Notable Crawfordites

Lloyd Dyson Former Vice Principal	Lorrie Menconi Playboy’s Playmate of the Month
Salvatore Cordileone Auxiliary Bishop San Diego	Bob McElroy CEO the Alpha Project
Joan Embery Wild-Animal Advocate	Kathy Najimy Actress
Carlos Amezcua TV News Anchor	Ted Suggs SDMA Artists Guild
Hollis Gentry Jazz Musician	Deborah Butterfield Artist/Educator
Bob Boone Former MLB Player	Stephen Bishop Songwriter/Singer
Phyllis Schwartz NBC Executive	John Fry Author
Maureen Hallahan Superior Court Judge	Monica Pacheco Zech Safety Advocate
Joan Wai Author	Thom Madro Artist
Chuck Rainey Former MLB Player	Sandi Patty Gospel Singer
Sarah Leddick Hair and Makeup Artist	Mike Stamm Businessman/Caterer
Tim Blackwell Former MLB Player	Dave Duncan Former MLB Player
Dick Woodson Former MLB Player	Kadir Nelson Artist/Illustrator
Ed Herrmann Former MLB Player	Robert Watkins President SDCBE
Dave Engle Former MLB Player	Charles Wax CEO Waxie Sanitary Supply
Warren Wiebe Musician/Vocalist/Singer	Sandy Shapery Developer
Larry Urdahl President GUHSD	Valerie Ziegenfuss Real Estate Agent
Doug Robinson Jazz Musician	Carl Evans Jr Jazz Pianist
Nathan East Jazz Recording Artists	Louie Schwartzberg Director/Cinematographer
Mel Goot Educator/Musician	Priscilla Schreiber Business Woman

Kathy Najimy, Actress
Joan Embery, Former San Diego Zoo Spokesperson
Bob Boone, Major League Baseball Player
Dave Duncan, Major League Baseball Player
Stephen Bishop, Songwriter/Singer
Susan Vreeland, Author
Sandi Patty, Gospel Singer
Bob McElroy, Advocate for the Homeless/Alpha Project
Carlos Amezcua, TV News Anchor
Hollis Gentry, Jazz Musician/Music Arranger
Jack Tempchin, Songwriter
Laurel Bassey, Olympic Team qualified Volleyball Player
Ted Stuggs, Artist/Sculpture/Cartoonist
John Fry, Author
Lorrie Menconi, Playboy Magazine Centerfold Playmate
Lloyd Dyson, Educator/Former Vice Principal Crawford High
John Pound, Cartoonist/Illustrator
Jeff Gianola, TV News Anchor
Salvatore Cordileone, Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego
Tim Blackwell, Major League Baseball Player
Randy Goding, Author
Deborah Butterfield, Artist/Sculpture/Author
Brian Teacher, UCLA Four-Time All-American
David Shannahoff-Khalsa, Author of Internet Yogi
Mike Stamm, Olympic Swimmer/Silver Medalist
Phyllis Schwartz, Vice President of NBC Universal TV
Maureen Hallahan, California Superior Court Judge
Victor Perez, Educator/Former Superintendent SDCFEA
Monica Pacheco Zech, Safety Advocate & News Reporter
Chuck Rainey, Major League Baseball Player
Thom Madro, Artist
Joan Wai, Author
Sarah Leddick, TV Show Hair & Makeup Artist
Kadir Nelson, Artist/Illustrator
Linda Brown, Poet/Author
Ed Herrmann, Major League Baseball Player
Steve Gunderson, Stage Actor
Thomas Shees, Editor HDQ Magazine
Jim Nettles, Major League Baseball Player
Jennie Governali Ray, Author
Paulo Mamede, Artist
David Engle, Major League Baseball Player
Charles Wax, Entrepreneur/Business Leader/Humanitarian
Larry Urdahl, President GUHSD
Robert Watkins, President San County Board of Education
Dick Woodson, Major League Baseball Player
Joe Naiman, Author/Freelance Writer
Priscilla Harris Schreiber, Governing Bard GUHSD
Gunner Biggs, Jazz Musician Base Upright
Valerie Ziegenfuss, Top-Ranked WTA Tennis Player
Carl Evans Jr., Acclaimed Jazz Pianist
Ernie Dronenberg, California State Board of Equalization
Jeanette Roache, Political Consultant
Karen Thomas, San Diego County Bar Association Officer
Mike Rotternberg, City of Santee Fire Chief
Nathan East, Jazz Recording Artist
Merrie Klapp, World-renowned Doctor/Professor MIT
Rod Boone, Major League Baseball Player
David Hopkins, Internationally-known Musician
Mel Goot, Educator/Jazz Pianist
Ernst Griffin, SDSU Academic Advior Mt. West Conference
Kim Scolari, PSA Flight Attendant/Featured in Playboy Magazines
Alan Gross, San Diego Mesa College Water Polo All-American
Chris Groff, California Lutheran University Tennis All-American
Alex Cano, Events Manager/San Diego Make-A-Wish Foundation
Lori Benton, Professional Figure Skater/Choreographer
Ray Talia, Professional Soccer Player/San Diego Sockers
Judy Martin, Author
Doug Robinson, Jazz Musician Base Guitar
Terry Strandemo Boone, National-caliber Swimmer/Olympic Trials
Sherri Schuler Lightner, Engineer/Community Leader and Activist
Sandor Shapery, Entrepreneur/Developer/Lawyer
Rosemary Erickson, Nationally-known/Forensic Sociologist
Warren Wiebe, Musician/Singer
Louie Schwartzberg, Producer/Disney Nature Documentary Films
Anna Gardner, Classical Musician/Recording Artists
Gary Krahn, Doctor/Professor/Colonel U.S. Army
Allan Bailey, Doctor/Educator/Administrator SDSU
Irma Groot, Major U.S. Air Force/Forensic Nurse
James Dyke, Author/Educator
Greg Bear, Author
Elaine Robinson Davis, Artist
John Murphy, Artists/Photographer
Norman Black, Colonel U.S. Air Force
Maggie Marshall, Author
Scott Shaw, Cartoonist
Kathy Chin, TV News Reporter
Jeffrey Bada, World-renowned Doctor/Professor UCSD/Scripps
Alfred Medina, Noted Public Service Director/Health Educator




