Downey High School

2001 Inductees

Herbert Frahm attended the Business School at the University of Kansas with a major in Management Development. He began his career as a telephone lineman. He worked in the telephone industry for 39 years serving in a wide range of plant and engineering managerial positions. He was named Southern Area General Manager and served in that capacity until his election as President of General Telephone of Wisconsin.

Mary Lash attended Compton College, Pepperdine University, and California State University at Long Beach where she completed a Master of Arts Degree. Mary has served with distinction as a classroom teacher at Paramount High School for 55 years. No teacher in California currently exceeds Mary’s 55 years of continuous service. Mary has received the California 4-H Volunteer Leader of the Year award four times.

Ann Lawrence attended New York University, New York School of Interior Design graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She has established herself as a notable fashion designer for celebrities and dignitaries. Ann has received numerous awards from the fashion industry: the Rising Star Fashion Award in 1986; the Eric Sternberg Award for Design Excellence in 1988; the Designer of the Year Award in 1989. Her current specialty is designing wearable art and decorative textile accessories for the home incorporating antique and vintage fabrics.

After graduating from Downey High School, Ed McCaughan continued his education at Compton College later transferring to the University of Southern California where he was graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree. Ed was an active community volunteer and retired from Revere Cooper and Brass Inc. in 1986 as Vice President of Industrial Relations.

Kenneth attended the Pratt Institute where he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre Management; however, Kenneth’s main interest was ice skating. In 1968 he won the National Junior Pairs Championship with JoJo Starbuck. He skated on the United States Olympic Team, and won the Bronze Medal World Championship. In 1994 he was inducted into the Olympic Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

JoJo attended Cerritos College and California State University at Long Beach. With her childhood skating partner, Ken Shelley, JoJo made skating history when in 1968, they became the youngest pairs Team America had ever sent to the Olympic Games. They were the first Americans to break the Soviet domination in the pairs event by winning the bronze medal at the World Championships. In 1994, JoJo was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame.