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...
Rudy Castro, Class of 1949 (Faculty 1978-88) Educator, Civic Leader Rudy Castro’s devotion to the community has covered a variety of services and many years. Even his devotion to his neighborhood is long-standing—he has lived over forty years in the same home. Rudy...
Mary Louise Hines, Class of 1947 Athlete, Teacher, Coach Is unquestionably one of the most talented female athletes to graduate from Tucson High is Mary Louise Hines, class of 1947. While in high school, she was a member of the Girls Athletic Association (1944-1947...
