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BURLINGAME HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER - FALL/WINTER EDITION 2017’18 - Editor Rusty Knudsen Web-Site, Reunions, Annual Events, As a commitment to encouraging a BHSAA President Fund Raising, Publication, Scholarships, balanced school-home life, BHS students Rusty Knudsen Hall of Fame, History of BHS, Hospitality, again had a Homework Free Holiday Advisory roles. Contact me, Rusty allowing students, and hopefully staff, the Knudsen [email protected] and time for family and personal pursuits. come join us at our next meeting. You Several years ago, the San Mateo Union can find our Schedule for meetings at the High School District moved to end first end of this newsletter or on our web site. semester prior to the Winter Break. Now, students can truly take a break with Final We have our annual Alumni Golf and Exams behind them and no homework Baseball Events coming up in May. All during the vacation. classes are welcome, both men and women. Contact Rusty Knudsen Currently, we are in the thick of the [email protected] for more info. Winter Sports Seasons with our student athletes participating in Girls and Boys Basketball, Soccer, and Wrestling. Our games are listed on our new website and are always competitive and exciting. Check out our new website and stop by for a game if you get the chance! The website can be found at https://www.smuhsd.org/burlingamehigh In March, BHS will host Career Day, offering 2 break-out sessions for students PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE to meet with local professionals and learn about the many careers that support our Happy New Year! Lot’s of exciting things BHS Principal community. If you or someone you know going on in the Alumni Association. We Paul Belzer may be interested in presenting at Career are looking at revamping our web site to Day, please email coordinator Carrie make it more user friendly and hope to Hermann, at [email protected]. transition to the new site soon. In close, one of the great privileges of We have the annual scholarship for BHS serving as Principal of Burlingame High worthy students coming this May. In School is meeting with Alumni and support of this we kicked off a Facebook hearing the stories of their youth, the fund raising campaign to help support the lessons learned through their experience, scholarship fund that we give out each and Burlingame High School’s role in year to worthy students. Our goal is to their story. Favorite teachers, victories raise $4,000.00 and we are half way and failures, popular activities all have there with two months to go. Your their own variation but with some donations are greatly appreciated. You consistent themes; the importance of can find this fundraiser on our Facebook personal grit and experience, the Page titled - Burlingame High School significance of family and friendship, and Alumni Association If you’re not a the positive experience of being a part of member please send a request to join as a team, a band, a school where they felt this is for Alumni only. The site has 817 connected with others and to their class members and growing strong. mates. Over the past month, I have had the It is that time for reunion planning as BHS has several reunions coming up this opportunity to meet with Alumni of the fall for Classes ’48, ‘58, ‘68, ‘78, ‘88, ‘98, PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE class of 62, 67, 82, 2006, and most ‘08 Be sure to contact our reunion recently with Jim Ditto (picture in “What’s committee for help planning your I hope this letter finds you well and warm Going On” segment) with his wife) from reunion.ReunionAnnouncements@Burlin during these winter months. Our recent the class of 1941. Jim shared that his gameAlumni.org Winter Break provided our students and time at BHS were some of the best years staff a time to slow down and relax after of his life. Now that’s a tradition I hope If you have interest in helping our a rigorous and active Fall Semester. we will continue to live up to. committee chairs on the following Back in session now, we are excited for Go Panthers! committees we have interest in you. what 2018 will bring. But when he turned up on the short list of Four years later, Nathaniel, 19 at the BHS ~ Panther’s candidates, his appeal to the USGA was time, won the U.S. Amateur at the that a preponderance of Walker Cup Olympic Club not far from the family In The News ~ players these days similarly aspire to a home in Hillsborough, Calif., and next professional career and as a result he door to the San Francisco Golf Club can relate to them. where he remains a member. BHS Alum