Community Member

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Buzz Redford

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Buzz Redford
PHS Class of 1959

Mr. Redford attended Havens Elementary and was class president at Piedmont Junior High. He participated in football, basketball, and tennis and won the Optima Award in basketball as the teams outstanding athlete in 1958. Hired by the Piedmont Recreation Department as its Youth Sports Supervisor, he reshaped the athletic program (3rd-8th grades), expanding sports opportunities for both boys and girls. He was the PHS Boosters Club President in 1989 and received the Sid Singer Award for outstanding service to youth in the community. He also won the Betty C. Howard Award as the Recreation Departments outstanding employee. During his tenure, he created a model athletic program for middle schools throughout the Bay Area. In 2009, the Piedmont Middle School Gym was dedicated in his name. 

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Ken "Bebe” Rawlings

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Ken "Bebe” Rawlings
PHS Class of 1951

Ken Rawlings was part of the 1951 ACAL Basketball Championship Team, where he was named All-County at the 1951 Tournament of Champions. Rawlings was an avid supporter of Piedmont High School becoming one of the most active educational and athletic contributors in the Piedmont community.

His support includes the creation of the Lois Blair Rawlings Scholarship Fund, contributions toward teacher professional development, the re-development of the Witter Field Complex, the remodeling of Piedmont High School's William "Binks" Rawlings Gymnasium, sponsorship of men's varsity basketball tournaments, and sponsoring the development of Coaches Field in Piedmont.

Bebe was also instrumental in the founding to the Piedmont Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and hosted the first several events at his beautiful home in Piedmont.

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John Whalen

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John Whalen
PHS Class of 1952

Basketball; Track; PHS Community Physician 

Whalen was a two-year varsity basketball player and winner of the Optimo Award as a senior. He was a two-year varsity track athlete in the pole vault, where he won the North Coast Section championship and the Optimo Award in 1952. Whalen attended Stanford, where he lettered for three years in track, in the pole vault. He then became a physician and for 20 years served as the volunteer team doctor for the Piedmont High football program. He has continued to act as pediatrician for Piedmont families for over 40 years.