Tucson High Hall of Fame welcomes new inductees

At a banquet on Oct. 19, the Tucson High Badger Foundation will add five new members to its Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees are:

Diane Andrade Castro,

• Class of 1970, an educator and entrepreneur who at age 21 became the youngest college dean in the country and helped lead the University of Arizona’s efforts to recruit new students, especially those who, like her, were first in their families to attend college.

Romell W. Cooks,

• Class of 1962, a public servant, community activist and volunteer, who broke down barriers as Southern Bell’s first Black telephone operator in Nashville, Tennessee, and went on to a career as a transportation safety administrator.

Eduardo “Lalo” Guerrero,

• Class of 1935, the Tucson-born singer and songwriter who left school before graduating but went on to a celebrated international career that lasted more than 70 years until his death in 2005.

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Oscar Romero,

• Class of 1978, a dedicated science teacher and coach who led Tucson High on the baseball diamond as a student and later coached the Badgers to 488 wins over 28 years, earning coach of the year honors four times.

Major General Glen William Van Dyke,

• Class of 1957, a Tucson architect and military leader who served 38 years in the Arizona Air National Guard as a fighter jet instructor pilot and eventually adjutant general for the state’s aerial militia.

Lonnie J. Williams Jr.,

• Class of 1972, an accomplished employment attorney who played on Tucson High’s state championship football teams in 1970 and 1971 before attending Yale Law School and being named partner at one of the largest law firms in Phoenix.