Cultural Hall of Fame

  • Eugene VanArsdale ’77

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    Eugene VanArsdale attended South Philadelphia High School from 1974 to 1977. He attributes being the man he is today to…

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  • Freddie Reaux ’72

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    Freddie Reaux graduated from Southern in 1972. He was a member of the Orchestra, Marching Band, Choir and Dance Club.…

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  • Anthony Fasolo ’55

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    Anthony V. Fasolo graduated from South Philadelphia High School for Boys in February 1955. He entered Temple University’s College of…

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  • Frank Guarrera F’42

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    Versatile American Baritone of the Metropolitan Opera, reached his spectacular rise to fame following his winning of the Metropolitan Auditions…

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  • Phillip Giambri ’59

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    AUTHOR / STORYTELLER / POET Phillip Giambri aka The Ancient Mariner left home at eighteen and never looked back. He’s…

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  • Charlotte Blake Alston ’65

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    MASTER STORYTELLER Charlotte Blake Alston is an internationally acclaimed storyteller, narrator and librettist who performs in venues throughout North America…

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  • David Berg ’65

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    Professor/Psycho;ogist David Berg is Emeritus Professor of the Psychology Department at Community College Of Philadelphia where he was the recipient…

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  • Leslie Burrs ’70

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    Leslie’s music fuses classical and contemporary traditions to a new idiom he defines Urban Classical Music. This combines classical, Afro-American…

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  • Charles LaGrossa ’54

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    Soon after graduating from Southern, Charlie received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics at St Joseph’s College and an…

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  • Dick Sheeran ’57

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    Retired from KYW-TV 3 in 2003, Dick was one of Philly;’s most colorful and best-known feature reporters with a career…

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