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Paul Williams, 1958
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Singer, Songwriter, Actor Oscar, Grammy and Golden Globe winning songwriter,
Paul
Williams is recognized as one of America's most prolific and gifted
lyricists and composers. A 'Hall of Fame' songwriter and recipient
of the National Music Publishers President's Award, Williams standards
have been recorded by such diverse musical icons as Elvis Presley, Frank
Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, David Bowie,
Tony Bennett, Sarah Vaughn, Johnny Mathis, The Carpenters, Luther Vandross,
REM, Mel Torme, and Diana Ross. His songs have also found favor with
Country legends including Chet Atkins, Garth Brooks, Kris Kristofferson,
Charlie Pride, Crystal Gayle, Anne Murray, Lynn Anderson, The Oak Ridge
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Melvin Dumar 1962 |
Melvin Dumar is mentioned in the hand written will of Howard Hughes. He was disgraced in court by high paid attorneys representing the Hughes Family Trust. In 1980 a film named "Melvin and Howard" examined the story. In 2005 a Retired FBI Agent found employees that remember Hughes entering the Sands that morning and stating he had been picked up by Melvin in the desert. Furthermore it is noted that Hughes owned mines in the area he was picked up by Melvin. At this point Melvin doesn't care and he is enjoying life in Utah. |
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Laura Baugh 1972
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Laura Baugh is an American Golf Champion where she earned 66 top 10 finishes as a professional golfer and was Rookie of the Year in 1973. Today she operates the Laura Baugh Golf Workshops for women. |
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Paul Goydos 1981
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Paul Goydos is a big time golfer with 15 years on the PGA Tour. Most recently he won the 2007 Sony Open in Hawaii. Not quite Tiger Woods, but we will claim him as a Bruin |
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Bobby
Grich 1967 |
Robert Anthony "Bobby" Grich (born January 15, 1949 in Muskegon, Michigan) is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Baltimore Orioles (1970-76) and California Angels (1977-86). |
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Jeff Burroughs 1969
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Jeff Burroughs was the nations first draft pick in 1969 and he joined the Senators at age 19. In 1974 he won MVP honors and had carrier batting .261 with 240 homers and 881 RBIs. Today his son Sean Burroughs is following in Jeff's footsteps. |
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Sean
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Sean Burroughs signed with the Padres rather than accepting a scholarship from USC. Won a gold medal in Sydney Olympics. As a third baseman, he is a career .280 hitter with a .340 on base percentage in 439 games. |
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Swen Langeberg, now Swen Nater, was a big man that taught Bill Walton to be a better center at UCLA. Apparently he was not good enough as a Junior to play for Wilson but he was a first round draft pick in the NBA as a UCLA redshirt and played for Milwaukee Bucks, Buffalo Braves, Clippers and Lakers, 1983 -1984 and was a One Time NBA Leader in Rebounds (1980). Today Swen is a Speaker, Writer, Poet and Big Man Coach in Washington and runs a Playing Big Post Camp for students. |
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Arthur L. Costa, Ed.D. is an Emeritus Professor of Education at California State University, Sacramento and Co-founder of the Institute for Intelligent Behavior in El Dorado Hills, California. Dr Costa developed an approach to education named "Habits of the Mind" which is used in many schools throughout the world. His method of education has had a significant influence in education and his books are widely available. |
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Malcom M.
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Chief Justice Malcom M.
