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Chad Brown |
Sports |
1988 |
 Chad
Brown was an
All-CIF defensive back on Muir’s 1985 championship team and a
teammate of Kordell Stewart at the University of Colorado, which
shared the 1990 NCAA Division I title with Georgia Tech. He was the
44th pick of the 1993 NFL Draft, selected in the second round by
Pittsburgh. Brown made the Pro Bowl in his fourth season with the
Steelers before signing as a free agent with Seattle in 1997. He was
selected to two more AFC teams in 1998 and 1999, both with the
Seahawks. In 2005 he signed with the New England Patriots as a
replacement for the injured Tedy Bruschi. |
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Dr. Eddie Newman |
Education |
1965 |
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Dr.
Eddie Newman was
Muir’s principal from 1996-2004, after an extensive career
as a counselor at her alma mater. The Pasadena resident
currently serves as Director of Regional Occupational
Programs and Partnership Academies for the Pasadena Unified
School District. She has received numerous accolades in her
distinguished career, including the Education Award from the
Pasadena Branch of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. |
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Victor Wright |
Community Service |
1979 |
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Victor Wright played for Muir’s freshman and sophomore football team
before suffering a spinal cord injury in 1976 in a game
against St. Francis, which has left him paralyzed from the
neck down. He took telecourses to graduate on time with his
classmates in 1979 and became one of the first quadriplegics
to earn a college degree, through a special education
program at Los Angeles City College. The Altadena resident
is the founding chairman of the Christian charity Family of
Friends International (familyoffriendsinternational.org) and
for years has donated many of his books and videos to the
program Let’s Read Altadena. Moreover, he has inspired
generations of students, classmates and teammates through
his determination to overcome adversity. |
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Susan Boyle |
Education |
1960 |
Susan Boyle
graduated in 1960. She is a school teacher in South Central
Los Angeles, primarily teaching English. Ms. Boyle has
dedicated her efforts to the betterment of young people so
that they may enter the mainstream of American cultural
fabric. In 1989 when video and film became available on mass
basis, Boyle put a video camera in her students' hands. The
students completed a documentary about the Los Angeles River
which was screened at Cal State Los Angeles. This screening
had an immediate impact on the environmental concerns
surrounding Los Angeles. The video toured the U.S. and
ultimately with the Smithsonian Institution exhibit "Fragile
Ecologies." Between 1989 and 2005 she collaborated with her
students to complete 109 video projects, many of which won
awards at various film festivals |
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Arnold Hackett |
Business |
1981 |
Arnold Hackett
graduated from Muir in 1981. As a Muir student he was active
with student government as assemblies Commissioner, Civil
Affairs Commissioner and Publicity Commissioner. Mr. Arnold
spent more that 20 years as an electrical engineer with
Xerox Corporation while pursuing his undergraduate studies
at UCLA. He has completed his Master's degree and is
pursuing a Master's in Executive Management. Mr. Hackett is
part of a group of African-American engineers who volunteer
at an elementary school in El Segundo, conducting special
workshops on science, math and life skills. |
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