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On November 4, 2024, Assistant Principal Andy Walczak talked about the process of writing a book about 100 years of history at Fremont High School in conversation with his friend and collaborator Wes Morse. The meeting room was filled with alumni, parents of alumni, and former and current staff ... Read More about November 4 Speaker Night: Andy Walczak in Conversation with Wes Morse

SHS docent Robert Keahey is taking his excellent presentations about Going West on the road. He gave talks at the Milpitas Historical Society and Saratoga Historical Foundation as well as the California-Nevada Chapter of the Oregon-California Trail Association (OCTA). If you are interested in the ... Read More about Promoting the SHS and the History of Westward Emigration

Hal’s Background I was born and raised on the Atlantic coast in Elberon, New Jersey, a small town north of Asbury Park. I attended college at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Received a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering degree in 1958. Worked with the Martin Company ... Read More about Harold (Hal) Svendsen Engraved brick and tile program

Ken gave a presentation on his battle to put the LGBTQ community on the political map, starting in the 1980, in Santa Clara County. Yeager served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, on the San José City Council, and on the San José/Evergreen Community College Board. For twelve years, ... Read More about October Speaker Night: Ken Yeager, RUN

For the Speaker Night on June 10, Mike Malone, local tech historian and friend of the Sunnyvale Historical Society, presented an overview of Silicon Valley and Sunnyvale's role in the technology revolution which shaped today's Santa Clara Valley. Malone stressed that the entrepreneurial spirit that ... Read More about Michael S. Malone: How Sunnyvale Changed the World