Honored Faculty
The following master teachers and outstanding administrators were honored after their retirement, and a plaque for each is displayed permanently in the Hall of Honor. Each person so honored received the Gold Medallion of the Hall of Honor.
- Mary Adkins Teacher of English 1942-1982 (Inducted 1983)
- Lipscomb Anderson Dean and Principal 1949-1964 (Inducted 1993)
- Roy Bartlett Teacher of Photography 1973-2007 (Inducted 2009)
- Guy Bizzell Teacher of English and Speech 1938-1953 (Inducted 1993)
- Edna Boon Teacher of Biology 1945-1970 (Inducted 1982)
- Elizabeth Brady Orchestra Director 1988-2000 (Inducted 2015)
- Florence Ralston Brooke Teacher of English 1913-1942 (Inducted 1981)
- Elton Toney Burger Head Basketball and Baseball Coach 1938-1953 (Inducted 1984)
- James R. Burton Teacher of Spanish, English, and Drama 1929-1942 (Inducted 1994)
- Margaret Cadwallader Teacher of Biology 1946-1978 (Inducted 1981)
- Bertha Casey (Class of 1921) Teacher of English and Latin 1928-1952 (Inducted 1986)
- Leyla Cohlmia Teacher of Science and Department Chairperson 1977-2013 (Inducted 2016)
- Weldon Covington Band Director 1931-1953 (Inducted 1981)
- Melba Cox Teacher, Coach, and Mentor 1962-1983 (Inducted 1996)
- Alice Marshall Davis (Class of 1960) Teacher of Social Studies 1976-1978, 1981-2005 (Inducted 2008)
- Virginia Decherd Choir Director 1945-1967 (Inducted 2015)
- Robert Enos Principal 1986-1993 (Inducted 2002)
- Effie Graves Teacher of English 1900-1944 (Inducted 1995)
- Mary Tanner Gray Teacher of English 1953-1961 (Inducted 1994)
- Bee Grissom Teacher of Mathematics and Activity Advisor 1928-1942 (Inducted 1986)
- Mineola Grumbles (Class of 1929) Teacher of English 1961- 1971 (Inducted 2001)
- Jack Hadsell Teacher of Drivers Education 1956-1980 (Inducted 2004)
- Laginia Hale Teacher, Coach, and Counselor 1959-1968 (Inducted 1995)
- Alice Harrison (Class of 1900)Librarian 1912-1947 (Inducted 1987)
- Corinne Herndon Teacher of Physical Education, Tennis Coach, and Red Jacket Sponsor 1946-1978 (Inducted 1991)
- Helen Hill Teacher of Latin 1919-1957 (Inducted 2002)
- Gaylord Humberger Counselor and Friend 1975-1990 (Inducted 1991)
- Mary Belle Granger James (Class Of 1920) Teacher of English, Comet Advisor, and first AISD Counselor 1927-1947 (Inducted 1988)
- Marguerite Jarrell Teacher of Art 1956-1965 (Inducted 2012)
- Roland H. Johnson, Jr. Teacher of American History 1956-1961; Dean of Boys 1961-1965 (Inducted 2013)
- C. Standard “Stan” Lambert Head Football Coach 1936-1947 (Inducted 1980)
- Anthony Albert Macaluso Tennis Coach/Civics Teacher 1954-1981 (Inducted 1997)
- Sam L. Martin Teacher of Vocational Education and Supervisor, Coach, and Principal of the Evening School 1922-1961 (Inducted 1992)
- Mildred Pickle Mayhall, Ed. D. Teacher of Social Studies 1956-1978 (Inducted 1985)
- Julia Mellenbruch Foreign Language Teacher 1961-1974 (Inducted 1991)
- Rosemary Morrow, Ph. D. Teacher of Social Studies, Junior Historian Club and Hall of Honor Sponsor 1975-1997 (Inducted 2011)
- I. I. Nelson, Ed.D. Teacher of Mathematics and “Father of Austin High Athletics" 1912-1920 (Inducted 1989)
- Frances Nesmith, Ed. D. Teacher of Social Studies and Junior Historian Club Sponsor 1958-1967 (Inducted 1989)
- Elizabeth Newell Teacher of Science 1965-2003 (Inducted 2006)
- Roosevelt Nivens Teacher of Physical Education 1985-2004 (Inducted 2006)
- Naomi Norton Teacher of Speech and Drama 1945-1954 (Inducted 2004)
- James Edwin Pearce Principal 1895-1917 (Inducted 1981)
- Mabel Pitts First Teacher Director of Child Development Lab 1949-1970 (Inducted 1984)
- Larry D. Preas Director of Theatre Arts 1982-1992 (Inducted 2011)
- Maurice Price Teacher of English 1956-1978 (Inducted 1985)
- Betty Love Rugeley Price Teacher of Physical Education and Red Jacket Sponsor 1936-1941 (Inducted 2000)
- Pauline Pritchett (Class of 1932) Master Teacher of English 1973-1984 (Inducted 2001)
- Joe Ramirez AISD Social Studies Teacher/Specialist 1984-2012, Hall of Honor Sponsor (Inducted 2017)
- Eloise Roach Teacher of Foreign Language 1935-1963 (Inducted 2000)
- W. R. Robbins Principal 1965-1975 (Inducted 1981)
- LaFalco “Corkey” Robinson Director of Band and Orchestra 1961-1988 (Inducted 1996)
- Brian W. Schenk Visionary, Teacher of Social Studies 1975-1998 (Inducted 1999)
- Georgiana Sims Teacher of English, Speech, and Forensics Sponsor 1967-1974 (Inducted 1988)
- Vernice Smith Teacher of English 1967-1985 (Inducted 1997)
- Booker T. Snell Teacher of Social Studies and Human Relations Committee Advisor 1973-1987 (Inducted 1990)
- Florence Thompson Teacher of Homemaking Education 1963-1984 (Inducted 1990)
- James “Big Jim” Tolbert Teacher, Head Football Coach and Associate Principal 1950-1978 (Inducted 1983)
- Steve Warren (Class of 1965) Teacher of English and Tennis Coach 1982-2000 (Inducted 2003)
- Clara Weisser Teacher of Chemistry 1939-1972 (Inducted 1987)
- Berry M. Whitaker Football Coach 1914-1916 (Inducted 1998)
- Novella Wiley Teacher of Latin and English 1969-1984 (Inducted 2005)
- Mabel Crayton Williams Counselor 1975-1990 (Inducted 1998)
- Harvey Williams (Class of 1917) Teacher of Industrial Arts and Assistant Principal 1920-1946 (Inducted 2007)
