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| Honored Viking |
Against All Odds
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| EDMUND KANAN |
'51* |
ATHLETICS |
| GLENN KATZ |
'78* |
MUSIC |
| TARA WILLIS GOLDBERG |
'88* |
PERFORMING ARTS |
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Distinguished Alumni
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| The Samohi Alumni Association has recognized alumni who would serve as role models to students by their examples of outstanding leadership, achievement and service on local and state levels as well as on the national level. In keeping with the goal, fifty Distinguished Alumni have been honored. |
| DR. ERNEST STANTON |
'28* |
MEDICINE |
| REV. GORDON YEATON |
'29* |
CLERGY |
| HENRY FUKUHARA |
'31 |
FINE ART |
| JOHN DANLEY |
'32 |
BUSINESS |
| DR. MADELINE CHEEK HUNTER |
'32* |
EDUCATION |
| COL LESLIE STOCKTON |
'33* |
PHYSICAL FITNESS |
| ROY NAYLOR |
'33* |
BUSINESS |
| JOHN FUKASAWA |
'35* |
COMMUNITY SERVICE |
| ABBYE EVILLE STOCKTON |
'35* |
PHYSICAL FITNESS |
| VIRGINIA TEGNER SPURGIN |
'36 |
COMMUNITY SERVICE |
| RUTH BRYANT |
'38 |
EDUCATION |
| MARY SIMONSON REHWALD |
'38* |
BUSINESS |
| DR. ALFRED QUINN |
'39* |
EDUCATION |
| JAMES FUGLE |
'40 |
SAA SER. & EDUCATION |
| DR. ARCHIE MORRISON |
'40* |
EDUCATION |
| HELEN BOWEN HILEMAN |
'41 |
EDUCATION |
| DR. HAROLD BRODE |
'41 |
SCIENCE |
| LEE HIRSCH CALVERT |
'41 |
BADMINTON |
| BARBARA NIELSEN FUGLE |
'42 |
SAA SERVICE |
| ROBERT JAMIESON |
'42 |
MUSIC |
| AURIEL MACFIE DOUGHLAS |
'42* |
LITERATURE |
| PAULA UNGER BOELSEMS |
'43 |
ACROBATICS |
| WAYNE HARDING |
'45 |
BUSINESS |
| DON STEERE |
'47 |
PHYSICAL EDUCAITON |
| RON RODECKER |
'48 |
ART, EDUCATION |
| DR. ROBERTA HILTS NICHOLAS |
'49* |
ENGINEERING |
| MICHAEL O'HARA |
'50 |
SPORTS |
| THOMAS MCCARTHY ESQ |
'50* |
LAW |
| NATHANIEL TRIVES |
'52 |
PUBLIC SERVICE |
| ANN ZWICKER KERR |
'52 |
EDUCATION |
| ARDIS MUUS BONOZO |
'54 |
EDUCATION |
| CHARLES "MIKE" ENGLISH |
'56* |
LAW |
| NORMAN HENSLEY |
'56 |
PUBLIC SERVICE |
| KEN WALES SMITH |
'56 |
THEATRE ARTS |
| HON. ROBERT THOMAS, JR. |
'59 |
EDUCATION |
| MICHAEL HILL |
'61 |
EDUCATION |
| DR. TEBB KUSSEROW |
'61 |
EDUCATION & SPORTS |
| JOHN POTTERAT |
'61 |
SCIENCE |
| LYNN ADAMS |
'62 |
MEDIA |
| CAROL HILLDALE CUNNINGHAM |
'62 |
ENGINEERING |
| DR. VANCE PETERSON |
'62 |
EDUCATION |
| LITA ALBUQUERQUE |
'63 |
ART |
| LINDA FLEMING GRAY |
'64 |
SAA SERVICE |
| PAUL FLEISCHMAN |
'70 |
LITERATURE |
| TIM LEARY |
'76 |
BASEBALL |
| CATHERINE BAXTER |
'77 |
EDUCATON & SERVICE |
| DAVID ANDERSON |
'83 |
ART & FILM |
| RAPHAEL LUNETTA |
'85 |
CULINARY ARTS |
| JOSIAH CITRIN |
'86 |
CULINARY ARTS |
| RENA MCKINZIE |
'91 |
SAA SERVICE |
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Distinguished Service
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| Recipients of this award are not alumni but have contributed greatly to the education and development of students through their roles as Samohi teachers, administrators, or staff. |
| LINDA ALLEN ANDERSON |
1968-1995 |
MUSIC |
| MERTON BURKHARD |
1953-1988 |
SCIENCE |
| WILLIAM CLAWSON |
1960-1998 |
ENGLISH |
| HAROLD CONNOLLY |
1958-1988 |
OLYMPICS |
| DR. KAY CRAWFORD* |
1946-1957 |
DRILL TEAM |
| ROBERT CRAWFORD* |
1939-1965 |
MATHEMATICS |
| GRETCHEN DAVIS |
1969-2000 |
MATHEMATICS |
| ANDREW DIMAS |
1958-1968 |
JOURNALISM |
| EDMUND "DOC" EVANS* |
1935-1965 |
DRAMA |
| BONNIE FREEMAN |
1949-2005 |
HORTICULTURE |
| CAROL JAGO |
1977-2006 |
JOURNALISM |
| PAUL KERRY |
1969-2000 |
SOCIAL STUDIES |
| DR. EWING KONOLD* |
1945-1958 |
PRINCIPAL |
| TERRY PEARSON |
1971-1988 |
PRINCIPAL |
| JESSE RODRIGUEZ* |
1953-1087 |
SERVICE |
| JEAN SEDILLOS |
FROM 1987 |
SAMOHI SERVICE |
| LEONARD VINCENT* |
1983-1999 |
SOCIAL STUDIES |
| DICK WAGNON |
1953-1964 |
MUSIC |
| BEVERLY WATERS |
1957-1986 |
ADMINISTRATION |
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Hall of Fame
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| Samohi has nurtured many students through the years in their quest for knowledge, wisdom and culture. We take great pride in the fact that our alumni -- those who have shared in the influence and traditions of this school -- have measurably enhanced out nation as effective citizens in a democracy. While being counted among the graduates of Samohi is an hour in itself, there are those inspired, energetic, dedicated and talented individuals who have gone on to attain eminence and national prominence in their chosen fields. These have run the gamut of constructive occupations including the role of soldier, statesman, artist, athlete, scholar, scientist, and educator. |
| LAWRENCE BELL |
'12* |
AEROSPACE INDUSTRY |
| CARL TEGNER |
'15* |
INSURANCE |
| RUSSELL HART |
'16* |
BUSINESS |
| DR. CYRIL GAIL |
'10* |
DENTISTRY |
| DR. MERIBETH CAMERON |
'21* |
EDUCATION |
| CDR. SAM DEALEY |
'25* |
MILITARY |
| JEAN LESLIE CORNETT |
'25* |
LITERATURE |
| JOHN HOPE DOEG |
'26* |
SPORTS |
| KEN DARBY |
'27* |
MUSIC |
| ROY RINGWALD |
'27* |
MUSIC |
| GLORIA FINCH STUART |
'27 |
THEATR ARTS |
| FERN BUCKNER |
'28* |
MUSIC |
| ERNEST ARBUCKLE |
'29* |
BUSINESS |
| LT. GEN. JAMES EDMUNDSON |
'31* |
MILITARY |
| J. B. NETHERCUTT |
'31* |
BUSINESS |
| DOROTHY BUNDY CHENEY |
'34 |
TENNIS |
| GLENN "GWYLLYN" FORD |
'34* |
THEATRE ARTS |
| AUBREY AUSTIN, JR. |
'36* |
FINANCE |
| ELEANOR JACKSON PIEL, ESQ. |
'36 |
LAW |
| GENE BERG NELSON |
'38* |
THEATRE |
| ARTS RADM WILLIAM MOFFIT |
'41 |
MILITARY |
| PHIL HILL |
'44* |
AUTO RACING |
| NAN MARTIN GESNER |
'44 |
THEATRE ARTS |
| WILLIAM OVERGARD |
'44* |
ART |
| GLENN BASSETT |
'45 |
TENNIS |
| DR. BRUCE MURRAY |
'49 |
SCIENCE |
| WILLIAM MORTENSEN |
'50 |
FINANCE |
| PARRY O'BRIEN |
'50* |
SHOT PUT |
| R. C. OWENS |
'52 |
FOOTBALL |
| DR. BARRY BOEHM |
'53 |
SCIENCE |
| AMB. LESTER KORN |
'53 |
BUSINESS |
| AMB. WILLIAM WALKER |
'53 |
DIPLOMATIC SV |
| JON DOUGLAS |
'54 |
BUSINESS |
| DR. RICHARD GRIGG |
'54 |
SCIENCE |
| DON BLUTH |
'55 |
ART & ANIMATION |
| NATALIE WILSON CRAWFORD |
'57 |
SCIENCE |
| RADM RONALD TUCKER |
'59 |
MILITARY |
| DR. DAVID DEVORKIN |
'61 |
ASTRONOMY |
| LADDIE JOHN DILL |
'61 |
ART |
| GUY DILL |
'63 |
ART |
| RICK MONDAY |
'63 |
BASEBALL |
| CDR. CHRISTOPHER ALBERT HOLIDAY |
'65 |
MILITARY |
| LUISA SOSA RODRIGUEZ |
'68 |
EDUCATION |
| RICHARD MACKSON |
'72 |
PHOTOGRAPHY |
| JUBILANT SYKES |
'72 |
MUSIC |
| DR. GARY SATO |
'73 |
VOLLEYBALL |
| DR. NATHAN MYHRVOLD |
'74 |
COMPUTER SCIENCE |
| DR. HENRY T. NICHOLAS III |
'77 |
ENGINEERING |
| LIANE SATO |
'82 |
VOLLEYBALL |
| ERIC SATO |
'84 |
VOLLEYBALL |
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| Congratulations to these individuals who have distinguished themselves in their careers and their lives. They serve as representatives of Samohi and as role models for current and future students. |
| Updated 2007 - * Deceased |
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Updated 05/20/11
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