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2014 INDUCTEES
ATHELETES ARMSTRONG BAKKENSEN BAKKENSEN BATES BROADOUS BROWN CLAUSSEN HOFF JENSEN KIRSCHENSEN LEWIS MORRISON NOZAKI SCHUKART |
Eric Armstrong, 1939….football, soccer, baseball….earned five varsity letters…played in the 1938 Milk Bowl. All-City and All-State football in 1937 and 1938. All-City soccer 1938. Retired after 35 years in the USAF at the rank of Lt. Colonel…WWII vet. passed away in 2010.
Don Hoff, 1941….football, track & field…won five varsity letters…played in the 1941 Milk Bowl. All-City and All-State in football in 1939 and 1940. Won the city shot put championship in 1940 and 1941. WWII vet, Car dealer in Redding, California. Passed away in 2010.
Bob Morrison, 1941….football, track & field….five varsity letters at Grant…played in the 1941 Milk Bowl...All-City and All-State football in 1940…ran the 100 & 200 in track. WWII vet. Worked 40 years for Crown-Zellerbach Paper Company. Passed away in 2003.
Marlis Claussen Carson, 1953….swimming…won two varsity letters…won the city championship in the freestyle in 1950…set PIL records in the 75 yard individual medley and the 100 yard breaststroke…had 1st place finishes in NW swim meets while at Grant. Straight A’s all four years at Grant. Graduated from the University of Oregon. Taught at Grant and PCC. She
lives in Lake Oswego. Brother George Claussen is a member of the Grant HOF.
J. D. Brown, 1958….swimming….earned four varsity letters at Grant…1955 PIL 120 yard individual medley champ…1955 PIL freestyle champion…1957 PIL 40 yard and 100 yard freestyle champion…member of the 1955 and 1956 State championship teams. Earned high school All-American recognition. Graduated from University of Washington. All-American swimmer. Career in truck leasing business. Lives in Issaquah, Washington.
John Bakkensen, 1961….track & field (discus)…won three varsity letters at Grant…won PIL City meet in 1960 and set a new PIL meet discus throw record…won the Oregon High School AAU championship meet in 1960 with the longest high school discus throw in Oregon history…won the City and State discus championship in 1961 and repeated as AAU champion. Graduated from Harvard where he was the Ivy League champ in 1963, ‘64 and ’65. Won the Penn relays in 1963. Graduated from Stanford Law School. He has worked as a volunteer track coach and competed as an amateur athlete. In 1997, he was inducted into the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame. He is a practicing attorney who lives in Portland.
Richard Lewis, 1968….football, basketball, baseball, track…earned six varsity letters at Grant…1st team All-City and All-State in football I 1967-68…All-City basketball…All-Conference in football at PSU. Played in the NFL for the Houston Oilers, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets as a linebacker. Played in the CFL for the Toronto Argonauts. Retired from professional football in 1980 after an 8-year career. He worked for the Toronto Parks and Recreation Department. He is an ordained minister and established the Toronto Gospel Center. Active in the Goals for Youth Programs with the NFL and with numerous community based organizations. Managed the Toronto Board of Trade’s Client Visitation Dept. and local business network. Lives in Toronto.
Patty Jensen, 1969….golf, swimming….won 8 varsity letters at Grant…won City and State championship in the individual 200 yard freestyle in 1966…member of the City Championship golf team in 1968 & 1969…in 1969 she was the runner-up in the Oregon Junior Girl’s Golf Championship. Voted most athletic girl by classmates. Graduated #1 in class of 675. Member of Willamette University golf team for two years. Member of Stanford’s women’s golf team for two years where she graduated in 1973. She spent her professional career as an actuary in the insurance business. Today she plays golf with a 10 handicap and lives in Camas, Washington.
Ralph Bakkensen, 1969….track & field (shot put, discus)….earned 3 varsity letters at Grant…set city and state records in both shot and discus…shop put throw of 60’ 1” was a Grant record for 36 years…undefeated in 1969 in the shot put at the Corvallis Invitational, the City Relays, the City Meet, and the State Meet…record of 52-0 in the shot put, 151-7 in the discus. He attended Stanford, member of the track & field team. Co-captain of the team senior year and won awards for superior academic and track achievement. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School and is a practicing attorney who lives in Andover, Massachsetts.
Greg Schukart, 1970….basketball, track & field….earned 8 varsity letters at Grant…won the mile championship as a freshman...won the PIL discus throw in 1970…2nd in the discus in State Championship meet in 1970…won the state decathlon in 1970…named high school hall of fame cross-country runner in 1970…member of the 1969 state championship basketball team. He graduated from Western Oregon University. Placed first in the discus in the Oregon Junior College championships. He taught P. E. and Health for 30 years in Beaverton. He is also a noted designer of P.E. equipment. He lives in Beaverton.
