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alumni news24Distinguished Padres Michael Hackworth ’59, Ruben Barrales ’80, David Giuliani ’64, Bill Keller ’66, Bart Araujo ’61, EdwardKeller ’47, David Littlejohn ’54 and John Shields ’50 (not pictured) represent the first members of Serra’s professional hall of fame.distinguishedalumniInaugural Group Receives Alumni Award of MeritIn a gym packed full of almost1,000 young men in late September,Junípero Serra High School introducedeight of its most outstanding alumniin the first-ever induction ceremony ofPadre grads into Serra’s professional hallof fame.The Alumni Award of Merit assemblyhonored two recipients each in thecategories of arts and letters, science andtechnology, business, and public affairs.Bill Keller from the Class of 1966,who holds one of the highest posts inAmerican journalism as the ExecutiveEditor of the New York Times, receivedone of the awards designated for Serragraduates in the field of arts and letters.Keller is also a 1989 Pulitzer Prize winnerfor his coverage of the Soviet Union. Hiscolleague in letters, David Littlejohn ’54,who has written 14 books on literature,music and architecture, and serves as aprofessor emeritus at the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, was also honored.On the science and technologyfront, Michael Hackworth ’59 – cofounderof Cirrus Logic and one of theSilicon Valley’s most important contributorsto the semiconductor industry – washonored along with David Giuliani ’64,who invented the Sonicare toothbrush,among other accomplishments in the biotechfield.In the business world, both JohnShields ’50, the former President of TraderJoe’s, and Bart Araujo ’61, the ownerof Araujo Estate Wines, and the formerowner and CEO of A-M Homes, were