Listed below is the set of names which grace the walls of our recently named administration building, Burke Hall. These alumni were nominated and chosen by various alumni organizations.
| Ralph Ahn |
W 1944 |
CSULA; Well-known Restauranteur; Football Coach |
| George Albee |
S 1922 |
Writer, published many best-selling novels. |
| David Anthony |
- |
School Police Officer |
| Jon Arnett |
c 1952 |
L.A. RAMS; USC All American; MA All City Halfback |
| Gus Arriola |
- |
Syndicated Cartoonist for 40 yrs. with "Gordo" |
| Roy Ash |
W 1935 |
President, Litton Industries; Member, White House Cabinet in Finance |
| Dr. Robert Barner |
1966 |
LAUSD Educator; MA Past Principal |
| James Bates |
1958 |
MA All American HS Football-Ran 9.4 in 100-yd |
| Ted Bates |
1954 |
All City Lineman; Oregon State; St. Louis Pro team |
| David Beavon |
W 1934 |
World famous inventor of pollutions controls with many patents |
| Paul Blair |
- |
Professional Athlete-Orioles |
| James Blewett |
S 1917 |
MA Football Coach of many City Champ Teams |
| William Blurock |
W 1940 |
Internationally know, award-winning architech |
| Lymon (Wesley) Bostock |
1968 |
California Angels Baseball (Deceased) |
| W 1950 |
L.A. Co. Supervisor; CA Congresswoman |
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| Benjamin Braziel |
1974 |
Dentist |
| Steve Brousard |
- |
Seattle Sea Hawks |
| Eugene Burdick |
- |
Novelist |
| W 1915 |
Academy Award Winning Movie Producer |
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| Dr. William Carr |
1920 |
National Education Association Executive Director |
| Dr. Richard Cooper |
S 1941 |
Area Superintendent; on Oxy Staff; 3rd Principal of MA |
| Thomas Cunningham |
1924 |
Judge; Legal Advisor & V.P. of University of California |
| Otis Davis |
1950 |
Set world records in track events in 1960 Olympic Games |
| S 1913 |
WW II General, U.S. Army; Air pioneer, led Tokyo Raid; Command of 8th Army as Gen. |
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| Mario Ecung |
1973 |
United Airlines Captain |
| Arnold Eddy |
1919/20 |
USC Graduate Manager |
| J. Paul Elliott |
W 1914 |
President, LA Board of Education; Attorney; President, Coliseum Comm. |
| Gordon Ray Elliott |
S 1934 |
Top executive positions with U.S. Veterans' Affairs |
| Tom Fears |
W 1941 |
All City Football; All-Pro End, L.A. RAMS; Pro and College Hall of Fame |
| Earl Frieden |
W 1939 |
Ph.D; Distinguished Chemistry Professor, Florida State U.; Author |
| Buron Fitts |
c 1913 |
L.A. City District Attorney; Lt. Governor, State of California |
| Robert Garrick |
S 1938 |
RAMS; USC; Rear Admiral U.S. Navy; Counsel to Reagan White House |
| Pancho Gonzalez |
- |
Nationally ranked tennis player |
| Kathryn Grayson |
1940 |
Leading Lady in many Hollywood musical films |
| Kenneth Griffin |
W 1931 |
1936 Olympics Representative in Gymnastics |
| John Hall |
W 1946 |
Newpaper Writer; All City Basketball; MA SB President |
| Tom Hanlon |
c 1920 |
Chief Announcer, KFI radio |
| Lance Kevin Hardy |
1974 |
Pomona College; SB Pres.; (Deceased) |
| Robin Harris |
1971 |
Comedian/Actor (Deceased) |
| Ray Harryhausen |
W 1939 |
Producer, Science Fiction Films; Academy Award |
| Jack Hastings |
- |
LAUSD Administrator |
| Cliff Henderson |
S 1915 |
Org. National Air Races; Developed City of Palm Desert |
| Dennis Holt |
S 1954 |
(nee Fagerhult) CEO, Westin Media, Inc. |
| Don Hunt |
W 1944 |
Brig. General US Army; |
| Lawrence Houston |
S 1924 |
LAUSD Director of Athletics and P.E. |
| Rachel Robinson Isum |
S 1941 |
