Santa Clara County History

PIONEER HIGH SCHOOL
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
FACULTY AND STUDENTS, JUNE 1964
Source: Commencement Program
Published by Pioneer High School, San Jose, California, June 1964
Thank you to Roger Buttermore for transcribing this list


PIONEER HIGH SCHOOL
4th Commencement Exercises 
WEDNESDAY,  JUNE 10, 1964
6:30 P.M.

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 
PIONEER HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM

Program

PROCESSIONAL: "Pomp and Circumstance" . . . . . . Elgar
Pioneer High School Band
MR. GERALD STASKO, Director

INVOCATION. . . . . . . . REVEREND PAUL K. CURRIE

FLAG SALUTE. . . . . . MISS SANDRA PELACHE, Senior Class Vice President

WELCOME. . . . . . MR. MARVIN MOORE, Senior Class President

THEME: "Frontiers of Opportunity"
MR. ROBERT YOSHIOKA, Salutatorian
MISS MARY PAT O'CONNELL, Valedictorian

REMARKS AND SCHOLARSHIPS MR. RALPH H. SLEIGHT, Principal

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS:
MR. RALPH H. SLEIGHT, Principal
MR. ROBERT V. MERCURIO, Vice Principal, Curriculum
MRS. HARRIET A. RUDD, Vice Principal, Dean of Girls
MR. KENNETH R. TAYLOR, Vice Principal, Dean of Boys

PIONEER HYMN . . . . . . . . GRADUATING CLASS OF 1964 

RECESSIONAL

Diplomas will be presented individually; however, it is requested that you reserve your applause until all graduates have been granted diplomas.
The audience will please remain seated during the recessional until all graduates have cleared the area in front of the stands. 

SAN JOSE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

BOARD OF EDUCATION 
MR. ROY BUTCHER President
MR. GALE DOUGLASS
MR. HENRY T. GUNDERSON
MRS. GERTRUDE J. GALE
MR. EDWIN D. JONES, JR.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 
DR. EARLE P. CRANDAL
____________________ 

SAN JOSE VOCATIONAL CENTER FACULTY
MR. JACK L. ANDERSON, Director

Mr. Eustaquio N. Cortez    Mr. Carroll S. Kinney  Mr. Anthony Norona
Mr. Dale R. Crawford   Mr. George C. Langley  Mr. Robert E. Powell
Mr. Wilbur A. Erickson    Mr. William T. Leever  Mr. Glenn G. Reinegger
Mr. Edward Farrar    Mr. Mervil C. MacLean  Mr. Elmer L. Stewart
Mr. Walter L. Hornung  Mr. Kenneth G. Neely
____________________ 

FACULTY

MR. RALPH H. SLEIGHT, M.A., Principal
MR. ROBERT V. MERCURIO, M.S., Vice Principal, Curriculum
MRS. HARRIET A. RUDD, M.A., Vice Principal, Dean of Girls
MR. KENNETH R. TAYLOR, M.A., Vice Principal, Dean of Boys
 

