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KAYSVILLE — When Davis High School was built 100 years ago, it was placed at the center of Davis County so it would be easily accessible to students coming from farms from all corners of the newly formed district.
The original school building was torn down in 2004 to make way for a new Davis High School to be built on the same location, but the tradition of the original school was carried on. The school is celebrating its anniversary with a centennial gala called “All for ONE Hundred Years — Celebrating a Century of Tradition.”
Alumni, family and friends are invited to attend the gala from 7-10 p.m. Saturday at no charge. There will be dancing, music and light refreshments.
In honor of the school's 100th anniversary, we compiled a list of a few of Davis High School's notable alumni.
Col. Bernard F. Fisher
Fisher was the first person from the U.S. Air Force to be awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War. He received the award in 1967 from President Lyndon B. Johnson for rescuing his wingman, who had been shot down in the A Shau Valley. Fisher pulled Maj. Wayne "Jump" Myers out of the crashed plane and escaped under enemy fire.
The plane Fisher flew, which was severely damaged in the fight, is on display at the USAF Museum in Ohio. Fisher continued flying jet fighters until 1974, and the Navy named a container ship after him in 1999, according to an NBC report.
Nolan Bushnell
Bushnell's entrepreneurial spirit led him to found both Atari Inc. and the Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theater chain. He has often been called a founding father of the video game industry and was named one of Newsweek's "50 men who changed America." His work earned him the honor of being inducted into both the Video Game Hall of Fame and Consumer Electronics Association Hall of Fame.
Leonardo DiCaprio's production studio bought the rights to produce a movie about Bushnell's life in 2008, with plans to have DiCaprio play Bushnell in the biopic. Bushnell's current endeavors include working with Brainrush, an education company he founded.
Lance Robinson
Robinson was inducted into the Utah Sports Hall of Fame in 2010 for his accomplishments as a professional cowboy. He started his rodeo career at Davis High School and eventually went on to become a national collegiate all-around champion at Weber State and the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's Rookie of the Year in 1982.
During his career, he qualified for the national finals rodeo five times. Now he is a thoroughbred horse breeder who has had multiple horses compete in the Kentucky Derby.
Calvin L. Rampton
Rampton was Utah's 11th governor and is the only person to have held the office for three terms in the state. He was a moderate Democrat who won each election by a large margin, according to the Utah History Encyclopedia.
He was in office from 1965 to 1977 and has been credited with streamlining the state government and working to bring the Olympics to Utah. He died at age 93 in 2007.