Staff

Carl Bull, Admiral/United States Navy;
Crawford High Government Teacher
Sandra Buck, Playboy Hostess/Bunny;
Crawford High Art Teacher
Bertha Pendleton, Superintendent/San Diego City Schools;
Crawford High Vice Principal
James Gibbs, Professor of Art at San Diego City College;
Crawford High Art Teacher

Richard Draz	James Sams

San Diego Coaches Hall of Fame
San Diego Hall of Champions, Balboa Park

Dick Draz, Crawford High Coach
Walt Harvey, Crawford High Coach
David Nelson, Crawford High Coach
William Sanback, Crawford High Coach
Jim Sams, Crawford High Coach
Jerry Tooze, Crawford High Coach
Ash Hays, Crawford High Coach

High School Coaching Legends
San Diego Hall of Champions, Balboa Park

Darryl Nelson, Crawford High Coach

James T. Gibbs San Diego City College Art Department in 1980 Photograph © Irma Perez, Class of ‘74 James T. Gibbs, is seen here in this 1980 photograph. James taught Art Classes at Crawford High School in the mid 1960’s until he was hired away by the San Diego Community College District to teach Art Courses at San Diego City College. He was also a member of the Allied Craftsmen of San Diego. James died on Thursday, September 29th, 1988, he was 67.		Carl E. Bull Crawford High, 1971 Centaur Yearbook Photograph Carl E. Bull, is seen here in this 1971 photograph. Carl taught US Government Classes at Crawford High School in the late 1960’s through the 1970’s. He Was a retired US Navy Admiral, World War II Veteran, and Educator. He was also a member of the National Rifle Association, the South Bay Rod and Gun Club, the San Diego Sportsman Club, the Ray River Ranch Corporation, the College Area Kiwanis Club, and the San Diego Fish & Game Association. Carl died on January 10th, 2001, he was 92.

Sandra K. Buck Crawford High, 1971 Centaur Yearbook Photograph	Sandra K. Buck Crawford High, 2000 Centaur Yearbook Photograph

LEGENDARY CRAWFORD HIGH ALUMNUS PASSES AWAY By Victor M. Perez   Class of 1971 Hollis Gentry III 1954 – 2006 Hollis Gentry III, Crawford High School Graduate of the Class of 1972 died Tuesday, September 5th, 2006. He was 51 years old at the time of his passing. A well know local hero in the San Diego Music Scene, Hollis was a recording artists and the co-founder of the jazz group Fattburger. I will remember him not as the talented man with the saxophone, but rather as the young teenager of my youth. Who with a very small group played during half-time at the football games. It was my Senior year in 1971 that Hollis, as a Junior, always rocked the house with his performance! I can see him still in my minds-eye, remaining forever young and bursting with talent. Hollis left all of us richer for having experience him! Hollis died of Respiratory Distress Metastatic Lung Cancer. The Obituaries in the Thursday, September 7th, 2006 issue of The San Diego Union-Tribune in the San Diego Section on page B7 has his story. To read the story online go to SignOnSanDiego, the Union-Tribune web site, and access them at: www.uniontrib.com. Look in the archive banner under “Hollis Gentry III, 51; San Diego saxophone legend”. It was some amazing service for Hollis, 2 hours if you didn’t go to the internment at Mount Hope Cemetery. For more about Hollis and the service you can read about it in The San Diego Union-Tribune. Go to the San Diego Section for Saturday, September 16th, 2006, and find on the top of page B1 you will see a banner that reads: “HOLLIS GENTRY III: Hundreds gather to pay respects to jazz saxophonist”. Then go look at page B2, on the top of the page you will see another banner which reads: “Service celebrates Gentry’s muse”, and just below it the story starts with one more banner which reads: “Saxophonist was one of the greats”. You will find this write-up about the Friday, September 15th, 2006, service informative, it was written by U-T staff writer Elizabeth Fitzsimons. The story is a good follow-up and includes quotes form various people. The story even has a statement from Gunar Biggs, Crawford Grad, and Class of ’71. I only have one issue with the story; the reporter felt that the memorial had more than 700 people in attendance; as a participant at the funeral service… I think it was closer to 900 plus people. September 16th, 2006

*Photos of Bob Boone, Chuck Rainey and Dave Duncan, courtesy of The San Diego Hall of Champions.