Who are Tim Russ’ Parents, Walt Russ & Josephine Russ?

Timothy Darrell Russ was born to Air Force officer Walt Russ (now a retired Air Force Colonel) and his wife Josephine, a graduate from Tuskegee Institute in Alabama (who completed her masters in nutrition at Sacramento State University in 1982), on June 22, 1956 in Washington, D.C.

Tim Russ spent part of his childhood in Turkey before attending Rome Free Academy for his senior year of high school, graduating in 1974.

Tim Russ later earned a degree in theater arts from St. Edward’s University and attended graduate school at Illinois State University, where he was inducted into its Hall of Fame.

Tim Russ is the oldest son of the couple and has two younger siblings, Michael (born in 1958) and Angela (born in 1960).

Due to their father’s profession the Russ siblings grew up on various Air Force bases all around the world, like Washington, DC; Niagara Falls, NY; Elmendorf AFB, AL; Omaha, NE; T’ainan, Taiwan; Clark AFB, Philippines; Colorado Springs, CO; Izmir, Turkey; Rome NY.