2016 HALL OF ACHIEVEMENT INDUCTEES
Grant's Hall of Achievement, started in 2012 by the U.S. Grant High School Alumni Association, has added four more annual candidates. This is the fourth group of four inductees. They are Lorry Lokey '44, Larry Black '47, Mike Powell ’ 58, and Sally Struthers ’ 65 . They join Ulysses S. Grant, the honorary first member, and Principal Colton Meek, author Beverly Bunn Cleary, astronaut Charles Gordon Fullerton , Interior Secretary Don Hodel , Mayor Connie Averill McCready, aeronaut Edward Curtis Wells , entrepreneur Gert Lamfrom Boyle, physician J. Michael "Jack" Carroll, athletic promoter Jim McGregor, judge Robert Jones, advertising genius Dan Wieden, and Grant speech instructor Opal Hamilton.
Lorry Lokey ‘44 , graduated from Stanford University. In 1961 he founded “ Business Wire ” a communication business that was sold in 2006 to Warren Buffet. A WWII vet, he has three daughters, and lives in Indian Wells, California and Hawaii. He has donated millions generously to a number of charitable and educational institutions including U. of O., PSU, Stanford, and Alameda grade school.
Larry Black ‘47 , incidentally an all - city tackle on a state championship football team at Grant, founded an internationally acclaimed stock brokerage in Portland, Black & Co. with a seat on the New York stock exchange, and was instrumental in arranging financing for numerous local businesses. Larry lives in Lake Oswego with his wife, Susan, with whom he has five daughters, and is a life member of your Grant High alumni association.
Larry Black ‘47 , incidentally an all - city tackle on a state championship football team at Grant, founded an internationally acclaimed stock brokerage in Portland, Black & Co. with a seat on the New York stock exchange, and was instrumental in arranging financing for numerous local businesses. Larry lives in Lake Oswego with his wife, Susan, with whom he has five daughters, and is a life member of your Grant High alumni association.
Sally Struthers ‘65 , is one of several nationally famous Grantonians in the entertainment field. Starting in 1971 she starred as Gloria in the hit TV series "All in the Family", winning Emmys and Golden Globes. She also appeared in other TV shows, movies, and Broadway. She lives in Los Angeles, still acting in various venues. She has a daughter, Samantha.
Mike Powell ‘58, joined his father Walter’s City of Books in 1979, took over in 1982 and built it into the internationally famous store in Portland, always listed as a major tourist attraction in the City of Roses, and is probably the world’s largest independent bookstore. The store has brought numerous authors here for public appearances. Mike lives in Portland with his wife, Alice. The has been sold to his daughter, Emily.