Volume 37 2017 Reunion photos -- p. 14-20 Norman Nation at 90 BHHS opened its doors in Fall 1927. Today, our alumni continue to thrive Photo: Aaron Poole / ©A.M.P.A.S. ©A.M.P.A.S. / Poole Aaron Photo: Where are they now? Honorary Oscar The Nourmand Siblings Q&A: Alejandro Mayorkas ’77 for Lynn Stalmaster ’45 -- p. 39 -- p. 42-43 -- p. 46 Normans’ Q&A: Ben Guide to Michelle Bushman, the Galaxy: Halimi longtime Memories Dar ’02, principal, of the Hawthorne’s passes BHHS new planetarium principal -- p. 37 -- p. 39 -- p. 53 2 Alumni Highlights 2017 On Highlights’ masthead is the phrase “Today Well Lived.” It is excerpted Inside this Issue from the following poem: Hall of Fame Class Notes Salutation of the Dawn Look to this day, pages 4-7 pages 22-36 For it is the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of Upcoming Profi les your existence; The glory of action, Reunions pages 38-47 The bliss of growth, page 5 The splendor of beauty, For yesterday is but a Alumni dream and Graduation Snapshots Tomorrow is only a vision; But today well lived makes pages 8-9 pages 48-51 every yesterday a dream of happiness, And every tomorrow a List of Obituaries vision of hope, Look well, therefore, to this Contributors pages 52-63 day. pages 10-13 Alumni Highlights Alumni Assoc. Board of Directors Staff Melanie Anderson Editor and Production Manager Josh Gross ’91 Editorial Contributor Joanna Stingray ’78 Editorial Contributor Barbara Lee Kozberg ’53 Proofreader Elizabeth Kuzmich Proofreader Maria Heilpern Class Notes BHHS Alumni Association 241 Moreno Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (310) 551-5100 ext. 8219 [email protected] www.bhhsalumni.org Back row, left to right: Candace Chen ’87, Joanna Stingray ’78. Front row: Noah Furie Contributions are deductible ’77, Josh Gross ’91, Lilly Lewis ’74. Not pictured: Elyse Beardsley ’76, Barry Brucker ’75, under Sec. 501(c)3 of the Inter- Fred Nason S’48 nal Revenue Code. 2017 Alumni Highlights 3 President’s Message - Josh Gross ’91 Hello fellow Normans: the Board of Education’s very served as editor of Beverly years past, we awarded $12,000 In February we held our ambitious construction bond. Hills Weekly, oversees the to deserving graduating annual dinner along with So while half the Beverly editorial duties. As you can see seniors. the Beverly Hills Athletic campus is closed for renovation, in this publication, she does In closing, don’t forget that Alumni Association. Thanks it sounds like voters will wait excellent work. We welcome you graduated from the most to Julie Steinberg and BHAAA and see how the fi rst half goes your photos and submissions famous high school in the president David Corwin ’87 before authorizing a new bond. for future editions of Alumni country—probably the world. for their help in organizing Unfortunately the KL Peters Highlights. We need your fi nancial support the dinner, Auditorium remains closed for The Alumni Association as we help take our alma mater w h i c h purely political reasons. This was founded in December, to even higher places. So if helps fund auditorium is safe, always has 1977. Our organization has you enjoy reading your Alumni our many been safe, and hopefully will grown signifi cantly since Highlights, please consider p r o j e c t s be reopened soon. that time. We now mail this making a contribution and throughout Once again I’ve had the Alumni Highlights to over sending in a class note today. the year. pleasure of working with 18,500 graduates living all Until next time my friends, L a s t Melanie Anderson on the over the world. The fi nancial Go Normans! November production of this edition, support of graduates like you B e v e r l y which was completed before has allowed us to become the Josh Gross ’91 Hills voters its deadline and under budget. biggest contributor of alumni President, Alumni Association Josh Gross ’91 r e j e c t e d Melanie, who previously scholarships. This year, as in [email protected] Principal David Jackson reflects on another stellar school year Our students continue to shine, national competitions together to form a bread business. Association. applying and getting accepted to the -- Virtual Enterprise students The homemade sourdough is Currently, more top 1% of colleges such as Stanford, competing in regional business sold at the Beverly Hills Farmers than 70 students Harvard, Duke, Cal Tech, Johns competitions Market, local businesses and various are involved Hopkins, Michigan, University of -- Speech and Debate—students are community gatherings. in the spring Pennsylvania, RICE, Syracuse, competing in both parliamentary Medical Science Academy: Our musical. Georgetown, USC and we are debate as well as many of the 16 