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Some have internationally recognizable names like astronaut Jack Swigert, actors Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., and Don Cheadle, and recording artists Judy Collins and Philip Bailey. Others are better known for their local contributions like veteran newspaper editor Miriam Goldberg, business leader and philanthropist Barry Hirschfeld and political leader Allegra "Happy" Haynes. What they all have in common is their heritage as graduates of Denver's East High School - the city's oldest public high school - located at 1600 E. City Park Esplanade.
This fall, East High School Alumni Heritage Hall will honor its first 30 inductees. Ten of the inaugural inductees are living, and the rest will be recognized posthumously. All will be celebrated at a gala dinner,
Angels Making History, on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. Tickets go on sale in August.
After years of dreaming and planning, East High School Alumni Heritage Hall finally came to life as the result of a joint effort between Alumni and Friends of East High and the East High Angel Foundation.
For more information about the gala dinner or East Alumni Heritage Hall, visit
www.eastangelalliance.org, call Beth Gower at 303-757-8253 or email Morna Steninger at
morna_s@comcast.net.
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Inaugural Inductees - East High School Alumni Heritage Hall
Alumni to be honored as inaugural inductees include (in alphabetical order with year of graduation; those marked with asterisk left school prior to graduation):
• Marilyn Van Derbur Atler, 1955 - Miss America, motivational speaker
• Norman R. Augustine, 1953 - Aerospace Business Executive, president/CEO, Martin Marietta
• Philip Bailey, 1969 - Lead Singer with Earth, Wind and Fire
• Elvin Caldwell, 1937 - Political Leader, first African-American City Councilman in Denver
• Don Cheadle, 1982 - Actor
• Judy Collins, 1957 - Singer and Recording Artist
• Alice Eastwood, 1879 - Botanist
• Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.*, 1900 - Actor and Movie Producer
• Thomas Hornsby Ferril, 1914 - Poet Laureate of Colorado
• Miriam Harris Goldberg, 1934 - Newspaper Publisher, Intermountain Jewish News
• Pam Grier, 1967 - Film and Television Actress
• General Irving Hale, 1877 - Military Commander, Spanish American War
• Allegra "Happy" Haynes, 1971 - Denver City Councilwoman, Political Leader
• Barry Hirschfeld, 1960 - Businessman and Philanthropist
• Dr. Abraham Kauvar, 1931 - Physician and Public Health Care Advocate
• Harold Lloyd*, 1911 - Actor, silent films
• Jenne & Ethel Magafan, 1933 - Artists, Depression-era Muralists (twin sisters)
• Hattie McDaniel*, 1911 - Actress, first African-American to win an Oscar
• Anthony Ortega, 1976 - Artist, Muralist
• Maurice Pate, 1911 - Humanitarian, co-founder of UNICEF
• Mary Antoinette Perry, 1906 - Actress, Tony Awards founder
• Maurice Rose, 1915 - Military Commander, WWI and WWII
• Sidney Sheldon, 1934 - Writer
• Dr. George Gaylord Simpson, 1918 - Paleontologist
• Robert Steele, Sr., 1877 - Colorado Supreme Court Justice
• John L. "Jack" Swigert, 1949 - Astronaut, Apollo 13
• Hannah Marie Wormington Volk, 1931 - Archeologist
• George Hebard Williamson, 1893 - Architect, designed East High School
• Jean Joliffe Yancey, 1932 - Businesswoman
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