{"id":208773,"date":"2026-04-24T20:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208773\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:43:10","slug":"fort-hamilton-h-s-to-induct-11-into-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/208773\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Hamilton H.S. to induct 11 into Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, April 26 at 12 p.m., the Fort Hamilton H.S. Alumni Association will induct the following members into the Shore Road school\u2019s Hall of Fame:<\/p>\n

Stephen\u00a0Chan, Class of \u201984 (incumbent state senator);\u00a0Mary Choy \u201999;\u00a0Marianne Curran-Fezza \u201978;\u00a0Joseph Keeler \u201952;\u00a0Julio Lugo \u201993 (posthumously);\u00a0\u00a0Michael McLeer \u201988;\u00a0Joshua Pace \u201985;\u00a0Kevin Pemberton \u201988;\u00a0Daniel Perez \u201997;\u00a0Susanne Perez \u201996; and\u00a0Sandra Suweidan \u201986.<\/p>\n

\"\"Stephen Chan, Class of \u201984 and current state senator.<\/p>\n

\"\"Marianne Curran-Fezza, Class of \u201978 and current vice president of the Ragamuffin Parade.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of FHHS Alumni Assn.<\/p>\n

The installation\u00a0ceremonies will take place at the El Caribe Country Club, 5945 Strickland Ave., Brooklyn. Joseph Estrellar\u00a0is the\u00a0current president of the Alumni Association. Admission tickets are $123 each.<\/p>\n

The Alumni Association was founded in 1983 by\u00a0David Whitebook,\u00a0who has been on the faculty first as a teacher, as coordinator\u00a0of student\u00a0activities and then as assistant principal.<\/p>\n

Vincent Gentile, class of \u201977, was the first alumni president. In 1997 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Later he served as a state senator and city councilman.<\/p>\n

The FHHS Hall of Fame was established in 1991,\u00a0so it is also celebrating\u00a0its 35th Anniversary.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Fort Hamilton H.S. Alumni Hall of Fame Wall.
Eagle Urban Media\/file photos<\/p>\n

Fort Hamilton was built on the former site of the elite Crescent Athletic Club and golf course.\u00a0The school opened with its first classes in 1941.\u00a0Augustus Ludwig was the first principal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some other prominent Hall of Famers include\u00a0Christopher Mega, Janet Yellen,\u00a0Jeff Samaha, Dr.\u00a0Alice Farkouh,\u00a0Bernard King,\u00a0Larry Morrish,\u00a0Robert Adamski,\u00a0Theodore General, Maj. Gen.\u00a0Robert Rose,\u00a0Letitia James,\u00a0Ellen Bonner,\u00a0Helen Curzio Spears,\u00a0Peter Clavin,\u00a0George Simonetti,\u00a0Barbara Vellucci\u00a0and\u00a0Jean Balukas.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Alumni Association dedication plaque.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, April 25 at 12 p.m., the school will hold the formal unveiling of the wall of the entire Hall of Fame from 1991 to 2026. The event will be hosted by Principal\u00a0Kaye Houlihan and\u00a0will be held on the first floor of the school.<\/p>\n

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At its recent April meeting, the Bay Ridge Historical Society had\u00a0Colin Fraser, a former vice president at Christie\u2019s and former board member of the American Stamp Dealers Association and the Philatelic\u00a0Foundation, as a guest speaker via Zoom.\u00a0His PowerPoint presentation was titled, \u201cInsights to American History Through Postal Artifacts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The BRHS was founded in 1976. The current president is\u00a0Tom McCarthy\u00a0and the vice president is historian and author\u00a0Henry Stewart.<\/p>\n

This latest program\u00a0was part and parcel of the Society\u2019s support of America\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Sunday, April 26 at 12 p.m., the Fort Hamilton H.S. Alumni Association will induct the following members…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-208773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}