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Retired coach Warren
Altounian passed away on April 22
after a lengthy illness.
He
taught Adaptive Physical Education in
PUSD for 38 years, coached football and
cross-country, and established the
soccer program at Muir High School in
fall of 1972.
Warren Altounian (1973)
At Muir, Mr.
Altounian coached nine league boys
soccer titles and had numerous "All-CIF"
players and one "All-American". Coach
Altounian retired from PUSD in June
2010. In addition to athletics, he was
dedicated to academics and saw education
as the path to success for all of his
students and players. He encouraged all
of his students and players to attend
college, transfer, or pursue a
vocational path. A scholarship has been
established in his name by several of
his former players. Mr. Altounian
himself was also a graduate of Pasadena
High School.
The
family will be holding memorial services
and the PUSD family is welcome to
attend. Memorial Mass will be held on
Saturday, April 30th, at 9 a.m. at Holy
Family Church in South Pasadena. A
memorial lunch will follow at 11 a.m. at
St. Gregory Armenian Church. Further
details can be found at
this website.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Coach
Altounian's family, friends, and
students at this time. Diane D'Arco
Orona
Superintendent's Office
Pasadena Unified School District
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Donald Hunt, a star athlete turned World War II soldier
who returned to coach championship football teams at
John Muir High School and Pasadena City College, was
found dead on Dec. 16 in his La Cañada Flintridge home.
He was 85.
A
football and track star at UCLA, the Los Angeles native
joined the Army in 1943 and earned battlefield
commission as a second lieutenant during combat in the
Pacific theater.
He continued his military service in the National Guard
for more than 20 years, said friend Don Mazen, a former
editor of the Valley Sun.
Hunt became head football coach at John Muir High School
in 1954, winning four league titles and sharing a fifth
before taking over PCC's football program from 1962 to
1967.
"He was a disciplinarian with a heart of gold underneath
it all — an incredible leader. If the kids abided by
what he was preaching, they would find success and they
loved him," said longtime PCC instructor and coach Myron
Tarkanian.
In 1966 Hunt fielded a Western State Conference
Championship team that played the Junior Rose Bowl game,
and he stayed on at PCC as a physical-education
instructor into the 1990s.
Former PCC coach and athletic director Skip Robinson
played on Hunt's 1966 team.
"Coach Hunt was a legend. He made the game fun, but at
the same time he made it something we respected,"
Robinson recalled.
Mazen described Hunt as a family man wounded by the
recent death of his wife LaVerne and who kept in close
touch with his son Michael of Temple City, who has
suffered extended illness.
A memorial service was held on Jan. 14 at Forest Lawn
Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills. |
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