Veterans that Served in Other Places

Bill Keesling UT Track:  (January 1968 - August 1969); Assistant Track Coach Military Service:  (August 1963 - November 1967); USAF Primary Duty Stations:  Otis Air Force Base (Cape Cod, Massachusetts) & Lackland Air Force Base (San Antonio, Texas) Chuck did his usual magic helping my wife with a

Mike Juras UT Track:  1966-1967; Middle Distance Runner (440); Ran on Frosh Mile Relay team with Tom Fisher, Bob Dickson, and Larry Kelly; Serious Hamstring Injury in Sophomore Year Ended Track Career. Military Service:  US Army; June 4, 1969--June 4, 1971; SGT (E-5). Duty Stations:  Charlie Company, 4th Battalion, 18th US Infantry, Berlin

Abe Henderson UT Track: 1970-1971; Middle Distance Runner (440); Member of winning mile relay team at 1970 NCAA Indoor Championships (All-American); placed 4th in 440 yard dash and was member of winning mile relay team at 1970 SEC Outdoor Championships; member of mile relay team that placed 3rd at 1970 NCAA

Tom Fisher UT Track:  1965–1969; Sprinter (100, 200, Long Jump); SEC Champion -- Indoor Long Jump (1968); SEC Place Winner -- Indoor Long Jump (4th in 1967, 4th in 1969); Outdoor Long Jump (3rd in 1967, 2nd in 1968). Military Service:  1970–1972, 1970–1972, US Army; SGT E-5, Basic Training, Ft Knox, KY,

Chris D'Orazio Pictures:  Left -- UT Triple Jumper Chris D'Orazio; (Right) Col. Dan Choike, base commander, presents Chris D’Orazio a challenge coin during D’Orazio’s retirement ceremony on Dec. 5, 2011. D’Orazio's Semper Fit program changed healthy lifestyle opportunities for the better through sports, health, fitness, and recreation activities for Marines and

Jeff Clark UT Track:  (1965-68); Assistant Track Coach, Weight Coach Military Service:  Active (1962-1965); Ready Reserve (1965-1992), Retired as Colonel Medals, Awards:  Navy Achievement Medal, Navy-Marine Corps Parachutist Wings Comments by Chuck Rohe:  Jeff Clark was an outstanding assistant coach and a tremendous help with recruiting. He came to UT straight out of the

Bill Chisholm UT Track:  1970-1972; Javelin; Lettered 3 years; Placed in SEC Conference Championship Meets. Military Service:  US Army; 1972-1974; Army ROTC program at UT; Military Police as a 2nd Lieutenant at Fort Gordon, Georgia and Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Released from service as a Captain. Medals:  National Defense Medal; Army Commendation Medal; Various

Chalmers Bryan UT Track:  Manager. 1966-1969 Military Service:  Navy, 1960-1966 Comments by Coach Rohe:  Chalmers Bryan was a student manager for the track team when he was about 25 years old, after serving in the Navy. He was more mature than our other managers and as such I used to give him more