History of the Garfield Golden Grads

Garfield Golden Grads was founded in 1987 by Laura Maki Seznick ’37, who was the first Chairman. Other co-founders, also from the class of 1937, were Norman Blye, Vice-Chairman; Ella Hill Dunlap, Recording Secretary; Kazie Yokoyama Sasaki, Treasurer; and Harriet Rickles Siegel, Membership. Harriet served continuously as Membership Secretary until 2010.

Since 1987, many Garfield Grads have served as President of the organization. To view a list of Past Presidents, click here.

Key Players

Periodically, Garfield Golden Grads honors individual members who have given extraordinary service to the organization with a “Key Player” award. To view a list of Key Players, click here.

Volunteers

GGG is an All-Volunteer organization. All of the Directors on the Board, Class Representatives, and Committee Chairs, and Members who work so hard on GGG luncheons, publications, meetings, reunions, social activities and website are Volunteers. Volunteers put in hours, days and often years of effort to fulfill the mission of Garfield Golden Grads.

As Volunteers, we love to keep the memories and traditions of Garfield High School alive. We work hard to ensure that future generations of graduates enjoy the same pride and pleasure of being a part of Garfield High School history as we do. Volunteers are the heart of Garfield Golden Grads!

NEW VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED AND ALWAYS WELCOME! If you are interested in becoming a GGG Volunteer, contact a Board Member or your Class Representative.

Board of Directors

GGG officers are President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. In addition, numerous other officers serve on the GGG Board, including Membership Secretary, Immediate Past President, Class Representative Liaison and News Coordinator, Historian, Website Manager, and chairs for the following committees: Communication, Hall of Fame, Luncheon, Scholarship, and others as determined by the Executive Committee.

Current GGG Executive Committee 2023–25

President: Henry Brashen ’64
Immediate Past President: Maureen Kerschbaum ’64
Vice President: Open
Secretary: Francis Gregory ’64
Treasurer: Ralph Walker ’64
At-Large Auditor: Leslie Burdick ’66

For the rest of the current GGG Board of Directors and Committee Chairs, click here.

Class Representatives

Every golden graduating class (at least 50 years ago) has a Class Representative who volunteers to act as a liaison between the GGG Board and the members of their respective graduating class. Their duties and responsibilities are wide and varied and include such things as collecting classmate contact information, disseminating information about upcoming reunions and class events, sharing information about GGG events and activities, and more.

For a list of Class Representatives and to find your own Class Representative click here.

Hall of Fame

Garfield High School proudly claims many extraordinary graduates. Of these, GGG has honored some of the most exceptional by placing their names in the Garfield Hall of Fame. For a list of Garfield alumni who are in the Hall of Fame click here.

To nominate someone for the Hall of Fame, you must be a current member of Garfield Golden Grads, and your nominee must be a Garfield graduate. The nominee does not need to be a GGG member but must have graduated from Garfield at least 50 years ago. Hall of Fame Chair: Jan Levy ’66, janl918 [@] outlook [dot] com.

2023 Inductees to the Hall of Fame

Robert “Bumps” Blackwell ’37
William “Bill” Norris ’66
John W. Lundin ’61

Read about the 2023 inductees.