S'37 - Young Oak Kim (1919-2005), a highly-decorated U.S. Army combat veteran of WWII and Korean War; Young Oak Kim Academy in Los Angeles is named after him (below right photo)
Young Oak Kim in 1961
1940s Classes
Richard Donald Crenna (1926 – January 2003) was an actor (below left photo). Shows: "Our Miss Brooks" (1952-55), "The Real McCoys"
(1957-63), "Slattery's People" (1964-65), "All's Fair" (1976-77), "It Takes Two" 1982-83), "Pros and Cons"(1991-92), "Gabriel's
Fire".
Richard Crenna in 1961
Judge Robert M. Takasugi
Robert M. Takasugi (1930 - 2009) was a Senior U.S. District Court Judge (above middle photo)
1941 - Saul Halpert, '41, KNBC News reporter and editor
1941 - The class celebrated its 50th reunion at the Sportsmen's Lodge and the 55th Reunion at the Beverly
Garland-Holiday Inn, Noth Hollywood, on November 2, 1996.
Mike Bell, front and center, leading his Class of '51
1951 - Mike Bell was star baseball and football player; he came back to Belmont to
coach football and baseball
1953 - Jim E. Mora's son Jim L. Mora is now the head coach of the UCLA Bruins football team; Mora Sr. graduated from Unversity
High was friends with Stan Friedman (who came back to coach at Belmont) and Ron Botchan (former NFL official). The three of them played football at Occidental College with the late Jack Kemp.
W'57 - Forrest Robinett, Student Body President; Adolpho Cruz, Class
President
S'57 - Bob Kawaguchi, Student Body President; Keny Hicknan, Class
President
1960s Classes
1957-1962 - Reunion was held Oct. 14, 2000 at Glendale Hilton.
1963 - Milton Elliott went to both Virgil and Belmont; was a computer programer; now
lives in Norway to be close by his two adult sons. He remembers the Little Symphony and Mr. Kessler.
W'63 - Joe Ozawa, Student Body President
S'63 - Patrick McGinnis, Student Body President; Joe Vasquez, Class
President; and Daniel Kessner, the Class Valedictorian.
1968-1972 - Reunion
was held Sept. 15, 2000 at Four Points Sheraton.
W'68 - Clinton Burch, Student Body President; Adolfo Zamora, Class
President
S'68 - Robert Garrett, Student Body President; Miles Mitchell, Class
President; first class to have a different design and color commencement program cover
Bruce Mitchell, S'69, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner
Luis Gómez Sánchez - baseball player & member of the LDS Camp Rainey Mountain 2011
1970s Classes
A page from the 1978 Campanile
1970 to 1974 - "Ohana" Reunion, September 18, 2016, Holiday Inn/La Mirada, email address: Belmont70sReunion@gmail.com
1973 - Veronica Porsche Aliwas married to boxer Mulhammad Ali (June 19, 1977 - July 1986)
1973 - Los Sonadores 40th Class reunion is set for September
28, 2013, 7 pm at Millenium Biltmore Hotel, Downtown L.A. Contact the committee on their facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/531572880239985/(Link)
1974 - Dan Verches was post humus brillante and in memoriam
tribute awardee of the 2013 Brillante Awards by theThe National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA)
1975 - Alihians, 40th Reunion, June 5, 2015, La Canada Flintridge
Country Club, Contact classof75@outlook.com
1976 - Robert Hana, Student Body President; "Spirit of '76" 30-year Class
Reunion was held at The Kyoto Restaurant at the Wilshire Grand Hotel July 28, 2007 (e-mail: belmontspiritof76@yahoo.com)
1986 - 10-year Reunion was held Oct. 19, 1996 at the Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles; 2016 - Belmont High
Class of 86 reunion is coming up, all 80z classes welcomed! September 24th.
1989: Class reunion in 2009, held at Almansour Court, Alhambra
1992 - Class Reunion (Classes '89 to '95 welcome), Sat. Sept. 8, 2012 at Elegant Banquet Hall, North
Hollywood, Contact: Melvin De Leon, mdeleon353@yahoo.com or 323 821-8274
1994 - Miguel Canales is planning a 20th Class Reuion for Oct. 20, 2014
