Distinguished Alumnus, Ed Arnold (Class of 57) for 2008-2009. 

He will be honored at a dinner to be held in the foyer of the new high school the evening of October 23. On Friday morning, he will be recognized at the Homecoming Pep Rally and shortly before noon there will be a brunch and reception for Ed at the School District's Administration Building. Friday evening he will be honored at the Homecoming Football Game (AHS vs. Watson Chapel)

Ed Arnold is the co-host and managing editor of KOCE-TV's nightly news magazine 
show, "Real Orange" , and the announcer for Dr. Robert H. Schuller's internationally 
syndicated "Hour of Power". He joined KOCE-TV in January 2000 after over thirty years as a 
sportscaster/anchor in Los Angeles. He has been with the "Hour of Power' since it began in 
1970.
Ed who was recently honored with the 2007 "Lifetime Achievement Award" presented by the 
Radio and Television News Association of Southern California is an Emmy and Golden Mike 
award winner. He began his broadcasting career at the age of 14 in his hometown of 
Texarkana, Arkansas. 

The Marine Corps veteran, a former Garden Grove resident, is a graduate of Santa Ana College 
and Long Beach State.

Ed is extremely involved in his community and serves on a number of board's. He just retired 
from the March of Dimes after thirty-five years on the board of directors. Ed is a forty year 
volunteer of his local Boys and Girls Clubs and is chairman of the Huntington Beach-Fountain 
Valley clubs largest annual fundraiser. In 1968 Arnold was a founding board member of the 
California Special Olympics and still plays an active role in the organization's events. In 1975, 
he was selected as one of California's Five Outstanding Young Men (FOYC). Ed was the 46th 
President of the California Jaycees, served seven terms as president of the Orange County 
Multiple Sclerosis Society, five terms as president of the Southern California Cystic Fibrosis 
Foundation, two terms as president of the Southern California Sportscasters Association and 
was the charter president of the Fountain Valley Rotary Club. 

Among the many honors Arnold has received are the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the 
March of Dimes, the "Breath of Life" from Cystic Fibrosis and the "2001 Visionary of the Year" 
award from Coastline Community College. Other tribunes include West Coast Father of the 
Year, the Foundation Valley "Distinguished Service Award" and the "Distinguished Citizen 
Award" from the Orange County Sports Hall of Fame. Second Harvest Food Bank has named 
their Humanitarian of the Year Award in Ed's name and Santa Ana College has honored Ed by 
adding his name to the annual SAC golf tournament. 

Five times the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association named the KTLA sports 
team of Ed and Stu Nahan as the "Best Television Sports Anchor staff". Ed and his wife, Dixie, 
were honored with the "Americana Award" as Orange County's "Man and Woman of the year" in 
2003. 

Ed and his wife, Dr. Dixie Arnold, Chair of the Liberal Studies Department at Vanguard 
University, make their home in Fountain Valley. Their son, Dean, daughter-in-law, Rachel, and 
grandsons, Jacob and Luke, also reside in Fountain Valley.

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