program is now the model program We had 90 waiting to hear from the UCs. Our diff erent speech categories. and has expanded to include colleges and National Test Scores increased by -- Our college counselor has been partnerships with both Cedars-Sinai universities at Principal 21% in English and 19% in math selected to go to Ireland for a and UCLA hospital. the College David Jackson and we continue to excel in many conference. She is one of just 29 Career Creators Program: Connections extracurricular areas. college counselors—from both Beverly High, together with the Fair, with hundreds of students and At the time of writing, we have public and private schools—to be Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce parents engaging with representatives qualified for the following: invited to attend. and the Beverly Hills Education throughout the evening. -- Photography headed to the state -- Two of our teachers have been Foundation, started Career Creators In closing, we need to give Skills USA competition recognized as outstanding teachers as a structure inspiring business special thanks to BHEF, which has -- Urban Search & Rescue headed to by University of Chicago and support of local career education. We supported a multitude of educational the state Skills USA competition Stanford. now have 25 members, which will programs, subsidizing teachers -- KBEV’s Broadcast Team and BRIEFLY NOTED provide real world experience for our for extracurricular activities and Radio Airlift Team headed to state Elementary School News: career education students. professional development, and the Skills USA competition BHUSD middle school students Our annual Career Day is a PTA Council and our own PTSA for -- Robotics headed to regional and continue to come to KBEV to dynamic opportunity for students to all the support and encouragement produce and record a monthly attend workshops led by more than we receive each and every day from 2016 Edition broadcast of their school’s activities. 100 speakers across more than 50 them. Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni Virtual Enterprise Class: professions. The day culminates with Association has kept our sports Corrections Beverly students start a business an Internship Fair and buff et lunch, program alive with their dedication and compete through the Virtual catered by our own BHHS Culinary and financial support of our students. Retired Hawthorne social Enterprise global program and students. Our PTSA has made it possible for studies teacher George network. In its second year, this The Beverly Hills High School us to add 640 laptops to our school as Fourgis mistakenly ap- program is being recognized Theatre has had an exciting 2016- we go roaring into the 21st Century. peared in the Obituaries throughout the state. 2017 season produced by BHHS I thank the school board and the section. Fourgis is living in Culinary Arts Catering and alum Michael J. Libow ’81 and community for allowing me to work the Palm Desert area. We Bread Business: Business, culinary in cooperation with BHEF and with them at Beverly High. apologize for the error. and graphic arts students have come BHHS Athletics and Arts Alumni Principal David Jackson 4 Hall of Fame 2017 Beverly Hills High School Hall of Fame Edwin L. Artzt S’47 Mike Fenton ’52 Mel Levine ’60 Will Rogers Jr. W’31 Nicole Avant ’86 Betty Hughes Fladager S’41 Stanley W. Levy ’59 Jay Sandrich S’49 Robert E. Badham S’47 Joyce Marcus Flannery ’66 Michael Lloyd ’66 Michael Schlesinger ’60 Josh Berger ’84 Michele Flournoy ’79 E. Ellsworth Lohn S’43 Richard M. Sherman S’45 Lili Toren Bosse ’79 William F. Fore S’46 Maj. Gen. William Lyon S’41 Robert B. Sherman S’43 Lloyd Braun ’76 Robert L. Fox W’46 Justin T. McCarthy Jr. W’41 Richard E. Sherwood S’45 Willie Brien, M.D. ’75 Bonnie Franklin ’61 Frank Mankiewicz S’41 Alan Sieroty W’48 Jacqueline Orgell Briskin W’45 Daniel Fried ’70 Alejandro N. Mayorkas ’77 Mona Simpson ’75 Albert Brooks ’65 Nolan Frizzelle S’39 David Mellinkoff W’32 Gerry Curley Somers S’46 Joe L. Brown S’35 K. Hiroshi Fujimoto S’39 Dr. Sherman Mellinkoff W’37 Lynn Stalmaster S’45 Barry Brucker ’75 Ronald M. George ’57 John Mirisch ’81 Walter J. Stoessel, Jr. S’37 Richard Chamberlain ’52 Lunda Hoyle Gill S’46 C. Robert Moore W’38 Robert L. Street ’52 Molly Cosgrave Chappellet S’49 Joanna Hall Gleason ’68 Frank Morriss W’46 Major Gen. Michael P. Laura Newman Chick ’62 Wendy Goldberg ’57 Terrence O’Flaherty W’35 Sullivan ’51 Liz Claman ’81 John Guedel W’31 Charles H. Older S’35 Maria Tallchief S’42 Louise Brough Clapp W’40 Adrienne Kosches Hall S’44 Bob Osgood W’37 Marjorie Tallchief S’43 Gene Corman S’44 Charles Hamilton S’32 Elinor Awan Ostrom ’51 Robert B.