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VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Terry Pearson

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Chr USC Scholarship Committee; Chr Citizen Oversight Com for Palos Verdes School District

Alice Goen Jones

'28

Alice Goen Jones History Center at Jake Jackson Museum, Weaverville, CA

Gwen Washburn Mallory

'31

Lineman for FISH (Friends in Service to Humanity)

Margaret Doherty Dodd

'36

Volunteer at both St. John’s and Santa Monica Hospitals

Kay Hile

'36

Chair, Meals on Wheels in Laguna Hills; over 5,500 hours as hospital volunteer

Helene Hodge Rodier

'37

UCB Alumni Golf; Kappa Alpha Theta, Republican Women 45 years; Mt. Diablo Therapy Ctr; Children’s Hosp of East Bay; Fnding Mem Lindsay Wildlife Mus. 51 years; Chr Deacons Walnut Creek Pres. Ch; 10-yr member CA Women’s Retreat

Jane Newcomb Whiting

'37

SM Historical Museum

Jean Preisman Cogley

'38

American Field Service

LaVerne Spears Hanell

'38

SM Historical Museum

Robert Schellhous

'39

School volunteer; volunteers at the San Diego Air & Space Museum – Library and Archives

Beatrice Parks Bailey
'40
Hospice

Jim Fugle

'40

SMC Math Lab tutor; SAA Treasurer and Data Management

Rosemary Romero Miano

'40

SM Historical Museum

Bill Vos

'41

Editor monthly newsletter for retirement community

Helen Bowen Hileman

'41

Morro Bay Friends of Library, CA St. Library Friends of Lib. Bd., Friends of Firefighters, set up church libraries across US

Patricia Cohn Melniker

'41

El Rodeo School in Beverly Hills

Bob Drew

'42

Seattle Museum of Flight Docent

John Cazier

'42

Teaches English as a Second Language in China and Italy

Ralph Hedges

'42

Meals on Wheels in Santa Monica

Thelma Riza Salva

'42

SM Library; JP Getty Villa Museum

Carlson Mengert

'42

Loren Zachary Society for the Performing Arts

Gretchen Adam Johnson

'43

Pres Ft. Meyers Beach Art Assoc; hospital vol. 15 yrs; Meal on Wheels; Soup Kitchen

Dorothy Hunt Gurzi

'43

ESL Tutor, Huntington Beach Library; Outstanding Tutor of Year

Lou Kado

'43

LA County Art Museum,  Japanese-American National Museum

Leon McLaughlin

'43

Hospice, church activities

Jim Jenkins

'44

SM First Presbyterian Church; Christian Businessmen's Committee; organizer of ‘Solemates’ (shoes for needy kids)

John Lonsdale

'44

Lions Club, athletic coach and referee, YMCA,

Martha Kipp Barber

'45

Class Corres American School in Japan, Past Pres Brentwood Glen Garden Club, and current friend & advisor

Duwayne Higgins

'45

Tutor in San Pedro schools

James Jenkins

'45

Golf tournament leader in over 100 tournaments with recognition awards

John Grimson

'46

Gymnastic Instructor; Service on Wheels Ever Ready (SOWERS)

Jack Spillane

'46

Board of Library Trustee, Santa Clara

Trudie Terry Latka

'47

World Boxing Hall of Fame - 17 years on Board

Sharla Perrine Boehm

'47

SAA; Friends of SM Library

Allen Hamblin

'47

SAA; EAA AirVenture Air Show

Joseph Noel

'47

CA State Advocate for the Nat’l Com to Preserve Social Security & Medicare

Betty Miller Tomeo

'47

SM Historical Museum, SAA

Joseph Noel

'47

CA State Advocate for National Com. to Preserve Social Security & MediCare

Gene Muir

'47

Football Chain Crew for Samohi and SMC

Kenneth Jacobs

'48

Wonder of Reading program & Carlthorp School - Writing Partner Program

Grace Henris Pierce

'48

Gleaners, feeding the needy; Cres’s Pregnancy Center

Wilma Shellhous Sielert

'48

Library in CT for 15 years,  Volunteer of the Year

Gerald Condon

'49

Fitness Walking Coach for SM Track Club

Charles Hutchins, Jr

'49

Church Athlotte Assoc; Meals on Wheels

Betty McCuistion Darling

'50

Meals-on-Wheels in Santa Monica

Dick Hay

'50

American Legion

Mary Lou Milner Hay

'51

American Legion Auxiliary

Gail Jackson Mackey

'51

SAA Telephone Answering

Woody Bray

'51

Cancer Resource Center, Klamath Falls, OR

Jerry Chase

'52

Many volunteer activities in Ames, IA

R.C. Owens

'52

Give Every Child A Chance, Community Action Program Services, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Fdn, reader for Dr. Seuss Read-in, fund-raiser for medical expenses of kidney transplant patient, Spanos Golf Tournament, Boys & Girls Club & others

Valerie deRollin Wilson

'52

4-H Leader; teacher of therapeutic horseback riding to disabled children in Marysville, CA

Dian Travis Coash

'52

Southern Oregon Humane Society, Medford

Dorothy Adams Trotter

'52

Food Share & Hospice

Andree Leon Palombo

'52

Children’s Miracle Network

Nat Trives

'52

Pres, SM Rotary Club; Pres, SM Chamber of Commerce

Mike Archer

'53

Am Red Cross Disaster Services; Scotts Valley Fire District, CERT Member

Jack Later

'53

Football "Chain Gang" at Samohi and SMC

John Buckel

'53

American Red Cross Disaster Services

Estelle Slater Moore

'53

Headstart; Crisis Line for Domestic Abuse, driving seniors to Reno for Dr. appointments

Pam Wraith Patton

'53

Reading to Kids

Jacqueline Peters Siegel

'53

Helping Hands Unit for Premies, Grandma for Newborns, Leadership Awd for work at Northridge Hosp, Sherman Way

Tess Reyes Dunn

'54

Friends of Taxco, MX; Madrid Theatre, SAA, Democratic Convention, Reading to Kids, Earth Day, Senatorial Campaign

Chuck Lippincott

'54

Redlands U Alumni trips to New Orleans’ Habitat for Humanity; Bd Mem Jackson County (MS) Planning Com; Pres. Jackson Co. Forestry Assoc; Chair Vancleave Anti-litter Committee; Soil and Water Conservation District; Past Pres Western Assoc of Independent Camps; Anaheim Chamber of Commerce.

Gary Baker

'54

Citizens Oversight for Newhall School District, consultant to Board of Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry

Deanna Seita Robinson

'54

President, SM Salvation Army Auxiliary

Judy Young Franklin

'54

Volunteer in hospital and for jail literacy program

Ed Ferguson

'54

Alvarado Hospital; San Diego County Sheriff’s Senior Volunteers Patrol Program

Gale Williams

'55

Scouting, Accessibility Appeals Board for the City of Santa Monica

Barbara Kidd Cardella

'55

Torrance Symphony League Board, Commission on Aging, Las Vecinus, Hospice/Bereavement Volunteer, South Bay Community Concert Board, Las Amigas Leader.

Ron Lovell

'55

Oregon St. Univ. Retire. Assn - Bd & Editor; Friends of Yaquina Lighthouses-Pres; Cascade Head Music Festival - Bd

Marilyn Wood Eberhardt

'55

Museum of San Ramon Valley - store mgr; Caring Hands - helping elderly to stay in their homes; John Muir Hospital

Tom Watson Dougherty

'56

math and astronomy tutor at Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria

Don Drowty

'56

WTC Disaster; Red Cross; Project TOUCH

Owen Miller

'56

Pres. Senior Center for Port Ordford, OR

Nancy Cannon Hooper

'58

Culver City PD Detective Division; Culver City Senior Citizens

Larry Richey

'58

Prescott, AZ Chamber of Com. Historical Tour Guide; Sharlot Hall Museum Docent; Yavalpai Co. Medical Reserve Corps; Comm., Sr. Softball

Audrey Stanton Mayes

'58

American Red Cross, Regional Medical Reserve Corps, Children's Receiving Home

Richard Seipp

'59

Football Chain Crew for Samohi and SMC

Frank Ovanin

'60

Patrolman, jailer, Elks, Rotary, Paul Harris Fellow, prison ministry, memorial honor detail bugler, British auto judge

Ann Cochran

'60

Samohi Volunteer Nurse

Mari Burch Wussow

'60

US Coast Guard Auxiliary

Susan Scott

'62

Grand Juror for 1 year

Bob Brackett

'62

Volunteer with the SM Fire Dept. - OEC, ham operator

David Heller

'62

Bus. Advisor to Samohi Echo & ROP Sage Business Teams

Pete Herley

'63

Adv. Bd for CA Police Chiefs Assoc, Past Pres; Int’l law enforcement institutes-threat assessment, etc., facilitator - CA Police Chiefs for Com. of Peace Officers Standards & Training, law enforcement consltg,  American Red Cross Bd

Dee Parr Menzie

'63

President, SM Rotary Club; Board SM Boys & Girls Club

Susan Bachman Mayea

'63

Simi Valley Hospital Guild Board

Eleanor Mangrobang Scott

'63

CA Match Two Prison Program; Atascadero Police Dept; Meals-on-Wheels

Monica Batters Gilbertson

'64

Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies’ Auxiliary, Pres

Pam Leon Brady

'64

SM/Malibu School Board

Lawrence Libuser

'64

Project Africa humanitarian mission; Homeless but not Toothless

Cynthia Catton Chisum

'65

Altrusa International of Escondido - Adult Literacy program; Pres. Board of Directors for the Friends of Literacy

Lily Kabbash Ruff

'65

Am Cancer Society, Wellness Community; LAPD Cancer Support Group, Agoura Hills Animal Shelter, City Treas - Agoura

Louis Steers

'65

Volunteer Chaplain; Director of Visitation, part-time, for my church; facilitate several support groups

David Franklin

'65

Operation Smile medical mission

Sue Lippincott Johnson

'65

Speaker -women’s groups about Breast Cancer Awareness/Importance of Mammography in Early Detect.

Debbie Mount Osterholt

'66

Santa Fe - Board Pres. for Court Appointed Special Advocates; regular volunteer with Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity and Vista Grande Library; YWCA Board Pres; UCLA Med Aux Chair

Linda Irwin Wylie

'66

Make-A-Wish Foundation

Bob Gold

'67

City of Hope, Youth Sports, Nothing But Nets (malaria prevention in Africa)

Kathryn Boole

'67

Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica Council member

Patrick Murphy

'69

Habitat for Humanity

Judi Bloom Cieply

'69

Campus Beautification

Randi Hutchinson

'69

Campus Beautification

Kent Cullom

'69

SM Fire Dept Volunteer; So Cal Chap. Of Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation, Pres

Diane Eggimann Glasgow

'69

Peace Corps (Thailand) 1973-1975; Music Dir. Santa’s Wkship-Jr. Woman’s Club; Christian Ed Com. & teacher, 1st Presbyterian Church; Bosnian Refugee ESL teacher; Bd Mem and Spanish mediator, Mediation Serv; Growing Healthy In-Serv Training Coord; Pres - Putnam Co (TN) Medical Aux.

