Point Loma High School’s Hall of Fame with 21 previous members is being revived with three new inductees in this year’s Class of 2023, including Peninsula Beacon writer and retired teacher Scott Hopkins (above).
A new HOF nomination period is also opening on May 20 for future consideration of inductees.
Point Loma High School, dedicated in 1925, didn’t have a Hall of Fame until its first nine members were inducted when it was created in 1998. Another dozen followed in 2015. “The Point Loma Alumni Association was established in 1976 to remember our history and our legacy over the years,” said PLHS alumni director Kim (Melhorn) Jessop Moore, Class of ’73.
Of the HOF nomination process, which grew from the alumni association, Jessop Moore said: “We’ve got an odd number of members voting on a spreadsheet checking all the boxes to see which nominees really stand out as representing the core values of the school, or who have put Point Loma on the map by doing something good in the world.
“We hope to continue this tradition of adding new members every few years. If you would like to be on (or chair) this exciting committee please contact us.”
The Point Loma High School Hall of Fame Class of 2023 includes Richard Arnold and A. Lee Brown, lifelong friends, and classmates from 1959. Of his friend Arnold, Brown noted: “Dick did the on-campus bronze sculpture of the Pointer Dog as well as the lifeguard statue next to the Ocean Beach lifeguard tower.
“He and I have had very parallel lives and have been deeply bonded over 70 years. We both grew up without fathers. As a result, we turned to our passion, which was the ocean. As our careers were winding down, we both turned to the arts – Richard to sculpture, me to writing.”
This year’s third Hall of Fame inductee, Peninsula Beacon writer, and retired teacher, Hopkins, is a fourth-generation Point Loman and Class of ’67 PLHS graduate.
“The Hall of Fame election was a total surprise to me,” said Hopkins, who usually writes inductees’ bios for the PLHS nomination committee. “I did not even know there was a process underway to select new members.”
“Whenever and wherever virtually any Point Loma High sports team is competing, Scott Hopkins will be there, with a camera, covering for the Peninsula Beacon community newspaper,” wrote John Freeman in a bio about Hopkins. “His life’s passion has always revolved around sports, writing news and feature stories, with a flair for story-telling, especially when it comes to extolling the athletic and academic achievements of his fellow Pointers.”
Freeman noted Hopkins installed a police scanner in his car at age 16 and sped to where news was being made. “Scott’s sports and news features have earned him dozens of San Diego Press Club awards, often making him the event’s top award-winner,” he added.
Now retired from his 36-year career as an elementary school teacher in Chula Vista, Hopkins has also been a big-time fan of the San Diego Gulls AHL hockey teams. “If he’s not wearing PLHS colors, he’s often attired in a Gulls jersey,” Freeman wrote.
He added, “Twice every year Scott takes time for a return trip to Puerto Vallarta, where he reunites with the rural Mexican family he adopted nearly 30 years ago. Through the years, his generosity has put two young men through universities while his mentorship and gifts have enriched both the family’s lives and his. Those gifts have defined Scott’s life, much like his devotion to PLHS.”
Arnold, nominated as an artist/veteran/friendship and sculptor, has “lived a life of many dogged pursuits, not the least of which is his current avocation as an accomplished sculptor – led by his sculpture of the Pointer Dog that has adorned PLHS campus since 2010,” states his Hall of Fame bio.
Funded in part by the PLHS Alumni Association, Arnold’s Pointer sculpture reflects the school’s deep sense of pride and purpose.
A longtime Colorado resident, Arnold spent his early adult years as a diver at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Since then, the Vietnam War veteran has variously been a skiing instructor, charter-air company founder, manager of two airports, and the owner of a successful residential home construction business.
“Through most of his early career,” continues Arnold’s bio, “Richard’s artistic talents were a passionate, yet understated aspect of his life. That is, until age 50 when his wife urged him to devote more of his creativity to sculpture. At age 81, and still, an adventurer and skier who has sailed and surfed in Costa Rica, his nationally-recognized artwork continues to be his calling, most notably by his bronzed tributes displayed around the country honoring Vietnam War veterans.”
“Working in clay and wax, then having my art cast in bronze, I attempt to capture the spirit and personality of the subject,” Arnold said. “My sculptures are sensitive, personal, and from the heart.”
