Famous Richland Bombers
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1973 1974 1977 1979
1981 1983 1986 1988 1989
1993 1994 1999
2000 2002
Gene Conley ('48)
SportsIllustrated.cnn.com Baseball Stats Website
Tri City Herald's #2 Sports Story of the Century
Gene's Baseball Card
July 16, 1999 Tri City Herald article
April 21, 2001 Seattle Times article
1946 Columbian - Sophomore
1958 pictured with Coach Art Dawald
David Hinson ('51)
Former ASB President serves U.S. President
Former head of the Federal Aeronautics Administration during two years of the Clinton administration.
Bob Miller ('52)
Distinguished Graduate of Washington State College (now University), Pullman, WA, after five years studying electrical and chemical engineering. Before starting his career with DuPont, he was in the U.S. Army Engineers for two years. He was awarded the Soldier's Medal for bravery in rescuing a fellow soldier in a rapid river during training operations. He then started with DuPont. He rose in responsibility until he became head of all engineering and construction worldwide for that company. In 1991, due to ill health, he retired as a Vice President of DuPont. During the 1990s, as an amputee, he was President of the Telluride skiing organization for disabled skiiers. He skiied with relish and was an example to all that overcoming a disability is possible. He died on November 12, 1998.
George Brunstad ('52)
At 70 years old, George became the oldest person to swim the English Channel.
Click for the TCHerald Article published 9/2/04
Orrin Pilkey ('52)
World-renowned oceanographer and has appeared on national networks....ABC, NBC, and perhaps CBS, when there have been storms and El Ninos affecting the oceans and fisheries.
Orrin has published 2 books:
Useless Arithmetic, Columbia University Press, 2007 coauthored with Linda Pilkey-Jarvis, My daughter!! This books written for the general public trashes mathematical modeling of natural Processes such as Fish populations, Invasive plants, mine waste, beaches. Sea level rise, Yucca Mountain waste etc. $29.50
Atlantic Coast Beaches: A guide to Ripples, Dunes and other Natural features of the Seashore: Mountain Press , 2007, By William Neal, Orrin Pilkey and Joe Kelley, A description of features that occur on beaches, $20.00
Marjorie Casebier McCoy ('52RIP)
Marjorie was a Professor at Berkley. She wrote 3 books on Dying, and Grief and Loss. She had been the ASB President in her Senior year (first female to hold that position) and was a member of National Honor Society. She wrote her first book after sitting beside her mother, watching her die of cancer. She died about 16-17 years ago of cancer and her death notice was in the Spokesman-Review where they listed deaths of people of note. Her Master's Degree was in Religion in the Dramatic Arts. She was a great catcher on North Richland's Hand's Drug Baseball team, and a good basketball player on our North Richland United Protestant Basketball team.
Walter Pilkey ('54-RIP)
Meteorologist with the National Weather Bureau, and has made appearances on television when weather has become big news... explaining the nuances of certain weather patterns and their affects on air travel and other significant effects.
Beth Peterson ('61)
February, 2000 Spokesman-Review article
Larger view of accompanying picture
Bill Johnson ('61)
William "Lane" Johnson ~ country singer
Recent flyer for New Zeland gig
website coming soon
Fred "Gus" Gustavson ('61)
Gus began a long and distingused career in the U.S. Navy. After he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1965 he eventually achieved the rank of Rear Admiral. Gus was a submarine commander and senior instructor and was promoted to a group command in 1993 and assigned resposiblitiy for the operations of a force of 13 nuclear submarines, two repair ships, two dry docks and a shore support facility.
Larry Coryell ('61)
Larry Coryell Website
7/12/07 San Diego Union-Tribune article
Sharon Tate (Would Have Been Class of '61) Links:
Sharon Tate
Sharon's Grave
Kippy Lou Brinkman ('62)
Miss Washington
Talent Winner in the 1965 Miss America Pagaent
Jeanie Walsh Williamson ('63) ~ aka Barbra Williamson
elected official for the City of Simi Valley for 4 terms
http://www.ci.simi-valley.ca.us/html/barbra_williamson.html
Terry Davis ('65) ~ aka Terence Knox
The Terence Knox Official Website
Gary Crow ('65)
Number one Seattle radio personality (rock n roll) classic rock
KZOK.COM --- GaryCrow.com
John Clement ('66) - Photographer
Jim VanWyck ('66) - Movie Producer
Debora Greger ('67) - Author
"Desert Fathers, Uranium Daughters" available at Amazon.com
Jim Mattis ('68)
Marine Lieutenant James Mattis,
Commander of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Camp Pendleton, CA
RHS Basketball Manager to Brig. General
I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) website
Official Biography
Jim Albaugh ('68)
CEO of Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems, the world’s second largest defense contractor.
Randy Fullmer ('68)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0298427/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Fullmer
Steve King ('73)
President & CEO of Zantaz (A company located in Pleasanton, CA)
Brad Upton ('74)
Brad Upton - Comedian
Mike Davis ('74)
Finley Elementary School Teacher
Michael Peterson ('77) ~ country singer
1997 Tri-City Herald article about Michael's return for his 20 year reunion
Ron Harman ('77)
Official Home Page
Sally O'Neal ('79) ~ Travel & Outdoor Writer
Weekly Column at Sportsman's Guide magazine
"Hiking in the Central Cascades" available at Amazon.com
"Hiking in the North Cascades" available at Amazon.com
"Bicycling Eastern WA & OR" available at Amazon.com
Greg Olson ('81)
Offensive Coordinator for the St. Louis Rams
John Worster ('81) ~ Disc Jockey Kord Radio Station
Goes by cactus John McKay
Carolyn Schneider ('81)
Professional Photographer
Jon Mulligan ('81)
on 3 different Yacht Racing teams that won the America’s Cup
Kurt & Kent Kafentzis ('81)
Played Professional Football with their brother Mark for the Kansas City Cardnials
Tari Free ('83) - Disc Jockey in Seattle
http://tman.kube93.com/pages/jock_tarifree.html
Jerod Shelby ('86)
Shelby Super Cars
Jay Leno's Cars site
Tri-City Herald article
Joe Guse ('88)
Comedian in Chicago for many years and trained at the famous Second City in Chicago
He is now an author and had written quite a few books, at least two of which are on Amazon:
The Tragic Clowns - An Analysis of the Short Lives of John Belushi, Lenny Bruce, and Chris Farley
Stories of Hope and Courage - My Experiences with Alzheimer's Disease
Marcia Cillan ('88), former '88 class VP
Miss Tri-Cities 1989 http://www.misstricities.org/pastmisstc.htm
After moving to New York, she participated in (and won) the Miss New York beauty pagent and then represented New York at the Miss America Pageant in 1993.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_New_York
Jeremy "Chip" Warlick ('89)
makes the cover of TIME magazine (9/24/94)
Simon Yoxall ('89)
in the December, 1989, issue of National Geographic
Loreen Muhlestein Bliss ('89)
Singer/songwriter, and country recording artist
Loreen Bliss Official Website
Kathryn Ruemmler ('89)
Deputy director of Task Force specially formed to prosecute the Enron case.
A Blog site
Washington Post Article
Will Thomas ('93) and David Deacy ('94)
for finding "Kennewick Man"
Hope Solo ('99)
On the US National Soccer team as the starting goalie..
She might have a gold medal from the 2004 games in athens?
Amanda Beers (2000)
Miss Tri-Cities and Miss Washington, 2002
Santino Fontana (2000)
performing on broadway in New York!
Travis Buck (2002)
Plays professional Baseball for the Oakland Athletics
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Travis-Buck.shtml
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