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seated in front: A.C. Green. standing, left to right: John Leano, Sonny Dingle & Joseph Rivera. A.C. Green is an All-Star basketball player, a champion on the court, a warrior for the Lord Jesus Christ and the IronMan of the NBA. He played in a record 1,182 consecutive games. During his 17 year career, A.C. won 2 NBA Championships as the starting power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers during the Magic Johnson "Showtime" era and 1 NBA Championship with the "triangle" Lakers of Phil-Shaq-Kobe. Sonny Dingle is the uncle of John Leano's godson, Jarel; Joseph Rivera is John Leano's cousin and John Leano is...well, he's just John Leano.
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John Leano with John Wooden during half-time of a
basketball game at Pauley Pavilion. This incredible man, known as the "Wizard of Westwood", was an All-American basketball player at Purdue University. He later on coached the UCLA men's basketball team where he set records that will never be duplicated in any sport or at any level: 10 National Championships in a twelve year span (including seven in a row from 1967-1973) and an awesome winning streak of 88 consecutive games. John Wooden is one of two men to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame twice--as a player and a coach. He was named Coach of the Century by ESPN, California Father of the Year in 1964 and "Sports Illustrated's" Sportsman of the Year in 1973. John Leano is...well, he's just John Leano.
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Suze Orman is a certified financial planner, money expert and a New York Times bestselling author. She began her career at Merrill Lynch and went on to become a vice president of investments at Prudential-Bache before founding her own firm in 1987. She has appeared numerous times on "Oprah", PBS, "Good Morning, America" and CNN. In addition to her extensive writing and speaking engagements, Suze has a national radio program and hosts "The Suze Orman Show" on CNBC. John Leano is...well, he's just John Leano.
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seated left to right: Andy Hill & John Wooden; standing: John Leano. Andy Hill played on 3 national championship teams for Coach Wooden at UCLA. Hill went on to a successful career in television where he spent 5 years as the President of CBS Productions. He was responsible for the success of such popular series as "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" and "Touched by an Angel." John Leano is...well, he's just John Leano.
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Jorge Mester leads two major national and regional orchestras in the United States and Mexico and is an internationally sought-after guest conductor. Throughout his 40-year career, Maestro Mester has brought excellence and prominence to each of the orchestras he has directed. Throughout his career, he has given more than 60 world-premiere performances, including several with The Pasadena Symphony, with which he has also made two recordings. John Leano is...well, he's just John Leano.
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As a star football player at the University of Southern California (U.S.C.), Mike Garrett helped begin the Trojan tradition of "Tailback U". In 1965, Garrett received college football's most prestigious honor by becoming U.S.C.'s first Heisman Trophy winner. Mike Garrett went on to a brief professional football career in the NFL. He is currently the Athletic Director of his alma mater. John Leano is...well, he's just John Leano.
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