Hall of Fame
The school’s mission is to provide a quality educational
experience, equal access and challenging academic standards for all students.
The Oceanside High School Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have made
significant achievements and contributions in academics, business, the arts,
community service, public service, and athletics in the past century.
The deadline for 2008's
Hall of Fame is past. However, we will accept nominees for the 2009 Hall
of Fame.
Hall of Fame nominees must have attended Oceanside High
School for at least two years, and they must be Oceanside High School graduates.
In order to submit a nomination, please fill out the attached
nomination form.
Nomination forms are due no later than June 1, 2009.
Completed forms may be sent to:
The Oceanside High
School Foundation
Attn: Hall of Fame Nominating Committee
P.O. Box 58
Oceanside, CA 92049-0058
Or via e-mail to:
erickrz@pacbell.net
Over the summer, a panel of Foundation members, headed by Pat
Kimbrel as Chairman, will review the nominations and select the 2008 Honorees.
Good luck to all.
All nominations will be kept for 5 years to be reviewed each
year. The deadline
for the 2008 Hall of Fame will be June 1, 2008. The Third Annual OHS Hall
of Fame will be Saturday, October 25, 2008. Is your class celebrating it's
reunion this year? How about nominating someone from your class and
combining your reunion with OHS Homecoming Weekend, October 24-25, 2008?
Click here for
nomination form.
2007 Hall of Fame Honorees
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Alec Cory is one of two businessmen joining the hall of
fame. The 1931 graduate is being recognized for his work in law, as a founding
partner of the San Diego-based law firm now known as Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves
and Savitch. He earned a law degree from UC Berkeley in 1939 and helped
start the firm in 1946 after a stint in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
He retired in 1993 after nearly 50 years of practicing business, real estate and
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Irene Englund will be recognized posthumously for her public service. The
1934 graduate was part of a group of women who flew military aircraft on
domestic missions during World War II to free up male pilots for combat.
She studied aviation at Pasadena College and earned her pilot's license in 1938.
In 1943, she became one of only 1,047 women in the Women Airforce Service Pilots
and was stationed in Texas, Kansas and Colorado.
During the war, she flew more than 1,200 hours, transporting air inspectors and
patients. She was one of only a handful of women at the time who were qualified
to fly some of the large military airplanes. She died in 2002.
(Click here for Tom
Morrow's article on Irene Englund.)
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Robert Frazee will be included in the hall of fame because of his years
of public service. The 1946 graduate served for 16 years as a state assemblyman
after establishing himself in local business as a contractor and president of a
flower company. Before starting his term in the California State Assembly in
1978, he served as a city councilman and mayor in Carlsbad in the mid-1970s.
He was also the first chairman of the North County Transit District board,
chairman of the Regional Coastal Commission and a member of the San Diego
Association of Governors' board of directors.
Frazee Road in the San Luis Rey Valley and Frazee State Beach in Carlsbad were
named in his honor.
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Barbara George is being honored for her work in academics. The 1959
graduate has been an educator for four decades, most recently as an
administrator at a community college district in San Luis Obispo. She retired
from that position in 2004 and has worked as a consultant since. George played a
prominent role as executive director of institutional advancement with the San
Luis Obispo Community College District during her nearly 30 years there.
She has also worked as a counselor, academic adviser, teacher and director of
parks and recreation services.
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Rusty Grosse is also being recognized for success in business. The 1953
graduate earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1960 and practiced law
in Oceanside for about a decade after that. In 1971, he founded Foursquare
Properties, a company that has developed housing, retail, industrial and office
project throughout the Western states, including Camino Town and Country, El
Camino North and Fire Mountain centers in Oceanside. He has been active in
many clubs and nonprofit groups in the area, including the Women's Resource
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Barbara Penrod is being inducted posthumously for her community service
work. The 1951 graduate spent her life helping others, especially those with
mental disabilities. She spent a large chunk of her life working with the
Fort Bend Association for Retarded Citizens in Missouri City, Texas. The
association now gives out the Barbara Penrod award to people who share her
passion for helping people. She died in 1986, after years of volunteering
her time to a variety of organizations, including the American Cancer Society
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C.R. Roberts will join the hall of fame for his athletic accomplishments.
He was the first Oceanside High School athlete to make it big in professional
football when he became a running back for the San Francisco 49ers. After
graduating from what was then Oceanside-Carlsbad High in 1954, Roberts moved on
to the University of Southern California, where he earned a degree in business
administration and continued his success in football. He still holds numerous
high school and college football records. Roberts spent years as a high
school and community college teacher. Now retired, he keeps active, working with
senior citizens at the Community Guidance Center in Norwalk.
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Jack White is being inducted for his contributions to the arts, which
included volunteering for fundraisers for the Oceanside Museum of Art and Star
Theater as well as four decades as a journalist. As a news anchor at KGTV
in San Diego, the 1957 graduate was well know to residents throughout the
county. He retired in 2002 after 34 years with the station. He started his
broadcasting career in the early 1960s at a radio station in Escondido.
After a stint covering the U.S. Army, White started his career in TV at a
station in North Carolina. By the mid-1960s, he was back in California as a
writer and editor at NBC in Burbank. In 1967, he moved to San Diego, where he
became well know for his Restaurant Row reviews.
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Click here to view the 2006
Hall of Fame Honorees
Pat Kimbrel
Hall of Fame Chairman
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