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1999 Hall of Fame Inductees |
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Kenneth H. Burrows |
Community Service |
1952 |
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 Kenneth
H. Burrows served as President of the Pasadena Tournament of
Roses Association for the 1999-2000 year. On Jan. 1, 2000, he
presided over the 111th Tournament of Roses Parade and the 86th Rose
Bowl Game. He was elected to the Tournament of Roses Executive
Committee in 1992 and has served on the Community Relations,
Finance, Float Entries, House & Grounds, Long-Range Planning,
Membership and Queen & Court committees.
Burrows graduated from Muir High in 1952 and earned an associate
degree from Pasadena City College. He served his country while
stationed at Travis AFB in Fairfield, CA. An Arcadia resident for
more than 30 years, he is president of City of Industry-based Terra
Furniture Inc. He has served on the board of directors of the
Tournament of Roses Foundation and the Green Valley Mutual Water
Company. He was president and Chairman of the Resources Council and
a member of the National Home Fashions League.
Photo
courtesy of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses |
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Colette Cozean |
Science |
1976 |
 Biomedical
engineer Colette (Day) Cozean, Ph.D. is a pioneer in the development
and marketing of numerous lines of dental, ophthalmic and surgical
applications as chairman, president and CEO of Irvine-based Premier
Laser Systems. She earned bachelor's degrees in physical sciences
from Westmont College and in biomedical engineering from USC; a
master's degree in electrical engineering and a doctorate in
biomedical engineering, both from the Ohio State University.
Her company entered into an agreement to form a strategic alliance
with Salt Lake City-based International BioLaser Corp. (IBLC) to
manufacture and market a dental laser that painlessly removes
cavities without anesthesia. The company made headlines when the
IBLC multi-operatory argon dental laser system was approved in 1997
by the Food and Drug Administration. The American Dental
Association, which previously had dismissed the use of lasers to cut
through teeth, endorsed the technology. The FDA later approved the
laser's use for kids.
Dr. Cozean vigorously marketed the technology, doing 75 back-to-back
interviews over three days on such shows as Good Morning America and
NBC News. Her efforts paid off: Dr. Cozean, who at one time ran up a
$150,000 credit-card tab to pay her 40 employees, turned a
struggling company into one of the leading manufacturers and
marketers of lasers, laser waveguides and fiber optic devices,
disposables and associated accessory products for the medical,
dental and surgery markets. |
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Sherwood A. Mark |
Government Service |
1930 |
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David Lee Roth |
Performing Arts |
1972 |
 Born
in Indiana farm country, David Lee Roth spent his early
childhood shuttling between the great outdoors and living with his
famous uncle, Manny Roth, in New York's Greenwich village during the
early '60s. Living over the Café Wha? night club, Dave's musical
education began with the likes of Bob Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary,
Richard Pryor and Lenny Bruce.
During his years at Muir, Roth met Eddie and Alex Van Halen,
unsuccessfully auditioning for lead vocalist of their band, Mammoth.
He later rented them his sound system and they allowed him to join
to save money. Mammoth started as a garage band, expanding to
backyard parties in Altadena and Pasadena, and then began performing
at local clubs. The band became Van Halen when it found the name
Mammoth was already being used. Gene Simmons of Kiss fame saw Van
Halen in 1977 and financed their first demo tape. It wasn’t long
before Warner Brothers Records caught on and signed them to their
first recording contract.
“Diamond Dave” became a classic front man and by the late ‘70s, Van
Halen had knocked Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin out of the
top-band-in-the-world spot with hits like “Runnin’ with the Devil,”
“Dance the Night Away” and their No. 1 smash “Jump.”
Roth’s subsequent solo career also yielded a truck load of hits,
including “Just A Giggolo/Ain’t Got Nobody” and “California Girls.”
Van Halen is the 19th best-selling rock act of all time, according
to the Recording Industry Association of America and is one of five
bands to have two albums sell 10 million copies in the U.S. In 2007,
Van Halen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. |
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Jacque Vaughn |
Sports |
1993 |
 Jacque
Vaughn is an American professional basketball player who
currently plays reserve point guard for the San Antonio Spurs of the
NBA. He won his first championship as a member of the Spurs in 2007.
Vaughn played collegiately at the University of Kansas and was
selected 27th overall by the Utah Jazz in the 1997 NBA Draft. In
addition to playing four seasons in Utah, Vaughn has also played
with the Orlando Magic, the Atlanta Hawks (in two separate stints),
as well as the New Jersey Nets. He holds 1997-2006 career averages
of 4.8 points and 2.6 assists in 17.2 minutes per game.
In his college career, Vaughn made an immediate impact, becoming the
starting point guard as a Freshman. Throughout his four years at
Kansas, Vaughn was best known as a distributor of the basketball. He
also had great speed and was a strong defender. By the end of his
college career, he was the all-time leader in assists in Kansas
basketball history with 804 as well as the Big Eight Conference
all-time record holder. In 1997, the award given annually to the
school's assist leader was renamed for Vaughn.
As a student at John Muir High School Vaughn was awarded the
Dial Award for the national high-school scholar-athlete of the year
in 1992 and was a two-time Academic All-American at Kansas and the
1997 Academic All-American of the Year. Vaughn was the Big Eight
Player of the Year in 1996 and a two time all-conference pick. His
college jersey was retired on December 31, 2002, and hangs in honor
in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse.
Vaughn is married, with two children.
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2016 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is scheduled for
Saturday, November 5th at 1:00 PM
(Location to be determined)
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