New Hall of Fame inductee Brown was nominated in multiple categories including academic, author, friendship, teacher, professor, scientist, scholar, lifeguard, and surfer. Brown’s numerous scholarly pursuits include a bachelor’s and master’s (San Diego State), two doctorates (University of Texas), and a Fulbright Scholar fellowship (Oxford, England).
Since returning to San Diego in 2012 from Idaho after serving The Nature Conservancy as a hydrologist, Brown has focused on his writings. Those include two recent books “Varsity” (2020), the story of America’s underage warriors in WWII, and “Cradle Of Bitchin: A Story of Mentors, Waterman & the Sea” (2022), a first-person ode to his 1950s youth in Ocean Beach.
A Renaissance man with many stories yet to tell, Brown’s heart belongs to his roots, where the stories of his life come shining through.
Hall of Fame candidates must have graduated from PLHS at least 10 years ago and shall have made significant achievements in academics, athletics, arts/entertainment, professional/military, philanthropy/humanitarian, or science/medicine. Special recognition categories may be considered for Good Samaritans and former staff (alive or posthumous).
The deadline to submit nomination forms for the Class of 2024 at plhsalumi.org is June 20. The deadline for statements of support in favor of those Hall of Fame nominees is July 30.
A brief induction ceremony will take place for the Class of 2023 Hall of Fame recipients at 7 p.m. on May 18 at the Ocean Beach Historical Society meeting at Water’s Edge Faith Community Church. 1984 Sunset Cliffs Blvd. Formal induction will occur at the PLHS 100th Anniversary Gala in 2025.
For more information, visit plhsalumni.org.
NEW HALL OF FAMERS
Scott Hopkins, Peninsula Beacon writer, and retired teacher.
Richard Arnold, artist, veteran, and sculptor.
A. Lee Brown, author, professor, scientist, lifeguard, and surfer.
A SNAPSHOT OF POINT LOMA HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME MEMBERS UNTIL NOW
INDUCTEES 1998-2014
Malin Burnham, Class of 1945 Academics (Business/Philanthropy)
Malin Burnham’s name is highly respected in the business and philanthropy communities far beyond San Diego, as he has co-founded 14 organizations in his career. Burnham graduated from Stanford University in 1949 with a degree in Industrial Engineering. His extensive involvement with SDSU led state university trustees to confer upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.
Burnham is also associated with the Rady School of Management at UCSD and the Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate at USD. He is currently the chairman of Burnham Real Estate. He is also the chairman of nine nonprofits and his name appears on such endeavors as the Burnham-Moore Center for Real Estate at the University of San Diego and the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla.
He is also the youngest person to win world sailing championships in the Star class, crewing in 1944 and skippering in 1945.
Steven V. Correia, Class of 1967 The Arts (Glass)
Steven Correia’s name is heard every day in the Peninsula because of the middle school that carries his name. He attended SDSU and the University of Hawaii where he received a BFA and MFA and UCLA, where he earned a MA. Starting in 1973, he became a major influence in the modern glass art movement. He is one of a select group of American artists working in glass to achieve international prominence, using a freehand glass blowing technique and tools of centuries past to revive a process that produced brilliant colors and patterns that had not been seen for decades. From his Santa Monica studio, Correia has seen his art glass become part of the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Smithsonian Institution, the Corning Museum and the Chrysler Museum of Art. His pieces are also a valued part of the White House art holdings. In 1984, the former Collier Junior High School was renamed Steven V. Correia Middle School. Correia continues to support and enhance the visual and performing arts at the school.
Joe Hutshing, Class of 1972 The Arts (Film Editing)
Joe Hutshing graduated from the University of Oregon in 1980 and began a highly successful career in film editing, working multiple times with famed directors Oliver Stone and Cameron Crowe. Hutshing has served as the film editor for an incredible list of feature films. He has won two Academy Awards for editing of Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and JFK (1991) both directed by Stone. Additionally, Hutshing was nominated for Academy Awards for Jerry Maguire (1997) and Almost Famous (2001). His highest grossing films have been: The Tourist (2010) which grossed $278 million and Jerry Maguire (1996) which grossed $274 million. Hutshing is an elected member of the American Cinema Editors.
