Ernie McCray, Class of 1956 Athlete, Educator Affects real lives by multiplying his talents through the children he teaches in the ‘inner city’ of San Diego. “I wanted to be a teacher from the first day I set foot in school,” tells McCray. Sports would be his ticket...
Jack Sheaffer, Class of 1947 Photographer “Good natured, generous, garrulous, gregarious, a zany bundle of joyous energy…bare of inhibitions and oozing with gossip, rumors and intrigue.” This description of Jack Sheaffer was made in a 1981 feature article regarding a...
R.B. “Buck” O’Rielly, Class of 1947 Community Leader An eighth generation Tucsonan, was active at Tucson High in baseball, National Honor Society and serving as Tucsonian business manager; was on Class cabinets and was Senior Class Vice President. After graduating...
Carmen Olguin, Class of 1943 Humanitarian, Activist Received her Tucson education at Davis Elementary, Safford Junior High, Roskruge Junior High, and Tucson High Schools. After graduating from Tucson High in 1943, she was employed at the Davis Monthan Air Base for two...
Richard M. Bilby,Class of 1949 (deceased) Federal Court Judge Was a successful lawyer for twenty years, was nominated and appointed to the US District Court bench. Bilby presided over several controversial trials, thus gaining for himself not only national prestige...
Otis H. Chidester, (Faculty 1940-1968) Educator, Boy Scouts of America Was born March 22, 1903 in Mineral City, Ohio and joined the Boy Scouts when he was nine years old, in 1929, he attended Buffalo State Teachers College on a NY State Vocational Scholarship, and...
