Downey High Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
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Thursday, May 11, 2017 Vol. 16 No. 5 NEWS REAL ESTATE NEWS FEATURES City planner Homes top Art contest My first 100 days retires $600K winner in office SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 2 SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 17 MAY 12 FridayWeekend75˚ “Defying Gravity” at a DATE: Friday, May 12 Glance TIME: 8 pm Saturday 6875˚⁰ LOCATION: Columbia Memorial Friday Space Center Family Stone live in concert Sunday 70˚ DATE: Friday, May 12 70⁰ TIME: 8 pm Saturday LOCATION: Downey Civic Theatre MAY 13 THINGS TO DO STEAM Festival DATE: Saturday, May 13 TIME: 9 am LOCATION: Downey Federal Credit Union GENTRI live in concert Top row, from left: Paul Martini, Peter Martini and James Stecklein. Bottom row, from left: Wesley Terasaki, Stanley Terasaki, Rodney Terasaki DATE: Saturday, May 13 and Carey Terasaki. TIME: 8 pm Wizard of Oz LOCATION: Downey Civic Theatre Friday - Stauffer Middle School, 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm “Defying Gravity” Downey High Hall of Fame Live performances of “The Wizard of DATE: Saturday, May 13 Oz” by Stauffer advanced drama. TIME: 8 pm LOCATION: Columbia Memorial Space Center inductees announced MAY 15 DOWNEY – Downey High School will induct seven alumni its its Hall of by the industry with several prestigious awards including, Ernst & Young’s Doty Middle School spring concert Fame on May 19. Entrepreneur of the Year and one of Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs. DATE: Monday, May 15 This year’s inductees include: More recently, iboss was ranked #3 for Security Companies in the TIME: 6:30 pm and 8 pm ■ Jim Stecklein, park design visionary and community volunteer LOCATION: Downey Theatre Deloitte Touch Fast 500. Family Stone ■ brothers Paul and Peter Martini, cyber security entrepreneurs Peter is active in the community, serving on the board of the San Friday - Downey Theatre, 8 pm ■ MAY 17 and Wesley Terasaki, Rodney Terasaki, Stanley Terasaki and Carey Diego Economic Development Committee and on the California Office of Jerry Martini and Greg Errico, original Terasaki, brothers who have earned a combined 11 university and advanced Emergency Services Cyber Security task force. members of Sly and the Family Stone, Coffee with Councilman Rick degrees, including two medical degrees. perform the group’s chart-topping hits. Rodriguez The Martini brothers have pioneered proprietary algorithm technology Induction ceremonies begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Downey High School that has paved the way for their iboss cybersecurity product and corporation DATE: Wednesday, May 17 theatre. Below are brief bios on each of the inductees, as provided by to become one of the leading companies in the web security market. TIME: 6 pm Downey high School. LOCATION: Vazza Cafe THE FOUR SONS OF DR. SHIGEO AND MRS. RYO MAY 18 JAMES STECKLEIN (CLASS OF 1947): While a student in TERASAKI: Certainly, the impressive accomplishments of all four children Warren High senior awards Downey schools, and during his college years and his years of military of Dr. Shigeo and Mrs. Ryo Terasaki satisfy the threshold for induction service, James Stecklein excelled in athletics and demonstrated effective into Downey’s Hall of Fame; however, it is examining the Terasaki sons’ DATE: Thursday, May 18 leadership, both on and off the field. Although the Stecklein family had a achievements in light of their full context and background, which makes for a STEAM Festival TIME: 7 pm successful business* in Downey that was central to the needs of its citizens, powerfully inspiring story. The Terasaki parents made a choice to be positive LOCATION: Downey Theatre it was Mr. Stecklein’s passion for sports, interest in physical activities and Saturday - Downey Federal Credit and productive – despite encountering vexing circumstances. Union, 9 am fitness, combined with his aptitude for service, that channeled his efforts into A free community festival celebrating MAY 22 a lifetime of dedication in strengthening the community through focusing upon the need for shared recreation. science, technology, engineering, art Petunia and the Vipers WESLEY TERASAKI, PH.D., MD (CLASS OF 1965): Wesley and math. Stecklein had a vision for a park, not only to be a place of relaxation, Terasaki graduated from Downey High in 1965. He earned his bachelor’s DATE: Monday, May 22 exercise, and escape, but to provide a setting where people can join degree in biochemistry at the University of Southern California in 1969 and TIME: 8 pm together in celebration of the arts through music. Stecklein’s conception immediately started graduate school there in cellular and molecular biology. LOCATION: Epic Lounge and establishment of a park, designed with a concert venue as its central USC awarded him his PhD. in 1974. feature, has significantly influenced both the layouts and activities of today’s He found a research position at the School of Pharmacology at the community parks. MAY 29 University of Virginia and conducted research there until 1979. He also taught Memorial Day ceremony Following his retirement from the Parks and Recreation program, at the School of Pharmacology. His research addressed the metabolism of Stecklein continues to work with the cities of Downey and Whittier. His cyclic nucleotides, and resulted in three patents, including a betaadrenergic DATE: Monday, May 29 keen interest in the importance of community and prioritizing recreation blocker and a machine to automate immunoassays. 