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
Sidney Francis Pearson Jr.
McGill Institute Class of '70
Basketball has been a staple in Sidney Pearson's life. An outstanding 4-year career culminated in his being named the Most Outstanding Senior Player at McGill, being selected as a member of the All-County and All-State teams and tapped for the 1970 South All-Star Squad in the Alabama High School Athletic Association All-Star Game that year, and being awarded basketball scholarships to both the University of South Alabama and Faulkner State Junior College. His career at McGill also included serving as homeroom president for 3 years and as student council treasurer for one year. After leaving McGill, he attended the University of South Alabama and Spring Hill College , earning a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice.
His basketball skills have been put to use ever since his time at McGill. He was freshman basketball coach in 1971-72, JV Coach at U.M.S. in 1975, Alabama Sports Festival Girls' Basketball Coach in 1998-99, City of Mobile Parks and Recreation Girls' Basketball Coach in 2000, and a C.Y.O. basketball coach for St. Ignatius from 1992-2002. He is a charter member of the Glory Days basketball booster club at McGillToolen. He has served his alma mater in other ways as well, helping with the strategic planning committee, serving on the search committee for a men's basketball coach, and a charter member of the McGillToolen girls' basketball Christmas tournament committee.
He served on the Mobile Civic Center Advisory Board, is a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 666, a Minister of Communion at St. Ignatius Parish, a member of the strategic planning committee for St. Ignatius School , and he served on the parish's tithing committee.
He is currently the general manager of Rental Service Corporation. He and his wife, the former Susan Edwards, have two girls–Amy Catherine , MT '00, and Elizabeth Clare, MT '02.
Inducted 2004
Biography updated 10/2004