Don Larsen, Class of 1947 Athletics (Baseball)
Don Larsen stunned the sports world when, on Oct. 8, 1956, he pitched a perfect baseball game for the New York Yankees in a World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers. It is a feat that has never been repeated in Major League Baseball history. At PLHS, he was a member of the basketball and baseball teams. Larsen made his major league debut for the Browns on April 17, 1953. His first win came about three weeks later against the Philadelphia Athletics. Larsen pitched for eight different teams before retiring in 1967. He earned World Series championship rings twice with the Yankees (1956 and 1958). On the day of his perfect game, Larsen was a last-minute choice to pitch by legendary manager Casey Stengel. He needed only 97 pitches to complete his gem, and only went to a 3-ball count on one batter.
Lowell North, Class of 1947 Athletics (Sailing)
Lowell North moved to San Diego where he entered Point Loma High School and went on to achieve fame in his beloved sport of sailing. Now, the name “North” is well-known in San Diego and around the world (he is known as “The Pope” in the sailing world). North has achieved fame as a multiple-time winner of the Star class world championships and also has won medals in two different Olympic games. In addition, he founded North Sails in 1957, which became a world-wide company producing premium quality sails, clothing and other equipment used by leaders in the sport of sailing around the globe. North’s amazing string of World Championships in Star class boats began in 1945, as a 15-year-old student at PLHS, when he crewed with Malin Burnham to win the title in the Central Long Island Sound. North skippered in winning future Star titles in 1957 (Havana), 1959 (Newport Harbor), 1960 (Rio de Janeiro) and 1973 (San Diego). During the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, North won the Gold Medal in one of his favorite Star class boats. Earlier, in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, North captured a Bronze Medal in a Dragon class boat. North has twice been named “Yachtsman of the Year.”
Peter Peckham, Class of 1944 Academics (Business/Philanthropy)
Peter Peckham was successful in every one of the many interests he had in life, beginning with his time at PLHS. As a Pointer, Peckham was captain of the football team and also lettered in baseball, basketball and track. At age 17, he joined the U.S. Navy and served aboard the aircraft carrier Casablanca during World War II. After the war, Peckham entered Stanford University where he earned a degree in business. He returned to San Diego and began his professional career with the Percy H. Goodwin Co. before opening his own firm, Investcal Realty. As firm president, Peckham was involved with the management of several hotels, industrial parks and retail centers before becoming a partner in the Kona Marine Anchorage. Sailing was another of Peckham’s passions. Peckham and his wife Nancy were major, but low-profile, donors to numerous philanthropies including Children’s Hospital, the San Diego Zoo, the USS Midway Museum, the Volcan Mountain Preserve and Liberty Station. The girls softball field at PLHS was constructed with funds provided by the Peckham family and now bears their name. Peckham was part of a 15-person group that owned the San Diego Padres from 1990-1994. He died in June, 2006 at the age of 79 from injuries suffered in a car accident.
John G. Rebelo Jr., Class of 1958 Academics (Banking/Community Service)
John G. Rebelo, Jr. starred as an athlete at PLHS, and went on to play basketball and baseball at USD and baseball at UC Berkeley. He was named an All-American at Berkeley and played professionally for the Cincinnati Reds from 1962-1963. In 1964, he attended the Pacific Coast Banking School and began a lengthy career at First National Bank of San Diego/Southern California First National Bank from 1964-1974. In 1974, Rebelo founded the Peninsula Bank of San Diego, where he served as chairman of the Board and CEO until 2000. He is a past chairman of the Old Globe Theater, Hall of Champions, San Diego Yacht Club Sailing Foundation, Ackerman Foundation, Maritime Museum and Benbough Foundation. He remains active in the San Diego Rotary Club, Maritime Museum, Lambda Alpha, The Executive Association of San Diego (Honorary) and the San Diego Yacht Club.
Marion Ross, Class of 1946 The Arts (Acting)
Marion Ross is best known as one of America’s favorite television moms after she portrayed Marion Cunningham (“Mrs. C”) on the popular sitcom “Happy Days” that ran between 1974 and 1984. After appearing in drama productions at PLHS, Ross enrolled at San Diego State College, where she was named the school’s most outstanding actress in her freshman year. Ross worked at the La Jolla Playhouse before making her film debut in 1953’s “Forever Female.” She later worked in films with Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. Working steadily on television, she appeared on such shows as “Life With Father,” “The Lone Ranger” and “Perry Mason.” Still seen on television with her trademark red hair and warm smile, Ross lives in Cardiff by the Sea. Her two adult children are also in the entertainment industry.
