Hall of Fame 2019
ALAN CLACK, Class of 1986
- Swimmer – Swam solo across the English Channel in eleven and a half hours, 2012; US Embassy – Swim Coach; Emory University –
- All-American honors and captain
- Private equity advisor, Entrepreneur – Site leader of Garmin Canada office; managed start-ups; joined Russian entrepreneurs in starting what is now the largest head-hunting firm in Russia and Eastern Europe
- Pilot – First non-Russian to earn a Russian private pilot’s license
- B.S., Business – Emory University; MBA – Wharton School; M.S., International Studies – Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania
Chamblee High School: Swimming, Spirit Leader
COLEMAN COLLINS, Class of 2003
- Professional Basketball Player, 8 years: Germany, France Bosnia, Ukraine, Bahrain, 2007 -2015
- Star Basketball player at Virginia Tech: 1,141 points scored, All-ACC Academic Team, 2003 -2007
- Published writer, appearing in Huffington Post, ESPN, and Virginia Tech Newspaper
- Actor, film “Ourobouros”, selected for the 2017 Whitney Biennial, screened at London Film Festival
- Photographer’s Assistant in Paris to fashion photographer Coco Neuville
- Interdisciplinary artist working across sculpture, installation, and film – has exhibited in Los Angeles and New York. 2019 Participant – Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program
- B.A., Film & Media Theory – Virginia Tech University; Masters, Education – Virginia Tech; Master of Fine Arts, New Genres – University of California, Los Angeles
Chamblee High School– Basketball, Track, MVP of Georgia – Florida All-Star Basketball Game, National Merit, National Achievement Scholar Finalist
DR. LYNN FARMER, Faculty
- DeKalb County Schools English Teacher, 35 years; Chamblee
- Charter High School, 1994 –2006
- Advisor, Nationally recognized Etcetera Literary Magazine and Amnesty International/Human Rights Club
- S.T.A.R. teacher – 1976, 1977,1985, 1996, 2004
- Teacher of the Year, 1972, 1987, 1994
- Award winning Poet, Edwin Davin Vickers Award and Byron Herbert Reese International Award
- B.A., English – Samford University; M.A., English – Georgia State University; Ed.S., English Education – Georgia State University; Ph.D., English Literature – Emory University
SHELLEY McKINNEY, Class of 1970
- Trailblazer for women in the Armed Forces
- One of the first women jet engine mechanics in the United States Air Force, 1973 –1977
- Awarded Aerospace Defense Command First Term Airman, 1975
- Awarded Air Defense Weapons Center First Term Airman of the Quarter, 1976.
- Chief Probation Officer, Juvenile Probation Officer, Child Abuse and Neglect Investigator, 35 years – Florida State Government
- Dedicated her life to helping troubled teens
- B.A., Psychology – West Florida University
Chamblee High School– Basketball, Drama and Chorus
GERALDINE COLEMAN PIKE, Class of 1949
- Business Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
- Co-Founder and owner of Pike Nurseries, one of the largest chains of garden centers in the United States
- Funded the refurbishing of chapels at DeKalb Medical Center in Decatur and Lithonia.
- Pillar of the community – strong supporter of American Heart Association, Zoo Atlanta, Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta’s Ronald McDonald House, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Chamblee High School- Dramatic Club, Future Homemakers of America, Basketball, Commercial Club, Glee Club
REV. DR. KEITH REYNOLDS- Faculty
- Assistant Principal, Social Studies and English teacher, 1981 – 1996
- Basketball and Track Coach, 1981 – 1996
- Interpersonal Relations Club Sponsor
- Principal at Pine Ridge Elementary School, Flat Shoals Elementary School and Wynnbrooke Elementary School
- Pastor of Christian Fellowship Baptist Church, 2004 – present
- B.S., Social Studies – Lincoln University of Missouri; M.Ed., Secondary Education – Atlanta University; Educational Leadership/Supervision – Jacksonville State University; Ph.D., Educational Leadership and Supervision – Clark Atlanta University; Certificate of Theology – Interdenominational Theological Center