Mr. W. D. Anderson, B.A. 
Mr. Ole Bakken, M.A. 
Mr. John T. Berney, B.A. 
Miss Mary Bodamer, M.A. 
Mr. Joor Bol, B.A. 
Mr. John E. Clewett, B.A. 
Mrs. Joan Cuddeback, M.A. 
Mrs. Neomi Debenham, M.A. 
Mr. David A. Dickerson, B.A. 
Mr. Valentin Donaire, B.A. 
Mrs. Sallie Jean Elder, B.A. 
Mr. C. R. Farber, B.F.A. 
Miss Doris L. Fracchia, M.L.S. 
Mrs. W. D. Gill, B.H.E. 
Mr. Michael W. Grady, M.A. 
Mr. Kenny C. Guinn, M.A. 
Mr. Carl B. Hoch, M.A. 
Mr. James L. Hoerner, M.A. 
Mr. Harold A. Smith, M.A.
Mr. Basil E. Huffman, M.A.
Mrs. Linda M. Hughes, B.A.
Mr. Bill J. Johnson, B.A.
Mr. Axel E. Jonasson, B.A.
Mr. Richard E. King, B.A.
Mr. Marvin G. Lamborn, M.A.
Mr. J. Richard Limb, B.A.
Mr. Marvin G. Lamborn, M.A.
Mrs. H. L. Lind, B.A.
Mrs. Lois Maggenti, B.A.
Miss Ruth McKissick, B.S.
Mr. Elmer B. Mortensen, M.A.
Mr. Morgan V. Nelson, M.A.
Mr. James L. Oeland, B.B.A. 
Miss C. M. Robinson, P.H.N.
Mr. Ray Rose, M.Ed.
Mrs. Mary Jo Shanley, M.Ed.
Mrs. Fauniel Smith, M.Ed.
Mrs. Jo Ann Stacy, M.A.
Mr. Gerald Stasko, B.A.
Mr. John G. Steele, B.S.
Mr. Mel Stein, M.A.
Mr. Charles L. Sullivan, M.A.
Mr. Merle O. Thompson, M.A.
Mr. Everett VandeBeek, M.A.
Mr. Glenn Vaughan, B.S.
Mr. Orville C. Vick, Jr., M.S.
Mr. George M. Watson, M.A.
Miss Lani Weltz, M.A.
Mr. Barclay M. Wheeler, M.A.
Mr. Charles B. Womack, B.A.
Mrs. Donna S. Wood, B.S.
Mr. Charles P. Woodbury, B.S.
Miss Sally Yeatman, M.A.
Mrs. Edith E. Zanotti, M.A.

GRADUATES
Abbott, Winifred Florence
Alameida, Rita Lee
Allred, Paul Watts
Alvarez, David
Andrews, Jon Carmen
Aubrey, Susan Marie
Augustine, Dorothy Martha
°Avery, Robert
Avina, Arnold S.

Bachmeier, Rochelle Rose
Banfield, Lorin Jack
Barnett,
Helen Barbara
°Begley, Sandy
Benevento, Nancy Lynn
Benjamin, Donald Keith
Bentley, John Jones
Berg, Judith Gail
Berger, Betty Anne
Black, Douglas Charles
Blackwell, Roy Edward
Blakeman, Kathleen May
Bone Ronald Niles
Bornkamm, Aleida
Boudreaux, Beverly Sue
Bradley, John James
Braun, Jean Marie
Britton, Bonnie Louise
t °Bruce, Susan Leslie
Buchignani, Norman Leroy
Buller, Marilyn Jeanette
Burckhardt, Vicki Lynn
Burke, Jim Thomas
Burke, Michael William
Bushnell, Adams Brent
Bushnell, Andrea Lee
Buttermore, Roger Edward

Cable, Cathy Lorene
Cargile, Sharon Louise
Carlson, Cheryl Louise
Carrillo, Jesse Eugene
Castro, Sandra Jeanne
Chaney, Christene Louise
Chelonis, William Michael
Collister, Joel Nathan
Cosley, Sandra Jo Ann
Cosso, Darlene Joan
Costa, Gregory Joseph
Cottingham, Patricia Ann
Cowles, James Stephen
Crannell, Caryn Irene
Crawford, Cynthia Ann
Crowley, Terrence Michael
Cummins, Gregory Alan
Currie, Joanne Margaret
 

Davis, James Martin
Davis, Maria Elaine
DeCarlo, Dominic Joseph

DeFrancisco, Cynthia Ann
deHaydu, Zoltan Jr.
Delevoryas, Mark Gregory
Delgado, Laura Elena
Derrick, Carolyn Lee
deWit, Leray Arthur
DiBetta, Dennis Harold
Donhardt, Thomas George
Douglass, Wade Marvin
t °Dove, Mike
Ducato, Francis Richard
Dyer, Patricia Ann

Eads, Donna Elaine
Eaton, Michael Edward
Edgmon, Monica Gordon
Edwards, Maeve Susan

Faerber, Joyce Elaine
Fetty, James Roy, Jr.
Floren, Gaylene Phyllis
Fotopoulos, Elpis Toni
Frankel, Sharon

