There were approximately 560 of us who graduated in 1960. Scores of others were a part of the class but either graduated elsewhere, graduated later, or didn't graduate. But, once a member of this class, always a member of this class. This web site is dedicated to all of those who were a part of the class for any length of time.

We intend to keep this web site alive as a continuing tribute to our class. It will be a place where you can always find e-mail addresses, photos from the past, and information about plans for the next reunion.

Take a look, we have more than 200 classmates listed on the e-mail page. You may be able to contact some friends that you have lost touch with over the years.

If your e-mail address has changed or if you are not yet listed on the e-mail directory page, you can be added if you send me an e-mail.

January 18, 2012

This is not recent news but we need to add the name of Jim Fergus to the list of classmates who are reported to be decesased.

I received a Christmas e-mail from a friend who attended Marana High School by the name of Hal DeGreen. He and Jim were friends and kept in touch over the years. Hal told me that Jim had died quite a long time ago. I asked him if he had any more information about when and why. If he replies, I'll post any additional information here.

January 10, 2012

Bob Gee has changed his e-mail address.

Bobby Gee Then

geebobsf@gmail.com

December 23, 2011

Some of you may remember Betty Ousley (now Betty Ousley Wyett) from school. She lives in Vancouver, WA (near Portland, OR).

She is fighting a battle with terminal cancer; a battle that she isn't going to win. At this time of the year, perhaps an e-mail from you can help a little by letting her know that she has friends from Tucson High who remember her and care about her.

Her e-mail address is: wyatt@wa-net.com

You can read her husband's blog where he posts his thoughts as the family goes through this period.

http://www.avuncularjohn.blogspot.com/

December 5, 2011

If you lost your copy of the yearbook, take a look here:

Other THS classes' web sites you may wish to visit:

Here are two recent articles from The Arizona Daily Star sent to us by Keri An Salyer.

Some of us remember a classmate by the name of Mike Early. Mike died while climbing a nearby mountain on his 16th birthday along with two other Boy Scouts. Just recently a book was published about that tragedy and the search that followed. It was written by the sister of one of the other two scouts who died that day. The title is "Death Clouds On Mt. Baldy."

Thanks to Butch Farabee for telling us about this book and letting us borrow his copy long enough to read it and scan the cover. Butch participated in the search and is mentioned in the book.

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Patricia Delfs and Paul Deutsch wish to let all of our classmates know that we were married today at the Pima County Courthouse in Tucson. Patricia has decided to continue to use the name she was born with, Patricia Delfs. Although we live in Washington State, we thought it would be appropriate to be married in Tucson since that is where we first met.

Paul Strasburg was inducted into the Badger Hall of Fame in a ceremony conducted at the Viscount Hotel in Tucson. He is the first person from the class of 1960 to be inducted.

"Paul Strasburg, a Tucson native, was an outstanding student at THS. As a junior, he was an exchange student to Germany. He was elected to the National Honor Society, attended Boys State, and was a Business Manager for the Senior Class.

Paul graduated Magna Cum Laude in History from Stanford University receiving the Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for outstanding contribution to undergraduate education and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Following graduation, Paul spent two years in the Peace Corps in Thailand . Upon his return, he attended the Yale Law School and went on to Princeton University, receiving his MPA in 1969.

The Ford Foundation in NYC hired Paul as a Program Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean where he monitored grants in education, agriculture and rural development, developing the Foundation's first program of grants in human nutrition.

From 1974-79, Paul worked with the Vera Institute of Justice in NYC, establishing a job development program for ex-addicts and ex-offenders. He also directed Vera's Paris office, conducting research in conjunction with the French Ministry of Justice and was awarded the Medaille Penitentiare by the Ministry.

As Assistant to the Mayor of New York, he created the City's Department of Juvenile Justice, responsible for detention of arrested juveniles through disposition of their cases and served as its first Commissioner.

In the 1980's and 90's, as Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Volunteers in Asia, Paul developed the first American volunteer program in Vietnam following the war. Paul was the Founder/Board Chairman of the nonprofit organization, International Development Exchange, which provides support to local community development projects in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Recently he was Board Chair for International Rivers in Berkeley, CA, which protects rivers and defends the rights of communities that depend on them.

Paul is a Founding Member of the Massachusetts Woodlands Cooperative, dedicated to protecting the forest environment and supporting local economy.

Paul has two children and two grandchildren and is married to Terry Saracino. He retired and lives in both western Massachusetts and Denver."

More photos from the Badger Foundation Breakfast and other events of the weekend (these are "thumbnails." Double-click to see a bigger version. Then to return here, click on the left arrow at the top of the screen.).