John Adams High School Class of 1961

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Please review both your own and other classmates information and offer corrections and updates.

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 Class of 1961 Roster - This is the complete roster of our class. Note that some names are underlinedinclude, just click on the underlined student name and you can send an e-mail. The class booklet icon indicates that a memory page is available for this classmate for a previous reunion. Click on the icon and a page will open in Adobe Acrobat.

 1961 Commencement Book - This is a copy of our commencement in pdf format.

 Student Organization Members - This is a copy of organizations in pdf format

 Plans for 50th reunion in 2011 - This is a separate page for planning our next reunion.

 1960-1961 TOWERS - I have scanned many TOWERS into pdf documents.
You may notice I didn't have all of the TOWERS. If you have any of the missing issues please mail them to me for inclusion.

 Deceased Classmates - This page is created to honor the fallen Eagles that have gone before us.
Please let me know of any updates available, especially copies of obituaries.

 John Adams 1961 on Facebook

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From Wikipedia:

John Adams High School was opened on September 30, 1940 as a program sponsored by the Federal Works Agency, Public Works Administration under Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Phillip Derickson. The school opened late due to the polio epidemic of the 1930s. It is one of the four current South Bend Community School Corporation high schools. It sits on around 20 acres (81,000 m2) across from Indiana University South Bend. It has been renovated two times, the most recent being completed in early 2005. The school sports a large front lawn with many walking areas, giving it a campus-like feel. The front of the building has a tower built in, once home to a radio studio where Kate Smith sang God Bless America across the United States. It has since been renovated and remains idle. The school auditorium was once the only large performing stage in South Bend. It has been the site of many historical events and performances such as The Chicago Symphony, The Fred Waring Chorus, Ezio Pinza, Oscar Robinson, and John Wooden. The auditorium was remodeled and still seats over two thousand people, but is now home to the school's basketball court. The classic movie Rudy was also filmed in John Adams classrooms. In 2005, the school celebrated its 65th anniversary with the completion of the most recent remodeling. It was only 11 years ago when the school was to be shut down due to a budget crisis. Large outcries by the community and movements by students kept the school going. The school was first led by Galen Sargent in 1940.