Lucas, 26th Chief Justice of California, 1987 to 1996, Malcom was
appointed to the position after his predecessor, Rose Bird was removed by
the electorate in 1986 because of her constant opposition to Capital
punishment.. In stark contrast to the Bird Court, the decisions of the
Lucas Court tended to adhere to the textualist approach of interpreting the
law in strict accordance with its written meaning and precedent. During his tenure, the California Supreme Court issued landmark decisions on reapportionment, insurance law and employment law, among other issues. Widely heralded for bringing order and efficiency to the entire judicial system and restoring confidence in and respect for the Supreme Court, he was responsible for numerous administrative reforms in the high court's internal operations that have improved procedures and streamlined the decision-making process. |
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Bruce Brown 1955 |
Bruce Brown, Filmmaker In 1964, film maker Bruce Brown decided to follow two surfers around the world in search of a perfect wave. On a budget of only US$50 thousand, with a 16mm camera, he captured the essence, the adventure, and the art of surfing. Hence the renowned The Endless Summer. From the waters of West Africa, through the seas of Australia, to Haiti, two surfers from California achieved their great dream: to try the wildest waves in the world. With The Endless Summer, Brown broke the mold. Born in San Francisco, Brown grew up in Southern California. He started surfing at 11 on the green rollers that formed in the entrance channel to Alamitos Bay before the Long Beach breakwall was completed. |
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| Lynne Cox, Open Water Swimmer - Lynne has broken almost every women's and men's open water swimming record. Catalina Channel, English Channel, Oresund, Strait of Magellan, Aleutian Islands, Cape of Good Hope, around Joga Shima Island, Bearing Strait, Lake Baikal, Beagle Channel, Spree River, Golf of Aqaba, and even Antarctica. Lynne was inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame in 2000. More recently Lynne has become an author writing about her adventures. | |
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| Bruce McCandless
is one of the 19 astronauts selected by NASA in
April 1966. He was a member of the astronaut support crew for the Apollo 14
mission and was backup pilot for the first manned Skylab mission
(SL-1/SL-2). He was a co-investigator on the M-509 astronaut maneuvering
unit experiment which was flown in the Skylab Program, and collaborated on
the development of the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) used during Shuttle
EVAs. He has been responsible for crew inputs to the development of hardware
and procedures for the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), Space Telescope, the
Solar Maximum Repair Mission, and the Space Station Program. A veteran of two space flights, McCandless has logged over 312 hours in space, including 4 hours of MMU flight time. He flew as a mission specialist on STS-41B (February 3-11, 1984) and STS-31 (April 24-29, 1990). |
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Jeff Severson 1967 |
Jeffrey Kent Severson (born September 16, 1949 in Fargo, North Dakota) is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Houston Oilers, Denver Broncos, and the St. Louis Cardinals. He played college football at Long Beach State University. Severson played in Super Bowl VII. |
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| Bob Bailey was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 14, 1962, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Bob Bailey baseball stats page. | |
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| Bob Lemon played 18 seasons from 1938 to 1958, 15 in the Major Leagues (1941-1942; 1946-1958) and six in the minors (1938-1942; 1958), losing three years to the Military. He graduated from High School at Woodrow Wilson High in Long Beach, CA in 1938 and was then signed as a Free Agent for the Cleveland Indians by Jack Angel. He served in the United States Navy for three years during World War II (1943-1945). The story of Bob Lemon is the tale of three careers: as a mediocre infielder prior to World War II, as a star pitcher during post-war era, and finally as a successful major league manager. | |
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| Camryn Manheim is a television and film actress, best known as co-star of The Practice" and, "Ghost Whisperer". In 1998 she won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, and in 1999 she won a Golden Globe for her work in the same role. She was named one of the "Most Intriguing People of the Year" by no less an arbiter of popular taste than People Magazine, one of the "Most Fascinating Women of the Year" by Ladies Home Journal, and one of Glamour Magazine's "Women of the Year" | |
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Don Coscarelli 1972 |
Don Coscarelli Fast Facts:
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Anthony Lawrence Azevedo
(born November 21, 1981 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is an American water polo
player and a graduate of Stanford University. Nicknamed "The Savior" at one
point, he is considered to be one of the best American water polo players in
recent memory. During his four years at Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California, his team won four California Interscholastic Federation championships and he was named MVP all four years. Azevedo led Stanford's men's water polo team to two NCAA championships (in 2001 and 2002), and he represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. At the 2004 Olympics, Azevedo was second on the tournament’s goals scored list with 15. He set a school freshman scoring record (68 goals), a single-season school record as a sophomore (95, or 3.4 goals a game) and, scored a school record 332 career goals in four years at Stanford. For each of his four years in college, Azevedo was honored as the most outstanding male player of the year with the Peter J. Cutino Award – water polo’s version of the Heisman Trophy. In 2004 after graduating from Stanford University with a degree in International Relations, Azevedo signed a professional water polo contract with Bissolati Cremona (Italy) placing him among the top 10 paid players in the sport. Playing with Team Bissolati for his third season in 2006, he scored 63 goals with a 2.62 average per game. Azevedo will rejoin the rest of the US men’s national team at the 2007 Melbourne World Championships.[1]
