Jerry S. Davee

Jerry S. Davee attended SDHS 1952-54. He was All-City “B” Basketball in 1953 and All-City Varsity and All- Kiwanis Tournament in 1954; He also won the All-City Net Golf Championship in 1954. He then went to SDSU where he led the Freshmen Basketball Team in scoring while also being a Varsity Aztec Golfer all four years and Captain in 1958. He graduated in 1958 with Honors and Distinction in Business Management. He then attended UCLA Law School 1958-1961 and was elected to the Board of Editors of its Law Review Magazine. He was then hired at the law firm at Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps in San Diego where he practiced for 38 years also serving voluntarily as a Superior Court Judge Pro TEM and volunteer Federal Defender. He served as a Lecturer and Trial practice instructor to other attorney. He was elected and admitted to the American College of Trial Lawyers in London, England in 1986. In 1993 he won the Daniel Broderick Award from the San Diego County Bar Assn. for integrity and professionalism as a lawyer and was named to the "Best Lawyers in America" in 1995-1998.

In the San Diego community Jerry has served as President of the SDSU Alumni Association, on the Advisory Council to the SDSU President and is an Honorary Alumni Association Life member. He was selected by the SDSU College of Business for a Monty Award as a Distinguished Graduate of SDSU in 1997. He has served as the President and Chairman of the Board of the San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum (1997-2003), the President of the Scripps Mercy Hospital Foundation Board (2005) the President of San Diego Country Club where he has also been two time Senior Club Golf Champion. He has been the Chairman of the Board of the Burn Institute of San Diego for over 30 years and he and his wife have established the Jerry and Carolyn Davee Endowment Fund for burn injured children and adult burn survivors. He was selected for the Burn Institute’s "Spirit of Courage" Award in 1979 for his efforts to save the life of a fellow passenger following an airplane crash during which he was severely burned and spent 3 months in treatment at USCD Burn Center. He was honored by the San Diego Chargers in 2001 as their Community Quarterback for his Burn Institute work. He was also chosen to serve the Navy League of San Diego as a Chairman for three new U. S. Navy Ship Commissioning's held in San Diego. The guided missile destroyer USS Halsey in 2005, the Landing Helicopter dock USS Makin Island in 2009 and the amphibious transport the USS San Diego in 2012. He is a lifetime member of the Holiday Bowl Committee in San Diego.