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

By: Christy Skeen

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

Joe Dana, Class of 1935 and Phoenix College Alumni Hall of Fame member joined his son, Kent Dana news anchor for KPNX – TV and grandson, Joe Dana, Northern Arizona reporter for KPNX – TV (via video) to speak at this reunion-type event, which was 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 celebrated their achievements and reunited at this annual luncheon, which is the group’s premiere event. It was an afternoon of fellowship and reminiscing about college years.

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

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