and had reportedly just finished drafting his newest play shortly before his passing – a comedic piece about “crazy professors.”
