JEFF RUPP, FUHS TEACHER DIED 2-25-2011

Published: Feb. 15, 2011

Updated: Feb. 16, 2011 11:57 a.m.
Campus mourns a teacher's passing
By LOU PONSI
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Jeff Rupp, a popular Fullerton Union High School teacher, was seriously injured in a traffic collision last month. He died Friday. A memorial has formed at his classroom on campus with messages from fromer and current students.
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FULLERTON – Current and former students of Fullerton Union High School created a memorial in front of the campus and another just outside the classroom door. They gathered there Tuesday and remembered, the first day back at school since the popular teacher died.

Candles, notes and mementoes were laid at the base of the school's marquee at Chapman and Pomona avenues and in and around the classroom of social studies teacher Jeff Rupp, 58, who died Friday from injuries suffered in a collision with a car while riding his 2003 Harley-Davidson motorcycle last month.

Published: Feb. 27, 2011

Updated: Feb. 28, 2011 4:44 p.m.
Students, friends remember beloved teacher, 'Rupp'
By LOU PONSI
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
FULLERTON – The life of the beloved teacher known to his students simply as "Rupp" was celebrated Sunday by close to 1,400 people at the Plummer Auditorium.
Family members, friends, co-workers and current and former students remembered Fullerton Union High School Social Studies teacher Jeff Rupp, 58, who died Feb.11 as a result of injuries suffered in a collision with a car while riding his 2003 Harley-Davidson motorcycle Jan.19.
Rupp, a Vietnam War veteran and district Teacher of the Year in 2007, was honored with songs and words.
Molly Gutman, a 2002 Fullerton Union High graduate, said her former teacher would regularly spend his lunch breaks and after-school hours mentoring students.
Rupp, who began teaching at Fullerton Union High School in 1993, would also stay connected with former students for years they graduated, she said.
"Teaching was not an 8 o'clock to 3 o'clock job to him," Gutman said. "He would do everything, and I do mean everything, to help us."
Army 1st Sgt. Richard Duran, who commands the school's ROTC students, described Rupp as an avid motorcycle enthusiast. The pair rode together to bike shows and rallies.
"We just enjoyed riding with no real destination," Duran said.

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