Nathaniel Crosby ’79 "To consider being an amateur golfer as “Bing Crosby’s son winning in San a career made no sense to me when I Francisco, with his mom there?” Jastrow (son of Bing Crosby) was 17 years old," he said. "My pitch to said recalling the telecast. “You’re Selected to captain U.S. the USGA was that I’m more in touch supposed to be impartial and try to team in 2019 Walker Cup at with guys trying to be successful golf present a balanced story, but this was Royal Liverpool pros who are 18, 19, 20, 21 years old." magical storytelling. One shining Crosby, 56, is the son of the late moment. Never before, never again.” entertainment industry icon Bing Crosby, which likely will heighten interest in the Crosby, who regained his amateur status biennial amateur competition between in 1994, has been a partner and teams from the U.S. and Great Britain & executive in three golf equipment Ireland. companies—Toney Penna Golf, the Jack Bing was revered in the United Kingdom Nicklaus Equipment Company and for his work on behalf of the war effort in Orlimar Golf. Today, he is chairman of the U.S. and his entertaining troops the AppleTree Golf Society. during World War II, and he was on record expressing a preference for “Nathaniel Crosby has proven courses in Great Britain and Ireland over experience as an amateur player at the Nathaniel Crosby in Palm Beach, N.C. those of the U.S. He also played in a highest levels in both individual and team Story by John Strege (Golfworld) British Amateur on the Old Course at St. competition, and this will lend itself well Andrews, which still hosts the annual to providing leadership for the USA Bing Crosby Trophy, a competition for Walker Cup Team in 2019,” Stuart Nathaniel Crosby’s victory in the U.S. senior amateurs held in September. Francis, USGA Championship Amateur in 1981 was among the most Committee chairman, said in a memorable in its long history, “a magical Nathaniel has his own history in Great statement. “His father earned the moment in golf,” Terry Jastrow, who Britain. It began with the ’83 Walker Cup USGA’s highest honor, the Bob Jones produced the telecast for ABC, called it. It at Hoylake, where he had a 1-1 record in Award, and I know Nathaniel possesses helped earn Crosby a berth on the U.S. the Americans’ 13 ½ to 10 ½ victory. His similar traits, including sportsmanship, team that won the Walker Cup at Royal teammates included three other future patriotism and a competitive spirit, that Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, U.S. Walker Cup captains—Jay Sigel, will assist him as captain.” two years later. Jim Holtgrieve and Bob Lewis Jr. Incidentally, U.S. Walker Cup captains Two years from now, Crosby will There, too, was his role in Bing’s annual typically are retained for a second term. It complete the circle, returning to Hoylake, Christmas show, this one, “Bing Crosby’s would seem likely that Crosby, too, would this time as the captain of the U.S. Merrie Olde Christmas,” recorded in be the U.S. captain again in 2021, given Walker Cup team. The USGA will make England in 1977. It was on that show that that the Walker Cup will be played at the announcement official on Bing and David Bowie, the original odd Seminole Golf Club in North Palm Beach, Wednesday. couple, collaborated on the song “Little Fla., where he also is a member, as was Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth,” that has Bing. Crosby, however, is not looking that "I haven't had a great moment in 35 become a Christmas standard. far ahead. years, haven't won a tournament in 35 years," Crosby said. "So when Diana "To be honest with you, I’m so grateful Murphy [the USGA president] called me, and so appreciative of the incredible I was extremely surprised. For someone gesture of being named the Walker Cup that has something to say about captain," he said. "Mike McCoy [another everything, I was taken aback. I had a candidate for the 2019 position] also is serious loss of breath when she told me I member at Seminole and is worthy of would be the next Walker Cup captain." being a Walker Cup captain." Crosby largely had reconciled with the idea that he likely would never be the Walker Cup captain based on the fact that the job generally goes to those who were career amateurs. For Crosby, he L-R: David Bowie and Bing Crosby intended his amateur career to launch him onto a successful professional A few weeks after recording was career. He played a few PGA Tour completed and Nathaniel had returned events and was a member of the home, Bing died of a heart attack European Tour for two years, but moments after finishing a round of golf in essentially retired from competitive golf to Spain.