George F. Genung, Class of 1940 Athlete, Educator At THS he played on winning baseball teams and on the basketball team under Bud Doolen. His education at U of A, where he starred in baseball, basketball, and swimming, was interrupted by military duty from 1943-1946....
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...
Sydney Salmon, Class of 1954 Scientist, Clinician, Educator Was born in Staten Island, New York on May 8, 1936 and moved with his parents to Tucson, Arizona in June of 1948. Thereafter, he attended Mansfeld Junior High School (1948-1951), and Tucson Senior School...
Joana Daved Diamos, Class of 1946 Attorney Jennie (to family friends). . . Jo Ann (to classmates and professional colleagues). . . Joana (the name on her birth certificate in her father’s handwriting, which she now prefers). . By whatever name, Joana Diamos is a warm,...
Harry B. Johnson, Class of 1945 Educator Harry B. Johnson is a native Arizonan, born in Bisbee on August 15, 1926. He attended schools in Tucson, graduating from Tucson High School mid-year of 1945. He received both his B.S. and M.Ed. degrees at the U of A. He was...
