Hall of Fame
The purpose of the Fairfax Hall of Fame is to honor former students, teachers, administrators, and staff who have brought honor to the school through their accomplishments. Induction ceremonies have been held in 1974, 1984, 1999, 2011, and 2012, and will be held during the Centennial Celebration in 2024.
Teacher nominees must be those than can be described as “true” teachers – the kind that:
- open students’ minds and nurture students’ growth;
- encourage, guide, and help students to discover themselves;
- open students to an interest in things they may not have thought they’d ever be interested in;
- taught students to think;
- have had a lasting impact on students;
- provided inspiration to students and perhaps beyond – to the community and to other teachers;
- often went above and beyond the call of duty;
- turned students on to learning, turning them into lifelong learners and lifelong thinkers
- made a difference in the lives of students and in the life of the school
Student nominees must have become accomplished in their field and must have made a significant contribution to that field and/or to the community.
FAIRFAX ALUMNI HALL OF FAME
| Alumnus/alumna | Noted For | Grad |
| FILM/TV | ||
| Byron [Folks] Allen | TV Host, actor | 1979 |
| Gene Allen* | Academy Award-winning art director | 1936 |
| Gower Champion | Academy Award-winning director/choreographer | 1935 |
| Sally Eilers* | Film actress | 1934 |
| Larry Gelbart* | Film and TV writer/producer (M*A*S*H) | 1945 |
| Timothy Hutton | Academy Award-winning actor | 1979 |
| David Janssen* | TV actor | 1949 |
| “Buzz” Knudson* | Academy Award-winning sound editor | 1944 |
| Ricardo Montalban* | Actor, activist, humanitarian | 1941 |
| Demi Moore | Film actress | 1978 |
| Kate Murtagh* | Film and TV actress | 1937 |
| Mickey Rooney* | Stage, film, and TV actor | 1937 |
| Aaron Rosenberg* | Film producer | 1929 |
| Frank Rothman | Attorney, Former President, MGM | 1944 |
| Darrell Walker* | Rhodes Scholar, Viacom/BET Executive, General Counsel | 1972 |
| MUSIC | ||
| Herb Alpert | Trumpeter-bandleader, artist, philanthropist | 1953 |
| Michael “Flea” Balzary | Rock Musician, Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1980 |
| Charles Bernstein | Composer, arranger | 1961 |
| Malcolm Bilson | Pianist, Professor of Music, Cornell U. | 1953 |
| Jerome Hines* | Basso Profundo, Metropolitan Opera Co. | 1936 |
| Jermaine & Marlon Jackson | Musicians, Jackson Five | |
| Gary Karr | Classical and jazz double bassist | 1959 |
| Anthony Kiedis | Rock Musician, Red Hot Chili Peppers | 1980 |
| Jerry Leiber* | Rock lyricist, Leiber & Stoller | 1951 |
| Arnold Steinhardt | Violinist, Guarneri String Quartet | 1954 |
| Martha Tilton* | Vocalist, Benny Goodman Orchestra | 1934 |
| Roger Wagner* | Director, Roger Wagner Chorale | 1933 |
| THE LAW | ||
| David Aisenson* | Superior Court Judge | 1942 |
| Vincent Dalsimer* | Appellate Court Judge | 1938 |
| Max Deutz | Superior Court Judge | 1934 |
| Michael Nash | Superior Court Judge, Prosecutor | 1966 |
| ACADEMIA | ||
| Stanley Azen | Professor, Keck School of Medicine, USC | 1956 |
| David Binder | Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA | 1952 |
| Nicholas Bunnin | Rhodes Scholar, Prof. of Philos., Oxford U. | 1960 |
| Harry Handler* | Superintendent., L.A. City Schools | 1946 |
| Dan Isaacs | Former Asst. Superintendent, LAUSD | 1957 |
| Kenneth Karst | Prof. of Law, UCLA, constitutional scholar | 1946 |
| Herbert Morris | Dean of Humanities, UCLA, Prof. Phil. | 1946 |
| Daniel Pollack | Pianist, Professor, USC School of Music | 1952 |
| Robert Rand | Prof. of Neurological Surgery Emeritus, UCLA | 1940 |
| Sherman Stein | Professor of Mathematics Emeritus, UC Davis | 1944 |
| Fred Weissman | Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, USC | 1957 |
| EDUCATION | ||
| Robert Docter | President, Los Angeles Board of Education | 1946 |
| Howard Miller | Former President, L.A. Board of Education | 1954 |
| Roberta Weintraub | Former member, L.A. Board of Education | 1953 |
| Robert Wexler | President, American Jewish University | 1967 |
| SPORTS | ||
| Hy Arnesty | National High School Rope Climbing Champion | 1942 |
| Mike Epstein* | Major League Baseball Player | 1961 |
| Danny Everett | 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist | 1984 |
| Robert Falkenburg | 1948 Wimbledon Tennis Champion | 1944 |
| Al Franken | Track & field promoter | 1943 |
| James Hardy | Manager, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | 1941 |
| Chris Mills | NBA Basketball Player, Philanthropist | 1988 |
| Dorothy Poynton* | 1932 Olympic Diving Champion | 1932 |
| Larry Sherry* | Major League Baseball | 1953 |
| George “Tuck” Stainback* | Major League Baseball | 1931 |
| BUSINESS | ||
| Joyce Goodman Eisenberg-Keefer | Fashion industry | 1953 |
| Amy Harrison | Wall St. Executive Founder, Operation Safehouse | 1965 |
| Herman Kahn* | Founder, Hudson Institute | 1940 |
| Christopher Parker* | First African-American on Pacific Coast Stock Exchange | 1972 |
| Henry Samueli | Broadcom founder, owner of Honda Center | 1971 |
| POLITICS | ||
| Jack Kemp* | HUD Sec, VP Candidate, Member of Congress, Pro Football | 1953 |
| Raymond Orbach | Former Chancellor, UCR; Under Secretary, Dept of Energy | 1952 |
| Charlotte Rubinfeld Spadero | Former Mayor, Beverly Hills | 1958 |
| Zev Yaroslavsky | Former Los Angeles County Supervisor | 1969 |
| WRITING, PUBLISHING | ||
| Gilbert Harrison* | Editor, publisher, The New Republic | 1933 |
| Myra Cohn Livingston* | Poet, children’s book author | 1944 |
| Burt Prelutsky | Writer, columnist, film critic, journalist | 1957 |
| MILITARY | ||
| Jack Catton | General, U.S. Air Force; V.P., Lockheed | 1937 |
| Clifford Drake | Major General, U.S. Marine Cops | 1935 |
| Henry Muller | Brigadier General, U.S. Army (retired) | 1934 |
| Lawrence Rauch | General, U.S. Army | 1937 |
| John Wright | Lt. General, U.S. Army | 1933 |
| OTHER | ||
| Octavio Becerra | Celebrity Chef; former owner, Palate Food & Wine | 1981 |
| Annette Familian Shapiro | Philanthropist, volunteer | 1948 |
| Robert Silverstein | Former Chairman of the Board, Cedars-Sinai | 1941 |
| FAIRFAX TEACHER/ADMINISTRATOR HALL OF FAME | ||
| James Tunney | Principal (& NFL Referee) | 1965-1971 |
| Marilyn Moody* | Drama, Literature, Speech, & Film Teacher | 1959-1977 |
| Marty Biegel* | History/Government Teacher, Basketball Coach | 1959-1983 |
| * deceased | ||