What is amnazing is that Tom Rice was born in Coronado,graduated from Coronado High School, went to San Diego State for two years, joined the paratroopers, and then went back to San Diego State and got his degree and then went to teach and coach track at Chuka Vista High School where he was my track coach from 1958 to 1959 and then in 1960 he left Chula Vista to teach at the new high school called Hilltop that was split from Chula Vista and he was my wifes Civics teacher in 1960.
One of the things that I learned from Tom during our visit was that one thing he missed not being at Chula Vista from 1960 0n was that he didn't get to coach Tim Danielson who went to Chula Vista High School in the mid 1960s and broke 4 minutes in the mile in his senior year.
The other amazing thing is that Tom still lives in the same house where he was born in Coronado.