Director-Jackie Robinson Foundation |
| Beverly Jackson |
- |
- |
| Carlos Jackson |
- |
L.A. County Administrator |
| Dollita Jo Jackson |
1959 |
- |
| Jorge Jackson |
- |
LAUSD Administrator |
| Santiago Jackson |
- |
Vice Pres., GTE |
| Bernard Jefferson |
S 1923 |
Judge, Appeals Court |
| De Wayne Jessie |
1969 |
Actor |
| Edgar J. Johnson |
S 1922 |
President, Golden State Life |
| Erskine Johnson |
W 1929 |
Editor, Columnist, Motion Picture Commentator |
| Gracie Jones |
- |
LAUSD Administrator |
| Daniel Kaufmann |
S 1935 |
Municipal/Superior Court Judge; Ephebian; SB President |
| W 1914 |
Former Governor of California; Superior Court Judge |
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| Stanley Knowles |
S 1926 |
Member, Canadian Parliament for 38 yrs. until 1984 |
| Margaret Shedd Kisich |
S 1916 |
Short Story Writer |
| Harold Labriola |
W 1935 |
Varsisdty Basketball MA & USC; Athletic Orthopedic Surgery Pioneer |
| Ben Lardizabal |
W 1945 |
All City Lineman in Football; Football honors at USC |
| Mittie Lawrence |
- |
Actress |
| Ralph Lewis |
S 1936 |
Philanthropist; One of U.S. largest home builders (Lewis Homes) |
| Hugh MacBeth |
W 1937 |
Judge, Superior Court; Lawyer; Ephebian |
| Arthur Manella |
W 1935 |
Philanthropist; Prominent So. Cal. Tax Attorney |
| George Mann |
- |
CA Supreme Court Justice |
| Leon (Mickey) McArdie |
W 1940 |
All City Football; Rose Bowl star for USC; Film Producer |
| Barkman McCabe |
- |
President, Magma Oil Co. |
| Stephanie McGriff |
W 1967 |
Educator, LAUSD |
| Daryl McLemore |
1973 |
LA PD Detective |
| Dan McMillan |
1917 |
Pacific Oil & Gas; Cal Wonder Team; All City Football; College Football Hall of Fame |
| Sterling McMurrin, PhD. |
W 1931 |
Utah University Chancellor; U.S. Commisioner of Education |
| Olivia E. Parker Mitchell |
- |
LA City Administrator |
| Kimball Moore |
S 1936 |
San Diego City Manager; Ephebian |
| Doyle Nave |
W 1935 |
All City Halfback on 1934 City Champ team; Rose Bowl hero USC 1940 |
| Kenneth Norris |
W 1916 |
Philanthropist-USC Health Center; Head of Norris Industries; All State Tennis |
| Morrie Notrica |
1944 |
Owner-32nd Street Market, Los Angeles |
| Lewis Notrica |
1947 |
Owner-32nd Street Market, Los Angeles |
| JoAnn Cook Parker |
1962 |
- |
| Paul Wesley Parker, Jr. |
1962 |
(Deceased) |
| Donald Pitts, Sr. |
- |
Judge |
| Dwayne Polee |
- |
Three-time All City Basketball |
| 1929 |
One of the most prominent U.S. painters of 20th Century |
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| Morford Riddick |
c 1925 |
President, Santa Monica Community College |
| John Scolinos |
W 1937 |
Cal Poly Baseball Coach; MA All Time Football Center |
| Ernie Serfas |
W 1941 |
Record holder in Track at MA and USC; noted restaurateur |
| Ronnie Smith |
1967 |
100M World Record |
| Irving Stone |
S 1927 |
Novelist; Biographer whos novels were made into top motion pictures |
| Dr. James Taylor |
S 1944 |
Deputy Supt. LAUSD; Varsity Basketball; MA SB Vice Pres. |
| Flora Trimble |
- |
Principal, LAUSD |
| Mark Ridley-Thomas |
1972 |
LA City Council Member |
| Natalie Whitsett |
- |
Principal, LAUSD |
| Paul Winfield |
1959 |
Lead Actor in many movie films (i.e., Sounder) |
| Phyllis Williams |
- |
Educator, LAUSD |
| Beverly Kate Cook Wilson |
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- |
| Julian Wolf |
S 1941 |
Rowing Hall of Fame as Olympic Games Coach and participant |
| Ronald Wong |
- |
Educator, LAUSD |
| Raymond Wrenn |
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