Suzy Spafford, Class of 1963 The Arts (Writer, Artist)
Suzy Spafford began drawing at age 3. She said Ted Geisel (“Dr. Seuss”) was “one of my heroes.” Her parents enrolled her in painting and watercolor classes, and she later sold her watercolors at art fairs. While still an SDSU undergraduate, she launched her “Suzy’s Zoo” greeting card company. Her first fully developed character was a whimsical cross between a duck and chicken named Suzy Ducken. Eventually, her collection of characters included over 200 animals such as birds, rabbits, turtles, snails and ostriches. Her company became wildly popular around the world, and eventually included stickers, stationery, calendars and other products in addition to the original greeting cards. Spafford has also written several dozen books for children, including the Tales From Duckport series.
2015 PLHS HOF INDUCTEES
Bob Magnusson, Class of 1964 Arts (Music)
A master bass player, Bob Magnusson is recognized as one of the most successful jazz bassists in the music world. He has performed with some of the greatest names in jazz including Art Pepper and Slide Hampton. At age 19, he joined the Buddy Rich Band. He has collaborated with such big names as Madonna, Linda Ronstadt, Rod Stewart, Chick Corea and Sarah Vaughn. Magnusson also has more than 150 recording credits in his discography, including performances with Natalie Cole, Neil Diamond and Ronstadt. Magnusson has been a faculty member of the Musicians Institute in Hollywood and also has taught part time at SDSU, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego Community College and is an adjunct professor at Point Loma Nazarene University. He is a member of the San Diego Jazz Society Hall of Fame. He is married to Janet (PLHS Class of 1966) and lives in Point Loma.
La’Roi Glover (Class of 1992) Athletics/Philanthropy
La’Roi Glover left his mark on Athletics at Point Loma High School, San Diego State University and in the National Football League. As a member of a CIF Championship Pointer football team, Glover was named CIF Player of the Year, USA Today second team All-American, Cal-Hi Sports first team and Los Angeles Times Lineman of the Year. His jersey number (76) has been retired by the school. Glover was a four-year starter for the Aztecs. His professional career covered 13 seasons with the Raiders, New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys and St. Louis Rams. He is currently director of player engagement for the Rams. He appeared in six Pro Bowls, was named All-Pro 4 times, was the NFC Defensive Player of the Year in 2000 and led the NFL with 17.5 sacks in 2000. Glover has returned to PLHS to teach leadership skills to students. For a period of 10 years, he donated two scholarships of $5,000 each to Point Loma seniors and donated to funds for new stadium turf and other projects at his alma mater.
David Wells, Class of 1982 Athletics/Philanthropy
David Wells transformed himself from a self-described “gym rat” who spent his youth at the Ocean Beach Recreation Center and Robb Field to an honored major league baseball pitcher who came full circle to become head coach of the Point Loma High School team he helped lead to the 1982 CIF championship. He was a three-time Major League All-Star, pitched for two World Series champions, was the Most Valuable Player of the 1998 American League Championship Series and led the American League in wins with 20 in 2000. He pitched in 660 games for 11 different teams. The PLHS baseball field at Dana Middle School was renamed “David Wells Field.”
Carlos LeGerrette, Class of 1961 Philanthropy/Community Service
Both Carlos LeGerrette and his wife Linda have worked tirelessly for decades to help improve the lives of young people, inspire them to better lives and promote leadership qualities. Both families came to San Diego prior to 1900. Carlos, part Asian, grew up in Logan Heights and federal housing projects in the Linda Vista and Sports Arena area. Linda, with a Russian background, grew up in Shelltown and Clairemont. Carlos transcended existing social cliques and was a friend to all. After enrolling at Mesa College, Carlos and Linda met, were married in 1966, and the two have been an inseparable example of energy and action ever since.
