 Fellow recipients included former member of the National Transportation Safety Board and NASA's Safety Advisory Group for Space Flight, Vernon L. Grose; US Congressman, George Nethercutt; Jerry Sage, WWII prisoner of war portrayed by Steve McQueen in the movie, "The Great Escape"; and musician Don Eagle, who toured with the USO during WWII and appeared in "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" (with fellow-Spokanite Bing Crosby), "Night Has a Thousand Eyes" (with Edward G. Robinson), and "The Strip" (with Mickey Rooney).After high school, Geraghty enrolled at the University of Washington, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity.He graduated in 1956 with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism.