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Against All Odds

EDMUND KANAN
'51*
ATHLETICS
GLENN KATZ
'78*
MUSIC
TARA WILLIS GOLDBERG
'88*
PERFORMING ARTS
     

Distinguished Alumni

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
 
 

Distinguished Service

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
     

Hall of Fame

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
     
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
     
  2005 Honorees
 Updated 05/20/11

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