1906 - 1964 |
William
H. Bundy was the principal of the Marion High School during the
four
years, 1953 to 1957, the Class of 1957 attended. Bundy's career started
during World War II when he was only 36 years old. It was part of our
high
school lore that Bundy was a member of the OSS (Office of Strategic
Services)
and collected strategic information on the Nazi (German) army for the
US
and it's allies.
Bundy was 47 years old when we first attended MHS in 1953. He was 51 years old when we graduated in 1957. He died on February 27, 1964,. at the age of 57, still a very young adult by today's longivity. Bundy was born on September 30, 1906. We will always remember Bill Bundy as a stern but fair principal, always willing to help a student who was needing help. Bundy didn't like smoking on campus or in the bathrooms, but at that time everyone smoked (or we thought everyone did) and that smoking was not going to hurt our health. We all know differently today. Bundy tried to save us from the smoking killer that we know it is today. |
