{"id":234149,"date":"2026-05-16T20:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234149\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:47:10","slug":"fort-hamilton-welcomes-its-new-hall-of-famers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/234149\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Hamilton welcomes its new Hall of Famers"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday afternoon, April 24, alumni members of Fort Hamilton High School, plus family and friends, gathered together to\u00a0attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony and unveiling of the Shore Road school\u2019s new Hall of Fame structure. It was\u00a0relocated\u00a0from the second floor, remodeled into an ultra-modern facility, and placed on one of the walls along the interior bridge pathway on the first floor. The enlarged double-deck configuration easily allows for the placement of future alumni honorees.<\/p>\n

\"\"Susanne Perez (in black dress) accepts her admission into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

\"\"Friends of the late Julio Lugo accept his admission to the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Prior to the unveiling, there was a reception in the gymnasium that was catered by Greenhouse Cafe co-owner\u00a0Bobby Daquara, Class of 1982, an earlier Hall of Famer. The new inductees along with former years\u2019 Hall of Fame members plus their guests returned to the new wall where Alumni President\u00a0Joseph Estreller\u00a0gave opening remarks. Then came\u00a0the ceremonial ribbon-cutting, which took\u00a0place with Estreller holding one end of the ribbon and FHHS Principal\u00a0Kaye Houlihan\u00a0holding the other.\u00a0Hall of Fame founder\u00a0Dave Whitebook, also a past\u00a0assistant principal,\u00a0was in the center to cut it. Others holding the red ribbon were the new inductees and former City Councilman and State Senator\u00a0Vincent Gentile, the first president\u00a0of the FHHS Alumni\u00a0Association. Principal Houlihan later took many of the\u00a0attendees on a tour of the school.<\/p>\n

\"\"Inductee Mary Choy with her family.<\/p>\n

\"\"State Sen. Stephen Chan points to his photo.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, April 25, the FHHS Alumni Association held the formal 2026 Hall of Fame admission ceremonies at the El Caribe Country Club, 5945 Strickland Ave. From the podium Estreller introduced each inductee with\u00a0brief background narratives.\u00a0Each honoree then expressed their appreciation for the recognition and spoke about their remembrances as a student. Estreller presented them with a plaque and a congressional certificate signed by Congresswoman\u00a0Nicole Malliotakis.<\/p>\n

\"\"Sandra Suweidan receives her plaque.<\/p>\n

\"\"Susanne Perez (in black dress) accepts her admission into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

The 2026 Inductees included\u00a0Mary Choy, Class of 1999 (director\u00a0of pharmacy and author);\u00a0Stephen Chan, Class of 1984 (New York state senator);\u00a0Marianne Curran-Fezza, Class of 1978 (community leader and advocate);\u00a0Joseph Keeler, Class of 1952 (chemist and inventor);\u00a0Julio Lugo, Class of 1993 (Major League Baseball player);\u00a0Joshua Pace, Class of 1985 (philanthropist);\u00a0Kevin Pemberton, Class of 1988 (managing director, banking and capital markets, Microsoft);\u00a0Susanne Lombardo-Perez, Class of 1996 (educator and coach),\u00a0Daniel Perez, Class of 1997 (coach and educator) and\u00a0Sandra Suweidan, Class of 1986 (attorney and executive agency counsel).<\/p>\n

\"\"Kevin Pemberton is awarded his plaque.<\/p>\n

\"\"Joshua Pace accepts his plaque.<\/p>\n

\"\"Vincent Gentile points to his photo.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Marine Park Alliance Executive\u00a0Director\u00a0Scott Middleton\u00a0was the guest speaker at the Society of Old Brooklynites\u2019 meeting on Tuesday, May 5, at Brooklyn Borough Hall. His presentation on the park\u2019s Salt Marsh Nature Trails included slides portraying the scenic beauty of this picturesque Brooklyn landscape.<\/p>\n

\"\"Marine Park Salt Marsh Nature Area.
Photo courtesy of Facebook<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"Marine Park Alliance Executive Director Scott Middleton.
Photos courtesy of Daniel Johnson<\/p>\n

\"\"Society officers and board members at the meeting.<\/p>\n

\"\"Society officers and board members at the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday afternoon, April 24, alumni members of Fort Hamilton High School, plus family and friends, gathered together…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-234149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234149","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=234149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}