11 am TIME: is evidenced by his on-going dedication to developing programs, which Terasaki entered a special program at the University of Miami (FL) School GENTRI LOCATION: Downey Cemetery draw communities together. His efforts concentrate upon reaching out to of Medicine, in which all students are holders of doctorate degrees. The Saturday - Downey Theatre, 8 pm youth, as well as all-the-way through the more-seasoned members of these program compressed medical school into two years; he graduated in 1981. A trio of tenors whose music has been communities, by his volunteerism with the local philanthropic historical MAY 31 (His completion of medical school in 2 years inspired his youngest brother, described as “cinematic pop.” societies. Columbus High graduation Carey, to complete law school in 2 years.) Stecklein’s work in preserving and sharing the historical and cultural DATE: Monday, May 31 Terasaki’s medical career took him to the Seattle area; he served his aspects of a community, help society hold onto the rich heritage of its unique TIME: 6:30 pm residency at Virginia Mason Medical Center. He is board-certified in Internal history while he endeavors to help foster the neighborhoods of today. LOCATION: Downey Theatre Medicine, and practiced as an Internist for more than 30 years, retiring in * Steck’s Hardware & Furniture Store, from 1931 – 1960, located on Front 2016. Street aka Crawford Avenue aka Downey Avenue. The store location did not He recorded “Waves Upon the Sand” in 1985 and “An Evening with Wes JUNE 2-4 change; only the street names changed. The family sold the building in the Terasaki and Friends” in 1997; both are compilations of his faith-inspired Downey Greek Festival 1970’s. Today, the old hardware store is the site of the Assistance League songs. He has written approximately 100 songs total. DATE: June 2-4 Thrift Store on Downey Avenue. TIME: 10 am Girls Yoga Day LOCATION: St. George Greek STTANLEY ERASAKI (CLASS OF 1968): Stanley Terasaki was Saturday - Downey Yoga, 1 pm Paul Martini is the CEO, Orthodox Church PAUL MARTINI (CLAss OF 1997): a 1968 Downey High School graduate. As a senior, he ran track, including A day of yoga specifically for women. cofounder and chief architect of iboss Cybersecurity, where he pioneered the a leg on the mile relay team, which set the DHS record that lasted until Plus meditation, intuitive card reading, award-winning iboss Cybersecurity Platform that protects networks against metric distances became the norm. He graduated the University of Southern energy healing, and vegan lunch. malware, advanced threats and data loss direct-to-cloud, with an innovative JUNE 8 California in 1972 and began his career in teaching, for the Los Angeles node-based architecture. Book Club meeting Unified School District. Prior to founding iboss, Paul was with an electrical engineering firm where DATE: June 8 He earned his Master’s degree in counseling and guidance in 1990, from he developed proprietary security solutions for clients such as Phogenix, TWEETS OF THE WEEK TIME: 12 pm Cal State Los Angeles. He was employed by LAUSD for 36 years, primarily the U.S. Navy and Hewlett Packard, leading the design and implementation at the secondary level. He did almost everything one can do in education, LOCATION: Downey City Library efforts for HP’s e-tester used in their TIJ print heads. @BelkissIbarra: The including teaching aide, teacher, counselor, assistant principal, and principal. #RideandStride was a Paul holds a computer science degree from the University of California, JUNE 10 Terasaki has written a children’s book, “Ghosts for Breakfast,” which was success for me, I had the San Diego and has had his work published in prestigious scientific journals published in 2002. It won Lee and Low Books’ New Voices Honor and was Relay for Life including, the Journal of Foundations in Computer Science, and Journal of best time and I won a prize! one of Smithsonian magazine’s Notable Books of 2002. He has also written Analytical Biochemistry. Paul has been recognized for his leadership and DATE: June 10 two drama/musicals, “Gardena, U.S.A.” and “A River in the Desert: Christmas innovation, receiving the Ernst Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the @DowneySpartans: TIME: 9 am in Manzanar.” The backdrop of those plays is the World War II imprisonment technology category for San Diego, and one of Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Congrats to our 5 Semester LOCATION: Downey Adult School of Japanese-American civilians; the plays have been performed in Southern Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2014.