Grossmont High’s Hall of Honor takes time to highlight the best of the best 

From the 1960s to the 1980s, 26 alumni were selected as Honor Graduates; in 2010 these honorees became part of the newly renamed Hall of Honor.

The Hall of Honor recognizes notable alumni or dedicated faculty/staff/community members. 

After their years at GHS, these 51 people chosen so far distinguished themselves in one of these areas: athletics, academics, arts, public service, or were committed faculty/staff/community members. They excelled in their fields and/or through their years of dedicated involvement with Grossmont. 

40 Grossmont High School Alumni Honorees:

Class Name Year Honored (if known)

1925 Lawrence Carr

1926 Captain Howard M. Avery, USN

1927 Paul T. Mannen

1927 Brigadier General Osmond Ritland

1928 Judge Fenton Garfield

1929 Amorita Treganza

1932 Ellamarie Packard Wooley

1935 Richard O’Brien

1936 Jean Landis 2015

1937 George Bailey

1938 Frances Ellen Coughlin 1967

1938 Douglas L. Inman, Phd.

1940 Dr. Robert H. Kokernot 1967

1942 Clark Allen

1942 Dan Lewis 1962

1946 Reverend Franklin “Bud” Held

1948 Gene Chubb 2020

1949 Ben Cloud 1966

1949 Frederick Martin Donohue

1951 Bill Anders 1969

1951 Gordon Austin

1954 Don Shields

1956 Timothy Miller 2015

1958 James Choi Spackman

1961 Michael D. Madigan

1962 Steve Starr 1983

1962 Bill Woolman           2015

1965 Connie Baer 2010

1965 John Lawrence Colonghi 2020

1967 Brian Sipe 2015

1969 “Woody” George Clarke 2015

1972 Michele M. Marsh

1973 Scott Lippman 2020

1973 Julia Stewart           2015

1974 James P. Zumwalt 2020

1975 Ellen Ochoa 2010

1978 Rick Sturckow 2010

1979 Lora Cicalo 2020

1986 Darcy Arreola 2020

1987 Paul Wright 2020

1993 Kristin Rhodes 2020

3 Alumni GHS Educators 

1928 Walter Barnett, 1945-1976

1948 Bill Davis, 1966-1970; 1976-1988

1965 Connie Baer, 1973-2007           2010

Seven GHS educators and their years at GHS:

Merle Donahue, 1929-1962 2015

Gloria Jones, 1962-2000           2020

Coach Jack Mashin, 1923-1960           2010

Jim Nichols, 1959-1988 2015

Ethel Prosser, 1920-1952           2020

Carl Quicksall, 1920-1944           2020

Eva McCarthy Quicksall, 1922-1962 2020

1 Community Honoree:

Colonel Ed Fletcher, GHS Benefactor 2010

To learn more about these amazing 51 Foothiller Hall of Honorees, please visit our website and read their Hall of Honor plaques at https://foothillermuseum.com/hall-of-honor.html.  When you do, you’ll be as impressed as we are!

2025 Hall of Honor

Until May 1, we welcome nominations for our 105th Anniversary Hall of Honor; they will be honored during the next school year.

Please email us a short paragraph about your nominee, including their year of graduation, if an alumnus, or their years of service to GHS.  Please include the reasons for your nomination and the nominee’s accomplishments.  A short paragraph or a list works is fine.

You may email your nomination to us at ghsmuseum@guhsd.net or mail it to GHS Museum, P.O. Box 1043, La Mesa, CA 91944.

Visit the GHS Museum in 2025

10-1: Saturdays, Feb. 22, March 15 or Fridays by prior appointment when school is in session.

Contacts: ghsmuseum@guhsd.net  and (619) 668-6140. Website: foothillermuseum.com

TOP PHOTO: 2020 GHS Hall of Honor at 101st ceremony: Jim Zumwalt, Fran Zumwalt accepting for Gloria Jones, Paul Wright, Darcy Arreola Lange, Anita Hensley accepting for Eva and Carl Quicksall and Ethel Prosser, Lora Cicalo, Carmen Colognhi Gaerin accepting for John Colognhi, Gene Chubb, Dr. Scott Lippman, Connie and Andy Danielson accepting for Kristin Danielson Rhodes. (Photo by Carolyn Jungman)