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Sandy Jones Hutchinson 1973 |
Sandy Jones, now Sandy Hutchinson, is the new Orange County Sheriff replacing the former Sheriff Mike Corona. Sandy is a 27 year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department. I am sure we will be adding more to this story as it developes. |
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Richard Bach 1954
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Richard Bach is the author of that wonderful book Jonathan Livingston Seagull where a seagull tests the limits of flight. Richard is a pilot and loves flying like seagulls. |
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Dr Andrew Ordon 1968
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Dr Andrew Ordon is a specialist in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. After leaving Wilson, he attended USC Medical School and works for UCLA School of Medicine. Andrew is married with two children in college and maintains homes in New York City and Los Angeles. Recently Andrew has been a star on The Doctors, a CBS program. |
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Gabriel Iglesias 1994 |
Gabriel Iglesias -- unbelievable, electrifying, and gifted are just some of the many words used to describe Gabriel Iglesias, star of the 2007 Comedy Central stand-up special Hot & Fluffy. The high-octane comedian from Long Beach, CA. has been selling out comedy clubs from Los Angeles to Bangor, Maine and everywhere in between. Gabriel has an ability with voice effects and impressions that is absolutely breath taking. Whether he's telling a story about hanging out with his friends, or telling the audience about his dream of former President Bill Clinton, Iglesias blends his impeccable voice abilities with an uncanny knack for story telling that keeps the crowds on the edge of their seats. |
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Bradley Nowell 1986
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Bradley James Nowell (February 22, 1968 - May 25, 1996) was an American musician who served as lead singer and guitarist of the popular band Sublime. He died at 28 from a heroin overdose shortly before the release of Sublime's self-titled major label debut. |
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Barbara Barry 1970 |
Barbara Barry is a renowned
designer of interiors and home products celebrated for their everyday
elegance. At the heart of her design work is a desire to bring warmth
and tranquility into our homes. Fragrance plays a large part in
realizing that desire. Barbara believes that "scents draw us into a room and
create a gentle background upon which our lives unfold" These clean fresh fragrances are named for the rooms of the house because this is where we return to be restored and renewed everyday. With living room, dinning room, power room, and bedroom Barbara takes us on an evocative tour through the home. Making our familiar surroundings feel fresh and alive.=, and while she named the line after specific rooms, Barbara hopes that you "let your intuition guide you, and that you use the fragrances where ever you like. |
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Jerico Poppler 1970
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Jericho Poppler raised in Long Beach California,
considered ballet and jazz her passions. She danced for years prior to
getting into surfing which contributed to her graceful surfing style. Poppler dominated the surfing scene with a decade of championship titles from all over the world. This helped her earn her own "Jericho Poppler" model surfboard with world famous shaper Robert August. She was co-founder of the Women's International Surfing Association in 1974, and co-directed the first Women's International Professional Surfing Championships and developed the Women's Professional Surfing Coalition. Jericho is an active environmentalist, she served a five-year term as a board member of the surfrider foundation during the 1980s and created "Jericho's Kids for Clean Waves" in 1993, a surf contest for children under 16 that features environmental outreach and educational programs. And still Jericho still finds time to be a trustee of the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum. |
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Kate Schmidt 1970 |
A graduate of Wilson class of 1970 and UCLS Kate is a former record holder and is a 3 time Olympian with two Bronze medals in throwing the the women's Javelin, Shattering previous American Records of 198.8 and 9 American Records still stand with a 227' 5" record in Furth Germany for the world record. Kate is in the Wilson Hall of Fame, CSULB Hall of Fame, National Throws Coached Hall of Fame, and the USATF National Track and Field Hall of fame. Currently se is coaching for Occidental College in Los Angeles. |
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Joan Lind 1970 |
In 1976 Joan Lind became the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in rowing when she finished second in the single sculls in Montreal. Lind was also a member of the 1980 Olympica team, which boycotted the Moscow Games, and the 1984 team, which boasted the first American quadruple sculls teams to win an Olympia medal (a second silver for Lind). Ranked the No. 1 single sculler in the United States from 1973 to 1980, Lind has won 14 national titles. She was inducted into the National Rowing Hall of Fame in 1985. She married Olympic Rowing Coach John Van Blom in 1984. A part of the CENTURY CLUB'S best moments in the City of Long Beach in February, 2006.
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