Phil Brock

'71

Chr, SM Boys & Girls Club Council; UCLA Alumni Awards Chr, Alumni-Student Advisory Com,  Ent. Night Speaker,  Celebrity Judge-Spring Sing; SMMUSD Sports & PE Advisory Board Chair; Chr, Hope Fdn; Rec & Parks Comm; Working Chr, Behind the Bench Gala; Celebrity MC, Airport Marina 5K, 10K Run/Walk 2003-4; Celeb MC, The Al Wooten Foundation Gala; Celebrity Coach, Challengers Boys & Girls Clubs Celebrity Basketball Game; MC, Ettie Lee Foundation Gala

Jeffrey Bell-Zekus

'72

Youth Soccer coach; Little League; Pop Warner Football; UCSB Alum; Doctors without Borders! Médecins Sans Frontières; Library lecturer; CA Correctional Peace Officer Assoc. union activist; Am. Cancer Soc; Survival Int’l; Am. Red Cross; Lance Armstrong Fdn; Santa Barbara Tenant’s Union; Grizzly Football; Shakespeare Fest; Demo. Party registrar; Habitat for Humanity; Council. Wood Election Com; 4-H Leader; Burning Man Proj; Britt Festival; Minnesota Public Radio support

David Scott

'73

Volunteer Fireman

Jeanie Tomaino Schneider

'73

Nat’l Republican Senatorial Inner Circle, Mother’s Trust Bd & Fundraising Chr, New Am. Leadership Fund, KKΓ Alumnae Pres, Kenilworth Women’s Club Treas & PR, Winnetka Women’s Club, Kenilworth Clippers, Sears Elem. Sch. Room Mother, Episcopal Church volunteer

Steven Tracey

'73

Youth Softball

Geoff Smith

'73

Peace Corps in Ivory Coast

Kathleen Hedges Loftman

'74

Athena, UCSD, Promoting women in science and technology

Gary Capata

'74

Mayor Laguna Niguel; Planning, Transportation, & Parks & Rec Com; soccer/baseball coach; Indian Guide Chief; Scout leader; Pres Laguna Niguel Chamber of Commerce and Laguna Niguel Rotary

Annie Ellis

'74

Injured Stuntwomen's Foundation

Kimberly Hanson Krantz

'77

Epsilon Sigma Alpha Int’l -service/philanthropic org; El Segundo Chamber of Commerce - Pres 2006-7

Janet Stoddard

'77

Court appointed Special Advocate for abused and neglected children pro bono

Pearl Rizzo Leeka

'77

Aid to needy people across the globe

Susan Sachs Lipman

'78

Girl Scout Leader; Arts in the Schools Bd; Homestead Valley Board-Pres;  PTA Executive Bd;  Jewish Family Services

Jon Arenberg

'79

SAA; Friends of SM Library

Mary Dale Mahaffey

'79

Project Linus, Embroiderers’ Guild of Am, Am Needlepoint Guild

Alex Cruz

'79

Habitat for Humanity

Alex Soteras

'79

Pres. Agoura Chamber of Commerce; member Pepperdine Alumni; Bd of Dir - United Chambers; Bd of Dir Wellness Comm

Mark Goulding

'80

Football Chain Crew for Samohi and SMC

Randy Later

'81

Football Chain Crew for Samohi and SMC

Soohan Lee

'82

"Let's Help" for children of fallen soldiers

Holly Robinson Peete

'82

HollyRod Foundation for Underprivileged with Parkinson Disease

Amelia Deller

'83

Surfrider Foundation

Brian Boxer Wachler

'84

Fred Jordan Mission; Giving Vision

Todd Abrahamson

'88

Make-A-Wish Foundation

Christina Coria

'89

SMPD Pals Program

Justyn Wilson

'89

Carl Wilson Foundation

Jason Axe

'89

UCLA Alumni & Radio Station, UCLA Law School; Founder Reading to Kids

Jaron Singletary

'96

SAA Co-Treasurer

Johanna Jara

'96

SAA Board; St. Monica’s Youth Group

Ben Allen

'i96

SMMUSD Financial Advisory Com.; UC Regent Student Trustee

 
 
 

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