Graduation Year 1978 Inductees

5 inductees from the class of 1978

James Vigil, Jr .

Graduation Year 1978

retired after 23 years as Senior Advisor for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Rights at the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) at the U.S. Department of State. In his INL position, James worked to strengthen law…

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Jeff Hyder

Graduation Year 1978

followed his years at Edison attending Golden West College and University of Nevada, Reno , eventually landing with Simple Green . Today he is their Chief Operations Officer. Those that know Jeff know of his tremendous philanthropic endeavors. He…

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Joe Cucinotti

Graduation Year 1978

received his BS degree in Fire Administration from Columbia Southern University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He was a Firefighter in the United States Air Force for two years and has worked for the City of Fountain Valley for over 30 year’s in the role…

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Suzanne “Zan” Vautrinot

Graduation Year 1978

is President of Kilovolt Consulting Inc. and currently serves on the Boards of Directors for Wells Fargo, ECOLAB, CSX, Parsons, Battelle Memorial Institute and City of Hope. Previously, Zan achieved the rank of Major General in the U.S. Air Force where she…

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Willie “Aames” Upton

Graduation Year 1978

has starred in over seventeen network series and multiple feature films. He is best known worldwide for playing the iconic “Tommy Bradford” on the hit show Eight is Enough , and “Buddy Lembeck” on the television hit series Charles in Charge . Aames followed…

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