Robert Bates, 1970….football, track & field….won 7 varsity letters at Grant…All-PIL his sophomore, junior and senior years in football…won city and state championship in the 60 yard dash…won 60 yard event at the Oregon Indoor Meet…set relay meet records with his brother Onia while a freshman. Attended Mt. Hood Community College, the University of Texas/El Paso where he played football, and the University of Hawaii were he ran track. He is retired from the Union Pacific Railroad and lives in Portland.
Susan Nozaki Lamont, 1976….swimming….won 4 varsity letters a Grant…won Junior Olympics in 200 meter butterfly at age 14…won City and State championships for the 100 yard butterfly in 1975 and 1976 and set city records. She graduated from the University of Oregon in 1980 with a degree in Business. She is the marketing director for KATU-TV and resides in Lake Oswego.
Jay Kirschenman, 1980….football, basketball….won 5 varsity letters at Grant…All-City and All-State quarterback in 1978 and 1979…played in the 1980 Shrine Game…2 year starter for the basketball team…averaged 10 pts. per game in helping lead the Generals to a 2nd place finish in the 1980 state tournament. Played quarterback at Oregon State and graduated in 1985. He is a member of the Beaver Blue Key Honor Society and attended the Wharton School of Business. He is an employee benefits specialist within the Insurance industry. His clients have included Microsoft, Nintendo, T-Mobile, Seattle Mariners and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. He and his wife Juliana (Grant 1981) have lived in San Diego, Houston, Seattle, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and now San Francisco.
Andre Broadous, 2008….football, basketball, baseball….earned 9 varsity letters at Grant. In
football: Oregon player of the year, Oregon fan player of the year, West Coast top 50 high school players, 1st team All-City and All-State quarterback, City offensive player of the year,
18-1 his junior and senior years. In basketball: two year starter, member of the 2007 State Championship team. In baseball: All-City and All-State outfielder. He attended Cal-Poly University… 3 year football starter, school record holder in rushing TD’s, 1st in the country in passing efficiency, All-Conference 2 years, 3 conference championships, pre-season Walter Peyton award nominee senior year. NFL rookie mini-camp invite, played arena football 2 seasons. Lives in Seattle….currently coaching at Grant.
COACHES
Coach Carolyn Fitzwater….tenure as coach at Grant, 1972-1990. Coached softball, basketball and taught P.E. In 1979, the Oregon Athletic Coaches Association named her Coach of the Year. Member of the American Softball Association Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Carolyn played shortstop for the Erv Lind Florists from 1950-1964, when the team won the National Championship. She passed away in May, 2014.
Coach Janice Shaffer Wall…27 years at Grant…coached gymnastics, track & field, softball, volleyball, and swimming. Health and P.E. major at University of Oregon…graduated in 1970.
All-American swimmer in the butterfly and individual medley at Oregon. She retired in 2003.
Don Hoff, 1941….football, track & field…won five varsity letters…played in the 1941 Milk Bowl. All-City and All-State in football in 1939 and 1940. Won the city shot put championship in 1940 and 1941. WWII vet, Car dealer in Redding, California. Passed away in 2010.
Bob Morrison, 1941….football, track & field….five varsity letters at Grant…played in the 1941 Milk Bowl...All-City and All-State football in 1940…ran the 100 & 200 in track. WWII vet. Worked 40 years for Crown-Zellerbach Paper Company. Passed away in 2003.
Marlis Claussen Carson, 1953….swimming…won two varsity letters…won the city championship in the freestyle in 1950…set PIL records in the 75 yard individual medley and the 100 yard breaststroke…had 1st place finishes in NW swim meets while at Grant. Straight A’s all four years at Grant. Graduated from the University of Oregon. Taught at Grant and PCC. She
lives in Lake Oswego. Brother George Claussen is a member of the Grant HOF.
J. D. Brown, 1958….swimming….earned four varsity letters at Grant…1955 PIL 120 yard individual medley champ…1955 PIL freestyle champion…1957 PIL 40 yard and 100 yard freestyle champion…member of the 1955 and 1956 State championship teams. Earned high school All-American recognition. Graduated from University of Washington. All-American swimmer. Career in truck leasing business. Lives in Issaquah, Washington.
John Bakkensen, 1961….track & field (discus)…won three varsity letters at Grant…won PIL City meet in 1960 and set a new PIL meet discus throw record…won the Oregon High School AAU championship meet in 1960 with the longest high school discus throw in Oregon history…won the City and State discus championship in 1961 and repeated as AAU champion. Graduated from Harvard where he was the Ivy League champ in 1963, ‘64 and ’65. Won the Penn relays in 1963. Graduated from Stanford Law School. He has worked as a volunteer track coach and competed as an amateur athlete. In 1997, he was inducted into the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame. He is a practicing attorney who lives in Portland.
