Arsenal Technical High School Alumni

The sixteen buildings that make up Arsenal Technical High School are set within a beautifully wooded campus of seventy-six acres near the heart of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana.

Bordered by historic Woodruff Place on the East, Tech High School was for many years one of the largest high schools in the nation. Many of the carefully preserved buildings date from the Civil War when the grounds and buildings served as an arsenal for the Union Army.

Steeped in tradition and beauty, Tech High School remains close to the hearts of those of us who studied there. We offer this website to other Alumni as a means to stay in touch.

Thanks to these folks for financially supporting our website for 2006:

Warren Byerly, '56
Eric Alm, '63
Sarah Okey, '61
Sue Montgomery, '60
Madonna Heck Deputy '59
Glenn Holle, '51
Frank Douglass, '65
Fran Copeland Coddington, '64
John & Mary Duncan, '59
Robert Young, '39
Ben Briscoe, '39
Jan Vaughn, '69
Katherine Corey, '46

We appreciate you! Thanks from everyone!

Tech Alumni Message Board
Find old friends and make new ones from other years!

Campus Photographs

Winter on the Tech Campus

Updated!
Class Reunion Announcements

Old Views of Indianapolis

The following newsletters are in printable PDF format. Use your back arrow to return:

Fall 2005 "Technically Speaking"

Spring 2005 "Technically Speaking"

Fall 2004 "Technically Speaking"

Spring 2004 "Technically Speaking"

Fall/Winter 2003 "Technically Speaking"

Spring 2003 "Technically Speaking"

Spring 2002 "Technically Speaking"

Fall 2001 "Technically Speaking"

Looking for Tech Alumni
and Special Announcements

Howard Longshore's Obituary

Photos of Message Board users!

Tribute to 1923 Graduate!

Alumni Day 2005 Photos

Alumni Day 2004 Photos

Even MORE Alumni Day 2003 Photos!

More Alumni Day 2003 Photos

Alumni Day 2003 Photos

Alumni Day 2002 Photos

Alumni Day 2001 Photos

Page two of Alumni Day 2001 Photos
(Great thanks to Jim Clark for this page!)

Alumni Day 2000 Photos

Tech Logo Merchandise

Alumni from 1920s and 1930s		Alumni from 1940s
Alumni from the 1950s		Alumni from 1960s
Alumni from the 1970s		Alumni from 1980 to present

Class of 1939 60th Reunion	Class of 1943 50th Reunion
Class of 1948 45th Reunion	Class of 1951 25th Reunion
Class of 1951 50th Reunion, Page 1 Class of 1951 50th Reunion, Page 2 Class of 1951 50th Reunion, Page 3 Class of 1951 50th Reunion, Page 4	Class of 1952 50th Reunion Thanks to Nancy Shotwell! Class of 1952 50th Reunion ( Page 2) June 2002 Class of 1960 40th Reunion
Class of 1961 40th Reunion Thanks to Jan Carroccio for scanning the following three pages of photos: Class of 1961 40th Reunion Page 1 Class of 1961 40th Reunion Page 2 Class of 1961 40th Reunion Page 3 Thanks to Joe Madden for sending these: Class of 1961 40th Reunion	Dave Briccetti's site: Class of 1978 20th Reunion Use your back arrow to return here. Mini Reunion at St. Pete, Florida, March 2003
Class of 1960 45th Reunion

Howard Aiken A father of the modern-day computer Class of 1918		Durward Kirby TV and film actor and sidekick of Garry Moore Class of 1930
Madge Rutherford Minton Class of 1937 (Madge died in 2004)		Joseph Hayes Author of "Desperate Hours" and much more Class of 1937
Brigadier General Clyde F. McClain United States Air Force, Retired Class of 1939 Sue Montgomery's ('60) Story of BG Clyde McClain '39 and her brother Major Ed Montgomery '39
Benjamin Briscoe A True Renaissance Man Class of 1939		Robert Young 1939 Singer and Actor Class of 1939
Famous 1946 Graduate, Robert Indiana who created one of the most widely recognized works of art in the world.		Brig. Gen. William R. Gommel (Ph.D.) Sagamore of the Wabash Class of 1942
Donald F. Myers Indiana's Most Decorated Marine of the Vietnam War Sagamore of the Wabash Class of 1953		Peter Lupus Star of "Mission: Impossible" Class of 1950
LT. Gen. Thomas M. Montgomery United States Army, Retired Class of 1959		Aurelia Davis Mother of Tom Little, '60 passed away in May, 2003. Please click here to read her wonderful memorial.

to the Beginning	to 1918		to 1929
to 1936	to 1937		to 1938
to 1939	to 1940		to 1941
to 1943		1943 Commencement Program Thanks to Evelyn Nicholson
to 1942 Arsenal Cannons from 1942 More Cannons from 1942 Thanks to John Parks '75!	to 1945 New! P-51D Mustang Fighter Airplane purchased by Tech Students for the Army Air Corp. Better Homes & Gardens, September 1945 Article about Tech		to 1946
to 1947	An important request for members of the Classes of 1950 and 1951		to 1951 1951 Commencement Don and Joe Sexson 1950 and '51 Basketball!
to 1952 1952 State Finals Program	to 1953		to 1954
to 1956 1956 Sectional Program Senior Picnic Photos	to 1957 1957 Championship Football Team		to 1958 1957-58 ROTC Appointments
Basketball Teams of the 50's	to 1959		to 1960 1960 Commencement Program The Four Freshmen!
Tech's 1960 Regional Victory over Manual with one second on the clock!
Indianapolis Star Articles about the 1959 and 1960TechChoirs Remembering Junior Achievement (Thanks to Chris Sheffe)	to 1961 Graduation Day, 1961		to 1962
to 1964	to 1965		to 1966
Yearbook Advertisements from 1961 & 1962	1958 ATHS 8th Grade Graduating Class		Yearbook Advertisements from 1964 & 1965 & 1966

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Thanks to Robert F. Young, Class of 1939 for sharing these two programs:
Sketchbook 1938		Sketchbook 1939
Our thanks to Ben Briscoe for sharing this newspaper photo: Garfield Park Theater Production (Can you spot Mr. Moon and Mr. White?)

Thanks to Judy Riggs Norris, Class of 1958 for sharing these programs:		Thanks to Madonna Heck Deputy, Class of 1959 for sharing these programs:
Sketchbook 1954		Sketchbook 1956
Sketchbook 1955		Sketchbook 1957
Sketchbook 1958		Sketchbook 1959
Enchanted Evening 1958		Sketchbook 1960

(If you have an old program to share, please email me.)

Alumni Association Announcements

The Tech Alumni Association now has a place to store memorabilia. If you have
Cannon's, old year books, pictures, etc., to donate, please send them (or copies)
to us at:

ATHS Alumni Association
P.O. Box 1162
Indianapolis IN 46206-1162

Phone number is 317-693-5459

"Technically Speaking" email address is: Technicallyspeaking@ameritech.net
We are especially interested in class commencement programs.
Wanda Harris, Vice-President, Tech Alumni Association

Should you wish to contact the school:

Arsenal Technical High School
1500 East Michigan Street
Indianapolis, IN 46201
(317) 226-4009

and for even more information about the school, please visit:
The Arsenal Technical High School Website

Last updated: Saturday, August 19, 2006
Site created by: Sue Montgomery '60

On July 15, 2006 Sue Montgomery passed away.
She is deeply loved and is sorely missed.

There is currently no administration or management of this website.

techadmin@athsalumni.org

Please feel free to take whatever you like from this site. It is for YOU, the students of Tech!