I am currently recovering from surgery and so have had a little time to go back through some of the older threads on this site. The list of faculty from the 1965-1966 school year brings back lots of school memories from a slightly earlier time period.
Some of my HHS teachers during the late 1950s that are included on this list were Harold Bloom, Charles Emrich, Howard Fuhrmann , Mary Whelan, and of course coaches Avery and Della Torre. I also remember my geometry teacher Mrs. Sinnegan, who is not listed here but was elderly and presumably retired before 1966. She was probably the most enthusiastic teacher I ever had for any subject, but I confess it was hard for me to get excited about mathematical theorems and proofs.
I remember Mr. Fuhrmann very well. He was my physics teacher, and physics was my toughest class at HHS. He was very knowledgeable and seemed to have infinite patience explaining how to solve word problems, but he had no patience for academic dishonesty. I distinctly remember him flunking two students when he caught them cheating during our final exam in the subject.
Miss Whelan was our instructor in biology. She was a very pleasant person and always seemed to have a positive attitude. I remember her having a small collection of different types of seashells on display in our classroom. The only thing I disliked about her class is that we had to dissect a worm and a crayfish, and my biology period was right before lunch. Yuck. I guess things could have been worse, though. One of my sisters once had a class in anatomy (not at HHS) and was required to dissect a cat!
I’m wondering if anyone here still remembers the teachers on this HHS listing of faculty. If so, who? Any stories to share?