WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL Alumni
PORTLAND, OREGON
MILITARY SPOTLIGHT
LYMAN RIGBY (1959)
US Air ForceLyman Rigby graduated from Wilson in 1959. He served in the Air Force as a Weapons Controller on active duty for 12 years, serving a year in Vietnam (1965-66) and a year in Thailand (1971-72). He served in the US Air Force from 1963 to 1986. He retired at the rank of Major. Later he served in the Alabama Air Guard for 11 years as a Weapons Controller, called back during the Reagan build-up of forces. During that service he served in Denmark and Korea.