Norman Hayes '56 has been listed in the In Memoriam section of the Ankara Directory for many years -- but, here's the rest of the story.

Following a lead provided by Ron McConkley '56, we went in search of confirmation that Norman Hayes was one of the 129 who perished aboard the USS Thresher in 1963. He was. This link to his bio has also been placed on the AnkaraAlumni website In Memoriam page.

Norman Theodore Hayes 1938 - 1963

Quoting from http://www.thresherbase.org/ -
On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher, the lead ship of a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, was conducting sea trials off the coast of New England with another ship, the USS Skylark (ASR-20). The two ships were in communication by means of underwater sound telephone. At 0747 the USS Thresher started a deep dive. Everything was fine until 0913. At this time the USS Thresher sent this message. "We are experiencing minor difficulties, we have a positive up angle, and are attempting to blow. Will keep you informed". At 0916 & 0917 respectively, the USS Skylark received two garbled messages followed shortly by SONAR detection of a high energy, low frequency disturbance. This disturbance was the crushing of the USS Thresher as it had fallen below crush depth. One hundred twenty nine men had perished, including crew members, PNSY Officer Observers, PNSY civilian workers and contractor technicians.

I was in the 10th grade and he was in the 12th. I just can not remember him. I remember Ron.