Famous alumni
- Ken Berry: Actor
- Donald K. Sundquist: former governor of Tennessee
- Jim Jamieson: professional golfer
- Tom Railsback: U.S. Congressman from 1967–83
- Steve Kuberski: professional basketball player, Boston Celtics
- Bonnie Bartlett: television and film actress
- Louis Bellson: Jazz Drummer. His death is described here.
- Acie Earl: professional basketball player, Boston Celtics
- Brad Hopkins: professional football player, Tennessee Titans
- Paula Sands: Anchor of KWQC-TV 6
- Leon Roady: Inventor of Cobbin' Corn's mango popcorn.
- Jake Peterson: Reporter/ WEAR ABC Pensacola, Florida.
- John Baker, Jr. - Medal of Honor.
- Malcolm Bosse graduated from MHS as valedictorian and went to Yale. He was famous as a writer.
- Stephanie Sundine became a famous opera singer and director.
- Bonnie Bartlett is an Emmy award winning actress - St. Elsewhere.
- Jann Carl - TV journalist, Jerry Lewis Telethon, Entertainment Tonight.
"The Fly" and "Blood Simple"
Wikipedia is so reliable. What about John Getz? Martha was in our class.Louie Bellson
Bellson was born in Rock Falls, Illinois, in 1924, where his father owned a music store. He started playing drums at three years of age. While still a young child, Bellson's father moved the family and music store to Moline, Illinois.[5] At 15, he pioneered using two bass drums at the same time, a technique he invented in his high school art class.[6] At age 17, he triumphed over 40,000 drummers to win the Slingerland National Gene Krupa contest.[7]
john Baker, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. I think graduated in 1965 or 67?
ReplyDeleteJohn Baker, Medal of Honor recipient (1966), passed away in January 2012 (born in October 1945-he was 66-years old) he did not graduate, but a failed effort to get him included in the MHS Class of 2012 was attempted. His profile is very interesting and details are available in this blog (left margin)
DeleteWhy isn't Dave Birdsell on this list ????
ReplyDeleteWould you give some facts about Dave Birdsell? Thanks. I keep adding to the list.
ReplyDeleteHe is a Moline Chiropractor (1201 5th Avenue). He has extensive training in acupuncture. I was a student in Academy Massage Therapy (1715 5th Avenue, Moline-1997) when he was on the faculty.
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