ASU remembers

   

Haymon Harrelson Boggs II

Professor of Business - 1973 to 1976

   

  

Photo of backlit cactus

  

October 6, 2008

Haymon Harrelson Boggs II, 72, of Glendale, AZ passed away on October 6, 2008. "Hal" was born in Glenville, West Virginia on October 15, 1935 and was an avid hunter and fisherman. A 1959 West Point Academy graduate who earned the nickname "Blaze" for his shooting prowess, he served in the Vietnam War and achieved the rank of Captain. Following his Army service, Blaze went to work for Winchester and shot trap and skeet professionally. His love of knowledge brought him and his family to Tempe, AZ in 1973 where he became a professor of business at Arizona State University. Three years later, the Boggs family moved to Glendale where Hal taught business at the Thunderbird School of Global Management. After leaving the teaching profession, he and his wife, Mary, started their business, Rehabilitation Specialists Group, Inc., of which Hal served as the CFO. While their children attended Glendale High School and went on to college, Hal and Mary became active members in the Glendale Sister Cities program, of which Hal served as treasurer, and they opened their home to a number of high school exchange students from around the world. Hal is survived by Mary, his wife of 43 years, son William Boggs (Elaine), and daughter Cathy Turner (Brian), and 6 grandchildren.