While at Mesa, they were mentored by Cesar Chavez and Sol Price and started a student club that was to become MEChA. Under Sol Price, they began working on community and educational projects, even developing a warehouse delivery program they sold to Price Club in 1991. In 2001, the LeGerretts founded the Cesar Chavez Service Clubs in San Diego Unified School District. Today, there are 38 clubs in 17 schools (including PLHS) that include 1,000 total members. Members learn civic responsibility, leadership values including nonviolence, respect, determination, service, tolerance and knowledge. The pair have remained active in the Chicana/o Studies Dept. at Mesa College, and received the college’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014. Earlier this year, the LeGerrettes were honored with the Union-Tribune San Diego Latino Champions Lifetime Achievement Award.
Asa Dan Morton, Class of 1975 Science/Medicine/Philanthropy
Dr. Asa Dan Morton embodies the Point Loma High School spirit of service to others. After graduating from UCSD, Dr. Morton became an F-14 Tomcat pilot in the U.S. Navy, before enrolling in the Uniformed Services Medical School in Bethesda, MD. While still in medical school, Dr. Morton began his lengthy involvement in humanitarian service by doing Hepatitis B vaccine research in Pakistan. Later, he went on a medical and surgical mission to Guatemala with Helps International. Now, 21 years later, Dr. Morton is still fully engaged in surgical missions in such diverse countries as Guatemala, Pakistan, Brazil, Mexico and India. He has performed over 1,500 pro bono surgeries worldwide and provided medical care to over 20,000 patients during missions who would otherwise go untreated. He is now the director of Vision Restoration and Facial Reconstruction for Helps International, a group that includes virtually every medical specialty and dentistry. Dr. Morton also participates in the Fresh Start Surgical Gifts program locally, providing surgeries at no cost to patients from around the globe at Rady Childrens Hospital.
James B. Wiesler, Class of 1945 Professional/Business
James B. Wiesler forged an extensive career with Bank of America lasting 38 years. He was a vice chairman in the bank who rose from a trainee at the Hollywood branch to head the bank’s global consumer markets division which had $45 billion in assets and included all of Bank of America’s consumer deposits plus loans and services to small and mid-size businesses. Wiesler was on the bank’s managing committee, with his career taking him and his family to Germany and Japan. During his career, he was active as president of the San Jose Chamber of Commerce and the Santa Clara County United Way, a trustee for the Alexian Brothers Hospital, a member of the board and executive committee of Visa International and chairman of the Bank Administration Institute. In recent years, Wiesler and his wife, Mary Jane, have made significant gifts to Sharp Memorial Hospital.
Albert B. Frowiss, Class of 1957 Science/Medicine/Philanthropy
At age 22, divorced with a young son, Albert B. Frowiss noticed a brightly colored book while passing through a Safeway checkout stand. He paid 25 cents for it and it changed his life. The book was titled “Think and Grow Rich.” Inspired by it, Frowiss created a 10-year achievement plan and set goals for himself. Working as a salesman and living out of suitcases, he lived in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia before returning to San Diego in 1966 where, at 26, he co-founded an electronics instrument company. Through his company, Frowiss developed, produced and marketed the first electronic digital thermometer for industrial processes. His company became instantly successful, and in 1974 he sold it to Emerson Electric, a Fortune 500 company. Frowiss retired to Rancho Santa Fe at age 34. After taking up skiing and salt water fly fishing, Frowiss found a new interest at age 67 when he took on a challenging mission: helping cancer victims of the nuclear weapon-producing Manhattan Project gain financial entitlement awards. To date, he has won awards totaling over $400 million for persons radiated as part of this four-year project.
Daniel Larsen, Class of 1945 Professional/Community Service
Daniel Larsen operated a successful contracting business from 1961 to 1996. But before and afterwards, he has been a major business and organizational leader. Larsen served in the Navy Air Corps from 1945-1948. Later, he obtained his degree in Civil Engineering from University of California, Berkeley in 1951. For 10 years, he worked at B. O. Larsen, General Contractor. In 1961, he began his own business, W. Daniel Larsen, General Contractor, which had two lives. It’s run from 1961 to 1999 was interrupted from 1968-1974 when Larsen served as vice president and general manager of the F. E. Young Construction Co. A lengthy list of associations and honors earned by Larsen includes, but is not limited to: President of Associated General Contractors 1968; ; San Diego Taxpayers Association 1971-1978; San Diego Opera Board 1978-1981; Chamber of Commerce Vice President 1980; Small Business Advisory Council 1980-1994; County Grand Jury 1983-1984; Port Commissioner 1985-1993; Economic Development Board 1994-1998; Sharp Health Care Board 1979-2003; and Point Loma Community Presbyterian Church Ruling Elder.