Gamez, Nancy Irene
Garcia, Alicia Valenzuela
Garcia, Frank Alexander
Garriott, James Edward
Geier, Margaret Lynn
Golling, Robert: Leo, Jr.
Gomes, Donald Richard
Goodwin, Paul Russell
Gordon, Alana Marie
Gorkosky, Richard Allen
Grandi, Joseph Vicari
Grueneich, Carol Lee
Guerra, Mary Ora
Gullo, Ronald Joseph

Haddock, Rodney Arthur
Hall, Gary Douglas
Haney, William Stuart
Hankes, Julia Ellen
Hare, Roberta
Harmon, Juanita LaVerne
Harris, H. Russell
Hartstein, Julie Marsha
Heath, Erica Jean
Hemsworth, James Louis
Hernandez, Phyllis Loretta
Hill, Kenneth Alexander
Hill, Robert Dale
Hill, Rodney James
Hinkston, James Donald
Hodges, Kathleen Ann
Hoffman, Karen Jeanne
Hoirup, Larry Mitchel
Holladay, Pamella Anne
Holland, Mardith Lucy
Holt, Jack Lee
Hopkins, Thomas A.
Horton, Richard Lee
Houser, Trudy Ann
Huck, SueAnn Marie
Huebert, Diane Elizabeth
Huey, David George
Hulme, Janet Ellen
Hunken, Patricia Jane
Hylton, Judith Kay

Immordini, Carole Lee
Iwatate, Grace Mutume

Jackson, Sandra Marie
Jarrett, Dennis Ray
Jeffers, Wayne Anthony
Johns, Craig Alan
Johnson, Linda Clare
Jones, Stanley Merl
Kanemoto, Jo Ann
Karbowski, Richard John
Kelty, James Garrett
Kennedy, John Ronald, Jr.
Kersh, Hosea Ezra
King, Leslie Ann Benson
Kirchner, Rose Marie
t °Koike, Linda
Kolte, Arlene Andrea
Krueger, Jeanne Carol
Krueger, Linda Lee

LaBarbera, Jo Ann
Lambert, Lawrence Miller
Larsen, Shirley Christine
Larussa, Samuel Anthony
Layton, Linda Ruth
Leavitt, Leslie Ann
Lee, Linda Carol
Lillge, Lark Denise
Link, Mary Katherine
Lomelin, Daniel Espejo
Lopez, Marie Teresa

Mabie, Michael John
Magnone, Aldene Agnes
Malven, Albert Donald
Malven, Diane Sue
°Mancus, Carolyn
Marcoida,Margarita Garcia
Martinez, Edward Robert
Martinez, Linda Lee
Mayes, John Max
Mazzone, Richard Caldwell
Medhurst, Peter Timothy
Megna, Donald Bruce
Mellegers, Henry
Marinus, Casparus
Metz, Arthur Laurence
Metzler, John Jeffrey
Miller, Ramona Marie
Mills, Ronald Lyle
Mintzer, Gail Susan
Miyahara, Yachie Gloria
Moll, John Jay
Moore, Mary Sharleen
Moore, Marvin Edward
Mosher, Nancy Carol
Mowrey, Rhonda
Mulrine, Patricia Anne
Munoz, Donna Pauline
Munoz, Salvador
°Murdock, Neil
Murphy, William Richard 
McClure, John Marvin
McKee, Archibald Sturdivant
McLeod, Heather Kay
McMaster, Donna Lorraine
McPhaill, Carol Elaine

Nyberg, Gordon Stanley

t °O'Connell, Mary Pat
Ogan, Gladys Irene
Olson, Randall Eugene

t °Panick, Merle
Pape, Jamie Gail
Patellaro, John Larry
Pavkov, Judith Ann
Peck, Karen Kay
Peddicord, Thomas Arthur
Pelache, Sandra
Penny, Richard Wilfred
Peoples, Scott Gordon
Perce, Cheryl Diane
Perez, Margie Garza
Perez, Rosemarie Cerda
Perkins, John Robert 
Peterson, Sandra Jean Marie
Petti, Sharon Ann
Phariss, Paul Lloyd 
Pinckney, Patricia Jeanne
Pitts,Charles Allen
Pupach, Janet Ann

