the White Family Challenge Alumni
To posthumously honor their parents, the White Family became the challenge donors for the 2019 Chaminade Alumni Challenge. The goal was to gather participation from as many alumni as possible. If 450 alums pledged any amount of money before midnight on Challenge Day, the Whites would generously add an additional $10,000 donation in honor of Mr. and Mrs. White.
Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Mr. Harry L. and Mrs. Helen E. White chose Chaminade as the high school for their five sons to attend. Their sons Rolland (Rolly) ’66, Harry ’67, Bill ’70, Robert (Bob) ’72, and James (Jim) who attended Chaminade for three years before the family moved to Westchester, CA, still appreciate “the solid foundation that Chaminade provided as a basis for our continued learning after high school and the positive difference that this outstanding Chaminade education has made in our lives” (White Family). As Chaminade students, the White sons played nearly every sport offered at Chaminade. Bill, Bob, and Jim were instrumental in establishing Chaminade’s first football teams while Rolly and Harry helped launch the baseball program. The brothers also consistently participated in student leadership and honor societies, and Rolly, Harry, and Bill each took the helm as student body president during their respective senior years. The White brothers have maintained a strong connection to Chaminade as alumni, returning for reunions, fundraisers, and other school events. Bill served on the Board of Directors from 2006-2009; he is also a member of the Athletic Hall of Fame (2005). Harry returned to Chaminade for Career Night in 1983, where he spoke with students wishing to pursue careers in orthodontia and met his future business partner, Chris Zachary ’85. Harry also spearheaded the Class of 1967 Fifty-Year Reunion in 2017, which was the highest attended Golden Eagle Celebration to date.
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