Dr. Elbert D. Brooks,(Faculty 1939-54) Educator and Community Leader Dr. Brooks came to THS in 1939 as a football and track coach, soon adding math and physics and chemistry to his schedule. Dr. Brooks was in the US Navy as an aerial navigator, flying in the Pacific...
Fred Tait Boice, Class of 1948 Cattleman, Business and Community Leader After graduating from Occidental College in 1952 Fred served as general manager of the family ranch at Arivaca, Arizona. He has been president of the Arizona Cattlegrowers’ Association and a...
Harold Ashton, Class of 1932 Construction Company Owner In 1946 Harold started his own general contracting business and since that time the Ashton Company has been a part of Arizona. The first major construction project was the Tucson High School Vocational building...
Armando de Leon, Class of 1952 Judge, Civic Leader and Retired Military Brigadier General After graduation from THS Armando de Leon earned a BS Degree in 1956 and a Laws Degree in 1959 from the U of A. He was commissioned a first lieutenant in the US Air Force Reserve...
Dr. Floyd Thompson, Class of 1932 Dentist After graduation from Harvard University in Washington D.C. in 1942 and services in the Army Dental Corps, he became Tucson’s first Black Dentist in 1946. He was accorded Howard’s College of Dentistry’s “Distinguished Alumnus...
Constant F. “Connie” Weinzapfel, Class of 1933 Locomotive Engineer “Connie” is devoted to Tucson High, Armory Park and railroading. He had several athletic scholarship offers after THS, but Connie married instead and went to work for 50 years on the railroad. He lived...
