Through the years, Distinguished Alumni honorees have made a positive impact on their communities and beyond and continue to inspire current students to succeed.
The El Camino College Foundation is pleased to recognize the accomplishments of our alumni through the Distinguished Alumni program.
Many of our alumni are highly respected in the community and have achieved great success in their careers and lives.
We are honored to acknowledge these individuals and remember the strong educational foundation El Camino College provided them as they embarked on their professional journey.
Nominations for induction into the Distinguished Alumni of El Camino College are accepted throughout the year.
Awards are presented every other year and active solicitation of names occurs for several months during the spring of an award year.
Anyone who wishes to nominate a former student for this award may do so by:
Potential candidates should meet the following criteria:
Event information: Spring 2024 (Additional details coming soon!)
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Mary Haag Individual Gratitude Award Mary has been a long-time supporter and advocate for El Camino College. Her husband Robert (Bob) Haag worked at El Camino for his entire career beginning in 1958, and after retiring in 1994, ran for office and was the president of the ECCCD Board of Trustees. He was instrumental in the music department, hence the name of the Robert Haag Recital Hall on campus. Mary and Bob spent many years on the ECC campus together. Sadly, Bob passed away in 2005, but Mary has carried on their tradition of loving and supporting El Camino College and our students through multiple named scholarships.
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Manhattan Beach Rotary Community Gratitude Award The Manhattan Beach Rotary has been supporting student scholarships at El Camino since 2008 and has donated close to $100,000. Their scholarship committee selects the students carefully each year. The organization has also provided food and supplies to the Warrior Pantry, and individual members have also donated funds to support the pantry and the President’s Circle program. The partnership has grown over the years, and we are grateful for their support and generosity.
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Northrop Grumman Corporate Gratitude Award Over the past 16 years, Northrop Grumman has donated almost $1 million to El Camino College to benefit students and programs, primarily in the area of STEM education including scholarships and support for programs. Northrop Grumman has also had a long partnership with the El Camino Manufacturing program, and has hired ECC students and trained them at classes on campus. Northrop Grumman has been a long time South Bay partner to ECC.
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Daelea Aldrich '97 Barbara Ann Alexander '97 Karin Baker '22 David Benoit '11 Eleanor Bersano '16 Timothy Robert Blevins '97 Donald Brann ‘11 James Brooks '97 Rocky Chavez '18 Fred Claire '97 Rudy deLeon '97 Cindi Demboski '97 Fred Dryer '97 Keith Erickson '97 Dennis Fayze Fandey '97 James Ferreira '97 E. Michael Fincke ‘12 Diane Fitzhugh '97 Monica Fredericks '14 Pat Furey '11 Gary Galiger '97 Don Gilpin '97 Barbara Gleason '97 James Hill '97 Robert Horii '97 Nils Johnson '97 Kathryn Joiner '97 |
Richard Keelor '97 Dan Keenan '18 Timothy King '97 Sherry Kramer '18 Michael Lacey '12 Jack Ledbetter '97 Russ Lesser '97 Carol Liess '97 Ian and Marilyn MacLeod '22 Dennis Mangers '97 Patricia Martz '97 Harry McKellop '97 Anita McLaughlin '12 William Mealer '97 Candace Messer '12 Cliff Meidl '03 Mark Mercier '97 Chris Montez '12 Philip Montez '97 Michael Montoya '11 George Nakano '16 Carol Neblett '97 Joe Boyd Noble '97 Wayne Overbeck '97 David Pack '97 Nick Parras '97 |
Maria Pena '97 Virginia Pfiffner '97 Gregory Rafijah '14 Francisco X. Rivera '22 Gerald Robinson '97 Mary Rooney '97 Kirk Rossberg '22 Edmond Russ '97 James Russell, Jr. '97 Laura Schenasi '16 Ray Southstone '97 Jannette Stewart '97 Ryan Stonebraker '14 Megan Tatu '14 Ian Teague '97 Maxine Thomas '97 Donna Toy-Chen '97 Brian Wilson '18 Cinna Toy-Wohlmuth '11 Carlos Vessels '97 Cheryl Ann Winkler '97 Hope Witkowsky '02 Merrie (Penny) Wood '97 Roy Yanase '97 Beverly Young '97 William Young '16 |
Frances Ford '18
Mary Haag '22
Manhattan Beach Rotary '22
Edison International '18
Northrop Grumman '22