Colonel Frank Borman, Class of 1946 Astronaut A graduate of the class of 1946, Frank is known the world over as an American astronaut, a traveler to the moon, a pioneer in space science and the current President of Eastern Airlines. He is married to another Tucson...
Alice Vail (Faculty 1915- 1946) THS English Teacher, Dept. Chair A favorite English teacher at Tucson High School for decades, Alice Vail’s drunken porter scene from Macbeth was never forgotten by anyone who saw it. She spent hours and hours above and beyond her...
Tom Foust, Class of 1953 Journalist and Volunteer Born in Indianapolis but migrated to the Southwest at the age of five – family settled in Tucson at the end of World War II – was a good student while at THS – was sports editor of the Cactus Chronicle – was in large...
William G. (Bill) Valenzuela, attended THS 1946-47 (Honorary THS Diploma, 2003) deceased Business Owner, Community Leader, Philanthropist Bill left Tucson High School after tenth grade to join the Marine Reserves. Not graduating from high school was one of his...
Frances Cassady Barringer, Class of 1934, deceased Community Volunteer, Lifetime Achievement Award Known to her friends as “Cass” or “Fran” was born on October 12, 1916 and was brought to Tucson as an infant to Tucson, where she would reside for the rest of her...