Richard Lewis, 1968….football, basketball, baseball, track…earned six varsity letters at Grant…1st team All-City and All-State in football I 1967-68…All-City basketball…All-Conference in football at PSU. Played in the NFL for the Houston Oilers, Buffalo Bills and New York Jets as a linebacker. Played in the CFL for the Toronto Argonauts. Retired from professional football in 1980 after an 8-year career. He worked for the Toronto Parks and Recreation Department. He is an ordained minister and established the Toronto Gospel Center. Active in the Goals for Youth Programs with the NFL and with numerous community based organizations. Managed the Toronto Board of Trade’s Client Visitation Dept. and local business network. Lives in Toronto.
Patty Jensen, 1969….golf, swimming….won 8 varsity letters at Grant…won City and State championship in the individual 200 yard freestyle in 1966…member of the City Championship golf team in 1968 & 1969…in 1969 she was the runner-up in the Oregon Junior Girl’s Golf Championship. Voted most athletic girl by classmates. Graduated #1 in class of 675. Member of Willamette University golf team for two years. Member of Stanford’s women’s golf team for two years where she graduated in 1973. She spent her professional career as an actuary in the insurance business. Today she plays golf with a 10 handicap and lives in Camas, Washington.
Ralph Bakkensen, 1969….track & field (shot put, discus)….earned 3 varsity letters at Grant…set city and state records in both shot and discus…shop put throw of 60’ 1” was a Grant record for 36 years…undefeated in 1969 in the shot put at the Corvallis Invitational, the City Relays, the City Meet, and the State Meet…record of 52-0 in the shot put, 151-7 in the discus. He attended Stanford, member of the track & field team. Co-captain of the team senior year and won awards for superior academic and track achievement. He is a graduate of Stanford Law School and is a practicing attorney who lives in Andover, Massachsetts.
Greg Schukart, 1970….basketball, track & field….earned 8 varsity letters at Grant…won the mile championship as a freshman...won the PIL discus throw in 1970…2nd in the discus in State Championship meet in 1970…won the state decathlon in 1970…named high school hall of fame cross-country runner in 1970…member of the 1969 state championship basketball team. He graduated from Western Oregon University. Placed first in the discus in the Oregon Junior College championships. He taught P. E. and Health for 30 years in Beaverton. He is also a noted designer of P.E. equipment. He lives in Beaverton.
Robert Bates, 1970….football, track & field….won 7 varsity letters at Grant…All-PIL his sophomore, junior and senior years in football…won city and state championship in the 60 yard dash…won 60 yard event at the Oregon Indoor Meet…set relay meet records with his brother Onia while a freshman. Attended Mt. Hood Community College, the University of Texas/El Paso where he played football, and the University of Hawaii were he ran track. He is retired from the Union Pacific Railroad and lives in Portland.
Susan Nozaki Lamont, 1976….swimming….won 4 varsity letters a Grant…won Junior Olympics in 200 meter butterfly at age 14…won City and State championships for the 100 yard butterfly in 1975 and 1976 and set city records. She graduated from the University of Oregon in 1980 with a degree in Business. She is the marketing director for KATU-TV and resides in Lake Oswego.
Jay Kirschenman, 1980….football, basketball….won 5 varsity letters at Grant…All-City and All-State quarterback in 1978 and 1979…played in the 1980 Shrine Game…2 year starter for the basketball team…averaged 10 pts. per game in helping lead the Generals to a 2nd place finish in the 1980 state tournament. Played quarterback at Oregon State and graduated in 1985. He is a member of the Beaver Blue Key Honor Society and attended the Wharton School of Business. He is an employee benefits specialist within the Insurance industry. His clients have included Microsoft, Nintendo, T-Mobile, Seattle Mariners and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. He and his wife Juliana (Grant 1981) have lived in San Diego, Houston, Seattle, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and now San Francisco.
Andre Broadous, 2008….football, basketball, baseball….earned 9 varsity letters at Grant. In
football: Oregon player of the year, Oregon fan player of the year, West Coast top 50 high school players, 1st team All-City and All-State quarterback, City offensive player of the year,
18-1 his junior and senior years. In basketball: two year starter, member of the 2007 State Championship team. In baseball: All-City and All-State outfielder. He attended Cal-Poly University… 3 year football starter, school record holder in rushing TD’s, 1st in the country in passing efficiency, All-Conference 2 years, 3 conference championships, pre-season Walter Peyton award nominee senior year. NFL rookie mini-camp invite, played arena football 2 seasons. Lives in Seattle….currently coaching at Grant.
COACHES
Coach Carolyn Fitzwater….tenure as coach at Grant, 1972-1990. Coached softball, basketball and taught P.E. In 1979, the Oregon Athletic Coaches Association named her Coach of the Year. Member of the American Softball Association Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. Carolyn played shortstop for the Erv Lind Florists from 1950-1964, when the team won the National Championship. She passed away in May, 2014.
Coach Janice Shaffer Wall…27 years at Grant…coached gymnastics, track & field, softball, volleyball, and swimming. Health and P.E. major at University of Oregon…graduated in 1970.
All-American swimmer in the butterfly and individual medley at Oregon. She retired in 2003.