Hall Of Honor - Grossmont High School Museum

2020 Hall of Honor

With the addition of these 12 inductees, the Hall of Honor will acknowledge the achievements of 51 outstanding Foothillers.

4 GHS Educators

Ethel Prosser, GHS Pioneer Educator 1920-1952
Carl Quicksall, GHS Pioneer Educator 1920-1944
Eva McCarthy Quicksall, GHS Pioneer Educator, 1922-1962
Gloria Jones, Legendary History Teacher 1962-2000 and ASB Advisor 1967-2000

8 GHS Alumni

Gene Chubb, Class of 1948, GHS Benefactor
John Lawrence Colonghi, Class of 1965, Financial and Public Affairs Consultant to American Indian Tribes and Chief Fundraiser for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI)
Scott Lippman, M.D., Class of 1973: Director of Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health Professor of Medicine, Senior Associate Dean and Associate Vice Chancellor for Cancer Research and Care, Chugai Pharmaceutical Chair in Cancer
James P. Zumwalt, Class of 1974, Member of the State Department from 1981; Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal and the Republic of Guinea Bissau from 2015-2017
Lora Cicalo, Class of 1979: Journalist; Managing Editor of The San Diego Union Tribune
Darcy Arreola, Class of 1986, NCAA Four Time Track and Cross Country Champion
Paul Wright, Class of 1987, MLS Player and Legendary San Diego Soccers Indoor Soccer Player
Kristin Rhodes, Class of 1993, 8-Time winner of the America’s Strongest Woman Title and a 3-Time Strongest Woman World Champion.

Community and GHS Staff Honorees

Jack Mashin - Beloved GHS Coach and P.E. Teacher 1923-1960 “The Fox of the Foothills” While Jack Mashin was a legendary coach, it was his philosophy of education and of life that endeared him to all who knew him. In the 1925 El Recuerdo, Coach Mashin...

1990's Hall of Honor

Kristin Danielson Rhodes - Class of 1993 After high school, Kristin Danielson Rhodes attended San Diego State University where she threw the hammer, discus, and javelin as a student-athlete for the Women’s Track Team. After college, Kristin began training...

1980's Hall of Honor

Darcy Arreola Lange - Class of 1986 Darcy Arreola Lange had a prestigious career at Grossmont High School: she was a two time CIF San Diego Champion in Cross Country, CIF Champion in the 800m, and two time CIF Champion in the 1600m. In 1986 she won the...

1970's Hall of Honor

Michele Marsh - Class of 1972 Michele Marsh graduated from Northwestern University in 1976 and immediately became a reporter/anchor for WABI-TV in Bangor, Maine. A job at KSAT-TV in San Antonio, Texas, followed. In 1979, her meteoric rise carried her to...

1960's Hall of Honor

Michael Madigan - Class of 1961 Michael Madigan returned to the public sector in 1999 after spending 21 years with Pardee Construction Company, retiring as the Senior Vice President in charge of Pardee Development Coordination for planned communities including...

1950's Hall of Honor

Gordon Austin - Class of 1951 In the 1970’s during a time when downtown La Mesa was feeling the impact of competition from the large shopping malls such as Grossmont Center, Gordon Austin thought of ways to bring people back to La Mesa. In 1976, Gordon...

1940's Hall of Honor

Dr. Robert H. Kokernot - Class of 1940 Dr. Kokernot was an assistant director, Center for Zoonosis Research at the University of Illinois. He received three doctorates, one in veterinary medicine from Texas A&M, one in medicine from Baylor University...

1930's Hall Of Honor

Ellamarie Packard Woolley Class of 1932 Ellamarie Packard Woolley was an artist and teacher, known for her enameled copper art. In the 1930’s, Ellamarie and her fellow student artists at San Diego State University created Diego Rivera-style murals in...

1920's Hall of Honor

Lawrence Carr, Class of 1925 Lawrence spent his career in the San Diego City Schools District in various coaching and administrative positions. During his high school coaching days, he mentored several students who became nationally known athletes. ...