Summer 2009 22, 3 - Lindbergh School District

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G A Touch of Class • Summer 2009 Frank Slachman '72 fter graduating from LHS in 1972, Frank A Slachman attended Washington University where he studied Chemical Engineering and graduated in 1976. He then attended St. Louis University for medical school, did his surgical residency at Stanford, and did his cardiothoracic and transplant training at the University of Washington. Dr. Slachman has been in his current practice as a Cardiac Surgeon for the last 17 years working a risky, demanding and emergency-ridden job. High-risk patients from southern and northern California are referred to Slachman’s team. It’s not uncommon for him to leave the hospital after 10 p.m., and after particularly grueling surgeries, he doesn’t make it home at all. Slachman averages seven heart surgeries a week and operates on call for nearly half of his weekends. As for his personal accomplishments, Slachman says he learned to work hard, and play hard. His wife thinks he is crazy, because he loves to try anything new and has dabbled in lots of things, including auto road racing, becoming a pilot, scuba diving, big Glenn Zimmerman '82 lenn Zimmerman is the Meteorologist for FOX 2 News in the Morning which begins at 5:00 a.m. He has been forecasting weather on the morning show since 1990. A St. Louis native, Glenn graduated from Lindbergh High School in 1982. He has a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Kansas State University, and a degree in Meteorology from Saint Louis University. When not forecasting, Glenn is into music. From his trumpet and tuba playing days at LHS, to his guitar playing of today. Glenn stays active in the music scene in St. Louis. You can catch him out playing or sitting in with other local groups, as well as his band The Bobbleheads. He also incorporates music into his forecasts with his “Weather Song of the Day.” Much to the dismay of his wife Jill, he has an extensive CD collection and Jill states that thank goodness for e-music, otherwise they would need another wing on the house for all the music. Glenn is very generous in donating his time and talents; playing auctioneer for many non-profits to help them raise money. About half of Zimmerman’s calen- game hunting and marlin fishing to name a few. In recent years, Slachman has been more involved in cycling, running and mountaineering. While his cycling is mostly recreational, he has made numerous "Century Rides," and most of his summers include a cycling tour in Europe. Slachman has jogged about 10 marathons including those in the major cities like Chicago, New York and Boston. Frank claims he is not sure how the whole “mountain climbing thing” got started as he swears he is afraid of heights and hates cold weather! However, he was invited to go on an Everest expedition in 2007 and he went, never expecting to really make it to the top. He got sick on the summit attempt and was unable to make the entire climb. However, he signed up to go again this year and ended up standing on the top dar is devoted to such charity work. He also often makes the time to visit schools to talk about weather. His favorite question, usually from a grade school student is, “HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU MAKE” Glenn also coaches his children, Claire and Jack, in baseball, softball and basketball, and is active with the Boy Scouts as well. Glenn himself is an Eagle Scout. Glenn’s parents still live in the Lindbergh District and he has a brother in St. Louis, and a sister in Oklahoma. While St. Louis was in the spot light winning the world series in 2006, during the downtown parade, Fox 2’s Glenn Zimmerman made sure he mentioned twice that he graduated from LHS and also played in the (newly started at the time) marching band. Glenn has always been proud of his LHS roots. (Continued on page 8) 6
A Touch of Class • Summer 2009 2009 Inductees to the LHS Athletic Hall of Fame Tom␣Anagnos␣'75␣-␣Diving␣ Missouri State Diving Champion 1975 Yvonne␣Cole␣␣ Pom Pons Coach Formed the first LHS Flyerettes Team in 1969 33 Years as Flyerettes Coach 14-time Missouri State Championships Coached over 1,000 Flyerettes Steve␣Mosier␣'78␣-␣Baseball␣ First-team All-Conference and All-State “78; 419 batting average Second Place Team in State Large-School Championship Dale␣O'Brien␣'66␣-␣Diving␣ Conference Springboard Diving Championship 1965 Missouri State Springboard Diving Championship 1965 Led the LHS Diving Team to Conference Invitational Championships - 1965, 1966 SHARE THE FUN! Pass this newsletter along to all your LHS Alumni friends!! SHARE YOUR NEWS! Send your news to mdriscoll@lindberghschools.ws 7
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