Akron High School Alumni
Akron, Colorado (CO)
Recent Members
| Beth Palser | 1994 |
| Charles Peek Charles Peek | 1955 |
| David Hart | 2004 |
| Emma Thompson | 1974 |
| Richard Trusty | 1974 |
| Ron Hart Ron Hart | 2002 |
| Shantil Watson | 1990 |
| Steven Bassett | 1974 |
Military Alumni
Honoring Our Heroes
This area is dedicated to our alumni that have served or are serving in our armed forces!
Lost Class Rings
Have you lost your Akron High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Fighting Rams lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.
Honored Military Alumni
CHRISTINE WILLIAMS BARRETT
Class of 1965
National Guard, 20+ Years
Served with the141st CEF, Air National Guard at Fairchild AFB WA, 118 TAW, Tennssee Air National Guard Nashville TN, Air Force Reserve at Dover AFB, DE and retiring with the 129th Air Control Squadron, Air National Guard at Kennessaw GA.
Class of 1965
National Guard, 20+ Years
Served with the141st CEF, Air National Guard at Fairchild AFB WA, 118 TAW, Tennssee Air National Guard Nashville TN, Air Force Reserve at Dover AFB, DE and retiring with the 129th Air Control Squadron, Air National Guard at Kennessaw GA.
Don Lambertson
Class of 1967
Navy, 4 Years
1968-1972 Electrician's Mate U.S.S. Vancouver LPD-2 S.E. Asia
Class of 1967
Navy, 4 Years
1968-1972 Electrician's Mate U.S.S. Vancouver LPD-2 S.E. Asia
Don Schmidt
Class of 1951
Navy, 4 Years
Electrician's Mate First Class assigned to the
USS IOWA (1951-1955). Veteran of the Korean War. Honor Man of Company 012 at the Naval Training Station, San Diego, California. Graduated First in Class from Electrician's Mate Class A School at Great Lakes, Illinois. The youngest person to be promoted to First Class Petty Officer in the history of the United States Navy. Plank (founding) member of the Veterans Association of the USS IOWA, BB-61.
Retired as Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Kearney in 1997.
Class of 1951
Navy, 4 Years
Electrician's Mate First Class assigned to the
USS IOWA (1951-1955). Veteran of the Korean War. Honor Man of Company 012 at the Naval Training Station, San Diego, California. Graduated First in Class from Electrician's Mate Class A School at Great Lakes, Illinois. The youngest person to be promoted to First Class Petty Officer in the history of the United States Navy. Plank (founding) member of the Veterans Association of the USS IOWA, BB-61.
Retired as Professor of Political Science at the University of Nebraska-Kearney in 1997.
Mike Scott
Class of 1971
Air Force, 6 Years
Served the first four years as an aircraft structural repair specialist (basically a sheet metal repair person) working on fighters. The last two years I was a computer programmer working on multi-service communications systems.
Class of 1971
Air Force, 6 Years
Served the first four years as an aircraft structural repair specialist (basically a sheet metal repair person) working on fighters. The last two years I was a computer programmer working on multi-service communications systems.
Myran L Dunker
Class of 1976
Air Force, 20+ Years
I served the USAF from 1980 through 2000. I started as a Security Police Drug Dog handler. I was stationed at Grissom AFB Indiana, and Crete Greece. I then crossed trained into the computer maintenance field and was stationed at Buckley ANG Base, where we maintained the missile warning computer equipment. Once I earned my degree and I was assigned as a Computer Maintenance Instructor at Peterson AFB Colorado Springs, We taught all the maintenance courses for the missile warning systems, locally and abroad.
Class of 1976
Air Force, 20+ Years
I served the USAF from 1980 through 2000. I started as a Security Police Drug Dog handler. I was stationed at Grissom AFB Indiana, and Crete Greece. I then crossed trained into the computer maintenance field and was stationed at Buckley ANG Base, where we maintained the missile warning computer equipment. Once I earned my degree and I was assigned as a Computer Maintenance Instructor at Peterson AFB Colorado Springs, We taught all the maintenance courses for the missile warning systems, locally and abroad.
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Our Akron High School military alumni are some of the most outstanding people we know and this page recognizes them and everything they have done! Not everyone gets to come home for the holidays and we want our Akron High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Akron are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!