When Albert Einstein was making the rounds of the speaker's circuit, he

usually found himself eagerly longing to get back to his laboratory work.

One night as they were driving to yet another rubber-chicken dinner.

Einstein mentioned to his chauffeur (a man who somewhat resembled Einstein

in looks & manner) that he was tired of speech making.

"I have an idea, boss," his chauffeur said. "I've heard you give this

speech so many times. I'll bet I could give…

I am pleased to report that our Lost Connections program is working well. 

Donna Dee Joiner (Shaw) was recently reconnected to her friends George and Dottie Sprotte through our remailing program.

The program is a good one for maintaining the 100% confidential nature of our membership list.

If you’d like to reach a member of the Hollywood High School Alumni Association, you can send a copy of your letter and a postage stamp for each person you’d…

Hollywood high school remembers Alexander Julian, Class of 1939. The captain (USN retired) passed away on March 17, 2009 at the age of 87. His was a distinguished life, first in his career in the Military, the Science Community and later as a civic activist. After graduating from Hollywood, he won an appointment to the Naval Academy in 1941. While there, the National AAU gymnastic champion was named captain of the Gymnastics Team. Graduating with the Class of 1945, he was assigned to the…

We moved to Hollywood in 1940.  The house my parents bought at 5826 La Mirada Avenue that cost $5200.00 and it had 2 small rentals.  I was 10 years old a real wimp.  I attended Santa Monica Blvd. Street School for 2 years.  Marbles, kick-ball and tetherball were the games of choice on the playground.  We played, in the street, a game called kick the can and over the line.  We never locked our door to the house, because everyone in the neighborhood had the same front door key.  We were never…

Think of your body as a high-powered, finely engineered transportation vehicle, like a space shuttle. Instead of liquid hydrogen, your body is powered by your own intake. The food you eat is the fuel that energizes the vehicle. What you put in your fuel tank is burned by your high performance activity or - in the case of low-octane, junk food - is deposited in your engine. Think of your mind as the driver who takes control of and steers your body to victory or hits the wall. Your body is…

This weekend, the Hollywood High School Alumni Association was informed that Dan Doyle, the COO of Jack LaLanne Products, would be donating a brand new laptop to the Association for use on the many computer-related member projects including managing the mailing lists and website. Dan was Class of 1966 at Hollywood High School. The donation is being made in the memory of the recently-departed fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne and his…

In memory of George Stone (also known as Bob).  George passed away in October 2011 of A.L.S. Lou Gehrig's Disease. After graduating from Hollywood High, George honorably served briefly in the Air Force. He attended Los Angeles City College where he met his wife.  George worked for many years as an electronics and computer repair technician. He also helped his late wife with her part-time floral decoration business in Orange County.  He had no children.  George will be…

I received an email directly from the office of our Mayor sharing his letter to Occupy Los Angeles. Please click here to view it online:

Letter from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa to Occupy Los Angeles

Please post YOUR comments in the space below, I'd like to hear from you.

Cordially,

Christopher Matthew…

Black Friday may have been a true mess with some consumers playing with pepper spray or stampeding each other over $2 waffle irons, but the Hollywood High School Alumni…

I received today's wonderful thoughts from Jim Rohn and wanted to share them with you!

Each of us has two distinct choices to make about what we will do with our lives. The first choice we can make is to be less than we have the capacity to be. To earn less. To have less. To read less and think less. To try less and discipline ourselves less. These are the choices that lead to an empty life. These are the choices that, once made, lead to a life of constant apprehension…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Christopher Matthew Spencer

3852 Eureka Drive

Studio City, CA 91604-3106

Email: admin@hhsalum.org Phone: 818.567.4000

Hollywood High School Nomination to the National Register of Historic Places

November 17, 2011 - Redlands, California: The National Register nomination of the Hollywood High School Historic District is on its way to Washington, DC for the final…

Elysians & Surfers Unite

For A 50th Reunion Night

STUDIO CITY, CA – Members of the W’61 (Elysians) and S’61 (Surfers) graduating classes of Hollywood High School are invited to attend a 50th Reunion party at the home of Hugh Lipton on Sunday, October 16, 2011. Some will recall that Hugh graciously offered his spacious home for a 40th party a decade ago.

            Interest is building for the event, and we anticipate a number of out-of-state HHS grads…

On Tuesday June 28, 2011, we lost a great friend a fellow Sheik his name Marco Calderon Class of '90, his family needs our help, they don't have the money for the funeral expenses and are on a need of money, Im asking you fellow Sheiks to help one of our own, you can help by stopping by any:  Chase Bank  Account # 975390287, and is under the name of Siomara Santizo, anything you give will be more then…