Ha! Carmack and I both grew up in Kansas, but I'm not quite that old yet. ;-)

I don't remember my classmate's name, unfortunately.

You might be able to find it by calling the school maybe, or yearbooks? If you did care to find out and didn't consider it too creepy that is.

Here's the credits for Gunship. Any of those look familiar? http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/gunship/credits