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James Bair

James K. Bair

  • Class
    1938
  • Induction
    1996
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball, Basketball, Football
  • Four-year letterman in football and baseball.
  • Two-year letterman in basketball.
  • Named All-State halfback in 1935, Second Team All-State halfback in 1936.
  • Virginia Collegiate football scoring leader in 1935.
  • Captain 1937 football team.
  • Captain 1938 baseball team.
  • Considered one of the best all-round athletes in R-MC history.
  • President of Student Government.
  • President of Theta Kappa Nu fraternity.
  • Elected to Omicron Delta Kappa in 1937.
  • Earned BS in Chemistry.
  • Taught and was assistant athletic director at Staunton Military Academy.
  • World War II veteran, 22-year career of active service in the U.S. Navy.
  • Received National Defense Service Medal with bronze star.
  • Earned MA from George Washington University in 1965.
  • Intelligence Research Specialist, Weapons Systems, at Scientific and Technical Intelligence Center, Washington, D.C.
  • His son James K. Bair III graduated from R-MC in 1971.
  • Passed away in 2012 at the age of 98. Was buried with full military honors and wore his R-MC Athletics Hall of Fame pin.
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