Tickets are available online now for the Lake Highlands High School Alumni Association’s third annual Distinguished Alumni Dinner at Royal Oaks Country Club. Chuck Carona, Dr. Philip Huang, Kristi Scales Sutton, Patti Clapp and Pete Grieder will be honored.
Chuck Carona
Carona earned a spot in the Wildcat Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the school’s first graduating class and the first all-district basketball player from LHHS. He went on to become an assistant principal at Lake Highlands Junior High and LHHS, later serving as principal at J.J. Pearce and Dean of Education at Dallas Baptist University.
Dr. Philip Huang
Huang serves as director and health authority for Dallas County Health and Human Services, where he navigated uncharted waters during the pandemic. He’s long been a leading voice in public health policy, advocating for issues such as smoke-free environments and tobacco-use prevention. He served as medical director for Austin Public Health and spent time as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kristi Scales Sutton
Scales graduated from LHHS in 1985 and now shines as the sideline reporter for Dallas Cowboys Radio. She often calls it her dream job, since her childhood days were famously spent sneaking away from Forest Meadow Junior High to catch a glimpse of the Boys in Blue at practice. She was the first female color analyst for NFL radio, and she’s expertly covered Super Bowls and international games, including those in London, Toronto and Mexico. She’s missed just one game in 35 years.
Patti Clapp
Clapp was a PTA leader before her election to the RISD school board, where she served as president. She’s also past president of the American Cancer Society of Dallas, the Community Council of Greater Dallas, the Dallas Commission on Children and Youth, the Dallas Republican Forum, Executive Women of Dallas, Friends of the Dallas Public Library, Tejas Girl Scouts Council, Texas Center for Education Research, Trinity River Authority and Women’s Council of Dallas County, among other civic organizations.
Pete Grieder
Grieder was named Richardson ISD Coach of the Year and Texas Wrestling Regional Coach of the Year before being inducted into the Texas Wrestling Hall of Honor and the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He earned 89 tournament championships and had 175 state qualifiers, with 30 straight years of state qualifying athletes.
You may read more about these outstanding Wildcats here.
Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available here. The event will be held at 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 19, and the entire community is invited.