UHS 50th Anniversary and Hall of Fame
Schedule
Sat, 28 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sun, 29 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
421 N Arcadia Ave, Tucson, AZ, United States, Arizona 85711 | Tucson, AZ
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Program of Events
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Friday Night, March 27th
All: Invited to the Century Room at Club Congress for “Madame Gehrels’ Evening of Jazz” on Friday, March 27th, 6:30 – 8:00 pm, to celebrate the life of Madame Liedeke Gehrels. Centenarian and former French teacher, Madame Gehrels, grew up during WWII, living as a teenager in occupied Holland. Read more about her extraordinary life at https://uhsfaa.org/hall-of-fame.
Class of ’85, ’86, ’87: Reunion event at Club Congress following Gehrels Celebration on the patio.
Class of ’11: 15th Year Reunion – visit https://uhsfaa.org/hall-of-fame for Friday and Saturday night activities.
Saturday, March 28th
Alumni/Student Mixer Event
RSVP at https://uhsfaa.org/hall-of-fame for Alumni/Student Mixer, no charge.
10 am-11:30 am
FREE.
UHS Library. Come prepared to network and talk about your college experience and your current career with UHS students and other alumni. This informal event will be a chance for alumni to network with each other and with current students. Coffee and donuts will be provided.
THE MAIN EVENT:
Campus Open House, Food Trucks and Hall of Fame
RSVP at https:UHSFAA.org/hall-of-fame for Open House and/or Hall of Fame, no charge.
3:00 pm
Open House
FREE. Main campus and lawn.
Campus will be open for all alumni to visit. Select teachers (many alums) will have their classrooms open.
Food trucks on site: The Curry Pot (UHS family owned), Special Eats, Ensenada Tacos.
Students walking on Campus
4:00 pm
Lawn Reception
FREE. Lawn. Hall of Fame recipients as well as VIP teachers will be at different stations for people to visit. Performances by UHS student groups.
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Hall of Fame Ceremony
FREE. Auditorium.
Recipients:
Francisco Aguilar ’95
Germán Aguilar ’97
Liz Bowman Baker ’06
Lois Blondeau
Carol Ditsch
Al Eichelberger
Gabrielle Giffords ’88
John Hosmer
Patrick McAndrew
Sherry Milo
Oscar Morales
Cathy Nichols ’88
Jack Nolan
Erica Pan ’88
Hank Pilote
Tim Reckart ’05
Eileen Sherlock
Pat Yovonovitz
Gabe Zimmerman ’98
Saturday Night Activities:
Class of ’11: 15th Year Reunion – Visit https://uhsfaa.org/hall-of-fame for Friday and Saturday night activities.
Sunday, March 29th
Brunch In Recognition of Dr. John Hosmer
9:30 am – 11:30 am
PURCHASE BRUNCH TICKETS AT https://uhsfaa.org/hall-of-fame.
Campus cafeteria
Brunch reception in honor of the longest serving faculty member at UHS: Dr. John Hosmer with VIP guests Paul Karlowicz, Jack Nolan, Sarah Stuart and emcee James Martin (’89 and past faculty). (Dr. Hosmer would only let us do this when we assured him the funds raised would go toward campus resources at UHS!)
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