FAME 2021 INDUCTEES

Christian Brothers High School established its Hall of Fame in 1968, paying tribute to students whose personal accomplishments, civic and public contributions, and continued support and involvement with the school earned them special and lasting recognition. All candidates, who must have graduated at least 20 years before their selection, are nominated by other members of the Hall of Fame. On April 18, 2021, friends and family of nine former students — and one former faculty member — gathered in the CBHS courtyard to pay tribute as these Brothers joined nearly 600 others in a very exclusive society. Congratulations to them all.

This former baseball team captain earned a full scholarship to Ole Miss, where he earned a degree in accounting. He joined Coopers & Lybrand, before moving to RFS Hotel Investors, an investment trust founded by two other CBHS graduates, Robert Solmson and Lance Forsdick. In 2006, Dennis was named CFO of Innkeepers USA Trust and was instrumental in the $1.5 billion sale of that firm to Apollo Investments. In 2010, he joined Chatham Lodging Trust, building the company into an industry leader. Named chief operating officer in 2015, he has been involved in some $7 billion of capital transactions.

A business major, Joseph graduated summa cum laude from CBC, then earned a master’s degree in church management from Villanova University. After obtaining his CPA license, he joined Price Waterhouse as an audit senior manager in Memphis, Toledo, and the national headquarters in New York. He joined the T. Rowe Price Group in Baltimore in 1987, where he became vice president and principal accounting officer before retiring in 2010. He also served as senior lecturer and director of the accounting program at the University of Maryland – Baltimore County. Many lifetime recognitions include the Medal of Honor from the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

A native of Cincinnati, Pat attended St. Louis School in Memphis before attending CBHS. He graduated from the University of the South with honors with a degree in chemistry, then earned his medical degree from the UT Health Science Center. After completing a general surgery residency at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, followed by a research fellowship at Tulane University and a five-year urological residency at the Mayo Clinic, Pat returned to East Tennessee. In 1994, he opened his own practice, Chattanooga Urological Associates at Memorial Hospital, where he also served as chief of surgery. He passed away August 10, 2020.

John Garbuzinski ’78

One of 14 family members who attended CHBS over the years (his son is a 2020 graduate), Johnny played on the football and track teams, both of which won state championships in 1977. He earned a degree in business management from the University of Memphis, where he was president of SAE fraternity, and then began a long and successful career in the food service industry. He is currently the Southeast regional manager for Smithfield Foods, and Johnny and his wife, Angie, are active members of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church.

After graduating from CBHS, where he was a member of the Brother J. Stephen O’Malley Chapter of the National Honor Society, Michael was awarded a Presidential Scholarship to Rhodes College. He earned All-Conference honors in track and field (discus throwing) and Academic All-American honors with the Lynx football squad. In college Michael served as treasurer of SAE fraternity. After graduating in 2001 with a degree in business administration, he joined the family business, the very popular Garibaldi’s Pizza chain, with three locations in Memphis and Germantown. Wife Alison teaches at St. Dominic, daughter Kate attends St. Agnes, and son Tripp attends St. Louis.

After attending Holy Rosary, Lee came to CBHS, where he played on the baseball and basketball teams and graduated in 1981. Continuing his Lasallian education, he enrolled at Christian Brothers University, where he played baseball for the Buccaneers. After graduation, he entered the world of sales — first as a representative for Victor Robilio Liquors, then Delta Wholesale and Memphis Athletic Supply. In 1994, he was named vice president of Moran Sales Associates, an apartment brokerage firm, where he became president six years later. He is currently president and general manager of BuzzFree Mosquito Control and coaches basketball and baseball at Holy Rosary.

Three of the Johnson brothers became Brothers’ Boys: Jay ’69, Eddie ’73, and Danny ’80. After earning a degree in civil engineering from Memphis State University, Danny began his career as a draftsman with Pickering Wooten Smith & Weiss before joining Pickering Environmental Consultants as a project manager. Later, as the longtime project manager for Linkous Construction, he oversaw commercial, industrial, and institutional projects worth more than $210 million. Current projects in the local community include the new Memphis Union Mission and the CBHS Fieldhouse, a 24,000-square-foot state-ofthe-art athletic facility that opens later this year.