McGill-Toolen Hall of Fame
As of November, 2012
Crawford C. Adams*
Herb Adams
Reverend Monsignor Oliver Edward Adams*
Steven G. Alsip
Br. Matthias Amos SC
W. Terry Ankerson
Vincent P. Arata
James P. Balthrop*
Gerald K. Banks
Eleanor M. Benz
Wes Bizilia*
Dina H. Blankenship
Juanita Boddie*
Frank E. Bolling
Milton J. Bolling III
Paul G. Bonham*
Gretchen Koppersmith Boykin
Andrew D. Burch Sr.
Gerald Thomas Burch
John Harry Burton
Robert J. Cady
Christy L. Calametti
John A. Calametti Jr.
Vincent E. Calametti*
Herbert L. Callahan
Al Chamblin*
Lynn Donaghey Clapper
William E. Clarke*
J. Gary Cooper
Marvin Cornelius Jr.
Alvin Cottrell Jr.*
Ernest J. Cox
James Newton Cox*
Roderick Phillip Crawford
Anna Bailey Crow
James Kenny Crow Jr.
Jeremiah Denton Jr.
Ray Dicharry*
Rebecca Dickinson
James B. Donaghey II
Joseph Bradley Donaghey
Vincent J. Dooley
William G. Dooley
Robert G. Duke*
Edmund C. Dyas IV*
David Eckert
George W. Finkbohner III
Heidi A. Fleming
Emile F. Fritz*
Fournier J. “Boots” Gale III
Arthur E. Geil*
Mary Margaret Goff*
Patrick R. Greenwood
Thomas Gerald Gulledge
James Patrick Guy
Angelo C. Harris III
James M. Harrison Jr.
William R. Havens
Arve W. Henriksen Sr.*
Br. Martin Hernandez SC*
Denzil Hollis
Most Reverend William R. Houck
Amy Cornelius Huff
Richard McGowan Hunt*
Leo Jacob
Donald P. Kelly Jr.
John A. Kern Jr.
Frank Kerns
Benjamin H. Kilborn Sr.*
Cookie Strong Krehling
Bill Lagman*
Br. Dacian LeBlanc SC*
John T. LeGros Jr.
Thomas J. Legros
Most Reverend Oscar H. Lipscomb
Jack L. Lowrey Sr.
Peggy E. Martin
Patrick A. McAleer
H. William “Bill” McAtee
Leroy Thomas McAtee*
John L. McCarron Jr.
Harry J. McCarron III
William H. McDermott*
John M. McFadyen*
Carl J. McFarlane*
E. Walter McKean
James J. Merig Jr.*
Joseph F. Milton*
Lonnie L. Mixon
James Patrick Murphy
John E. Murphy Jr.
William Joseph Murphy Jr.
Henry J. O'Connor Sr.*
James M. Ollis Jr.
Arthur R. Outlaw*
Ed Overton*
David Ross Partridge
James D. Partridge
Sidney Francis Pearson Jr.
Joseph A. Perez*
Donald S. Pierre, Sr.
George E. Pond*
Patrick J. Ponder
W. Holcombe Pryor, Sr.
William H. Pryor, Jr.
Stephen N. Quinn
Amin J. Rathle
Michael A. Reilly
Daniel E. Reimer Sr.
John Arthur “Rip” Repoll*
Helen Hobbs Rogers
Candi Nicholas Skipper
Dennis G. Smitherman*
Gilbert Burke Strong*
Phillip C. Sullivan*
Vincent J. Sullivan
Stephen T. Sylvester
Marcus F. Thublin Jr.
Walter D. Verneuille
C. L. “Skipper” Walters Jr.
Casimir Paul Weinacker*
John W. “Wes” Williams Jr.
Jere E. Woolsey Jr.
George W. Yeend Jr.
Linda Zoghby
*deceased
Hall of Fame
John A. Calametti Jr.
McGill Institute Class of ’44
John Calametti was active in both sports and student government activities during his time at McGill. He played football, basketball and baseball for the Jackets and earned 7 varsity letters during his high school years. During his senior year, he was captain of the football team and was named to the 1943 All-City football team. He was also co-captain of the basketball team during his senior year and was a member of the 1944 All-City basketball team.
After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, he attended Spring Hill College and received his bachelor of science in commerce degree in 1950. Following his retirement as the City of Mobile’s Director of Parks, Recreation and Culture in 1990, he obtained a master of arts degree in history from the University of South Alabama in 1993.
He has served as a volunteer at the University of South Alabama Archives and the Friends of the Spring Hill College Library’s “Book Nook.”
Calametti is married to the former Thelma Barclay, and they have six children--Patricia C. McAleer, Michele C. Baer, Angela C. Watson, Jeffrey D. Calametti, Anthony G. Calametti and Elizabeth C. Weed. They have 19 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. They attend St. Joseph’s (Jesuit) Church where he is lector and Eucharistic Minister.
Inducted 1981
Biography updated 5/23/05