Carleton Bingham, Class of 1946 Professional/Science/Medicine
Carleton Bingham’s life and professional endeavors are exemplified by success and recognition in a number of different fields. After receiving a PhD in physical chemistry in 1959 from UCLA, Bingham joined the Atomics International Division of North America Aviation (now Rockwell International). Among other things, he developed a corporate capability for measuring the chemical composition of plutonium-containing nuclear fuel materials. In 1971 he was selected as director of the Atomic Energy Commission’s New Brunswick Laboratory, the government’s Nuclear Materials Measurements and Standards Laboratory in New Jersey until it’s 1975 relocation to Argonne, Illinois. During Mr. Bingham’s tenure, the lab became the Certifying Authority for nuclear reference materials, superseding the National Bureau of Standards. The lab also managed an extensive inter-laboratory measurement evaluation program involving more than 50 nuclear material measurement laboratories in 15 countries. Marked improvements in the measurement technology for uranium and plutonium were made.
In his youth, Bingham was elected Commissioner of General Affairs at PLHS, Student Body President in 1945, was named Valedictorian of his class, received the Pete Ross Award as the top scholar and was a six-semester member of the California Scholastic Federation. He was a two-year letterman in varsity baseball and “B” basketball and was known by his nickname, “Suspenders.”
Stephen Waterman, Class of 1969 Science/Medicine
Dr. Stephen Waterman’s lifetime achievements are those of a highly dedicated man of great empathy. Ironically, Dr. Waterman majored in English Literature at Stanford University, an unusual first step for a man who was in West Africa overseeing a crucial treatment program for Ebola victims. He went on to acquire his medical credentials and now works with the U.S. Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization traveling to such remote places as the Caribbean, Mexico City, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Senegal and Puerto Rico. He has also given expert presentations at summit meetings in Switzerland. He is a Senior Epidemiologist working to eradicate not only Ebola but other diseases such as Dengue Fever, Conjunctivitis, Malaria or any other malady that has become a significant problem.
Dr. Waterman provides advice and knowledge to on-site doctors and caregivers throughout the world, often working in environments that are barely sanitary, sometimes lacking a clean water supply, often in the presence of deadly disease conditions. Closer to home, he is in charge of border health between Mexico and the U.S as the head of the Binational Border Infectious Disease Surveillance program with 13 sites in the U.S. and Mexico.
Jeffrey Bennett, Class of 1976 Academics/Science
Dr. Jeffrey Bennett has attained the highest level in his chosen field of study who enjoys spending much of his time sharing his knowledge with children, students and adults. His academic credentials include a B.A. in Astrophysics from UCSD and an M.S. and PhD in Astrophysics from University of Colorado, Boulder. Dr. Bennett’s five children’s books were selected for the “Story Time From Space” project as the first-ever to be launched to the International Space Station and read aloud during orbit in 2014. He has donated more than 23,000 copies of these books in more than 60 countries as part of his “Max Goes to Schools” program. He became a Visiting Senior Scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. from 1991-1993 where he developed programs for educators to use in classrooms around the world. He has also appeared on numerous national television programs and is known internationally for his lifetime body of work.
Larry Zeiger, PLHS Staff Member Honorary Inductee
Larry Zeiger left an indelible mark on PLHS during a 33-year tenure beginning in 1975 marked by the use of new and creative techniques in the teaching of English, The Art of Film and Musical Theater. In the late 1970’s, while seeking a final class project for his senior English students, Zeiger created “Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance,” which became the longest-running musical theater group in San Diego County Schools. By the time of his 2007 retirement, he had produced and directed 31 original annual productions featuring casts of nearly 100 each, some who have gone on to careers in the entertainment industry. Many of the students who performed in Zeiger’s shows credit him with helping them gain confidence and eliminate shyness as they took their turn in the spotlight acting, singing and dancing before appreciative audiences. Today, the Performing Arts Center at Point Loma High School bears Zeiger’s name, and numerous awards have been bestowed upon him for his body of work.
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