Quinn,Patrick Larry

Radcliffe, Patricia Lynn
Ramirez, Sherrie Ann
t ° Ratzlaff, Paul
Reppas, Michael Arthur
Reyes, Loretta Eva
Richardson, Grace Jeanne
Richardson, Linda Louise 
Riise, Kathryn Jeanne
Ritchie, Brent Lee 
Rodriguez, Rudolf Martinez
° Romero, George
Romero, Rebecca Noemi 
Runyan, Gary Dale
Russ, Michael Perry
Russo, Sylvia Lucia

Salazar, Frances E.
Salewsky, William Howard,Jr.
Sanz, Diana Marie
Schifano, Joan Mae
Schilling, Robert Charles, Jr.

Seay, Martha Virginia
Secor, Stephan Victor
Sellers, Gloria Jean
Seward, Kathleen Elizabeth
Seyler, Jeffrey Christopher
Shirley, Patricia Lynn
Singer, Paul Howard 
Singleton, Karen Lynn
Smith, Diana Louise
Smith, Joan Annette
Smith, Linda Faye
Smith, Will Mason
Snively, Carol Anne
Stanford, Kathleen Marie
Stoddard, Dorothy Ann
Struthers, Diane Marie

° Tablak, Debbie
Tannehill, Sherrie Ann 
Thackeray, Patricia Gayle
Thill,Carolyn Yvonne 
Thomas, Gary Francis
Towne, Arthur Robert
Turner, Diana Lynn

Vamell, Jimmie Dale
Vohs, Danial Matt

Wagner, Elva Patricia
Wall, David Lee
Walter, Howard Charles 
Wamock, Charmaine Beth
Watson, John Walter
Weaver, Freddie L.
Wells, Alice Carolyn
Wells, Barbara Sue
West, Marjorie Ellen
Whistle, Roy Allen
White, Linda Gail
Williams, Garry Wayne
Williams, Janet Rita
Wilson, Charles Ernest
Winter, Craig Norton
Wittenmyer, Estella Marie
Woodruff, Carole Ann

Yamat, Bernard P.
Yarr, Thomas Robert 
Yonkers, Kathleen Alice
t °Yoshioka, Robert

Zamira, Geary Allen
Zapata, Mario
Zelazo, Pamela Marie
°Zoller, Ann

t Life Member, California Scholarship Federation, Chapter 659c
°Member, California Scholarship Federation, Chapter 659c

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
 

SUSAN BRUCE . . . . . . . California State University of California Alumni Association
SANDRA CASTRO . . . . .  San Jose City College Associated Students
JOEL COLLISTER . . . . . .California School Employee's Association University of California Jacob and Mary Kemler Seitz
                                        Undergraduate University of California-Honors at Entrance
LINDA KOIK . . . . . . San Jose Teachers Association Memorial . .
CAROLYN MANCUS  . . . . . . . . Willow Glen Kiwaniannes
MARY PAT O'CONNELL . . . . Santa Clara University The National Foundation-March of Dimes
MERLE PANICK . . . . . . . California State University of California Alumni Association University of California-Honors at Entrance
GEORGE ROMERO . . . . . Filipino-American Women's Club of San Jose Pioneer Parents Club
MARTIIA SEAY . . . . . .  San Jose City College Associated Students
CHARMAINE WARNOCK . . . . . . . San Jose Business & Professional Women's Club
MARJORIE WEST. . . . . .. San Jose Women's Club
ROBERT YOSHIOKA. . . . . California Savings and Loan Association University of California-Honors at Entrance
MARIO ZAPATA . . . . . . . . Mexican-American

TOP 10 SENIORS

JOEL COLLISTER PAUL RATZLAFF
JUDY HYLTON  DEBBIE TABLAK
LINDA KOIKE  CHARMAINE WARNOCK
MARY PAT O'CONNELL  ROBERT YOSHIOKA
MERLE PANICK ANN ZOLLER

SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS

President. . MARVIN MOORE
Vice President . . SANDRA PELACHE
Secretary . . ALEIDA BORKAMM
Treasurer . . JACK BANFIE:D
Faculty Advisor . . MR. GEORGE WATSON


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