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Phoenix College Alumni Association Half-Century Club Celebrates 10th Anniversary with
Local News Celebrity-Family Team

By: Christy Skeen

The Phoenix College Alumni Association Half-Century Club will celebrate its 10th Anniversary with a family of local news celebrities as guest and keynote speakers during their annual meeting and luncheon, which will honor all Phoenix College alumni from 1920 – 1953.

On Friday, March 7, beginning at 12 p.m., Joe Dana, Class of 1935 and Phoenix College Alumni Hall of Fame member will join his son, Kent Dana news anchor for KPNX – TV and grandson, Joe Dana, Northern Arizona reporter for KPNX – TV to speak at this reunion-type event, which will be held in the Phoenix College Culinary Café.

Organized in 1992, the Phoenix College Half-Century Club is now comprised of more than 1,100 volunteers from across the country who either graduated or attended the college more than 50 or more years ago. For the past 10 years, Half-Century alumni have raised scholarship money to help send financially disadvantaged students to Phoenix College. Members have also been actively involved in supporting campus activities and programs such as student mentoring and PC’s new ACE Program.

The Half-Century Club alumni will celebrate their achievements and reunite at their annual luncheon, which is the group’s premiere event. It will be an afternoon of fellowship and reminiscing about college years.

The Half-Century Club will also celebrate the induction of their newest class – the Class of 1953.

For those unable to attend the meeting and luncheon, Phoenix College alum and local attorney Emily Burns will offer a free seminar on estate planning, which begins before the regularly scheduled event. The free seminar will begin at 10 a.m.

The event is open to all Alumni from the graduating classes of 1920-1953 are especially encouraged to attend. For more information or to RSVP, please call (602) 285-7337. Also, for more information on the special guest, please see the attached bio sheet.