Joe Breithaupt (1949)
Engineer
Class of 1949 | Inducted 1963
(In fondest memory of Joe Breithaupt, who passed away May 28, 1974)
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A graduate of Emhouse High School, he served in the Navy during WWII as a radioman.
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He was on the Lexington when it sunk during the Battle of Coral Sea and was on the Yorktown when it sunk during the Battle of Midway.
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The Navy never let him get on another ship again.
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After WWII he graduated from Navarro in 1949 where he was a member of the Pre-Engineering Club and Phi Theta Kappa.
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He went on to Oklahoma University where he graduated as an electrical engineer.
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A long-time employee of Texas Instruments in Dallas.