page_title: UMS-Wright Preparatory School
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: UMS-Wright Preparatory School / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: Miller Reese Hutchison (August 6, 1876 – February 16, 1944) was an American inventor. He became a chief engineer of Thomas Edison from 1909 to 1918. He invented an early hearing aid and the Klaxton horn for automobiles, among many other technologies.
context_page_description: UMS-Wright is an independent co-educational preparatory school in Mobile, Alabama. The school was founded in 1893 as University Military School, and in 1988 it combined with Julius T Wright School for Girls to form UMS-Wright Preparatory School. UMS-Wright is the oldest private school in the state of Alabama.
context_section_description: Jay Prosch (2009), Professional Football player
  Miller Reese Hutchison (around 1895; there are very few records of the early UMS graduates); inventor of the vehicle horn and hearing aid
  Bobby Wyatt (2010), Professional golfer
  Winston Groom (1961), Author of Forest Gump
  Sandy Stimpson (1970), Mayor of Mobile, AL
caption: Miller Reese Hutchison
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