DR. SAMMY LEE (USA)
1968 Honor Diver
Sammy Lee was born in Fresno, California, of Korean parents. At both Luther Burbank Jr. High and Benjamin Franklin High School in Los Angeles, he was the first non-Caucasian Student Body President, graduating No. 1 scholastically, and was chosen the school's top athlete in 1939. While at Occidental College in 1942, he won his first Men's Senior National AAU springboard and 10 meter tower diving championships. He retired in 1943 upon entering the School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.