Richard Salvatierra, Class of 1939 Journalist, Educator, Army Officer Richard Salvatierra has had an eclectic and very full career for which he is recognized today by his alma mater. Dick is a native Tucsonan, having grown up in the southside of town and later the...
Bryan Clyde “Bud” Doolen, (Faculty 1935-55) Coach Bud Doolen’s daughter, Joanne Montgomery, commented on her father: “he was a model father and influenced my life, which has been directed to education of youth, a tremendous influence on my brother Buddy, who is also a...
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...
