Photo Gallery: Beverly Beesemyer honored at FSHA
Honoree Beverly Beesemyer puts her hand on her heart during the Pledge of Alegiance at an assembly honoring the 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The Tologs of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy welcomed a graduate of 1937 onto their campus on Wednesday, when Beverly Beesemyer arrived to speak. As a former WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilot) who flew during World War II, Beesemyer was invited to address students gathered as part of the Sugene Kim Lecture series.
FSHA students lean in to look at a student photo of Beverly Beesemyer when she was a student at FSHA after an assembly to honor the 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
FSHA President Sister Carolyn McCormack kisses the top of honoree Beverly Beesemyer’s head at the conclusion of an assembly honoring the 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Beverly Beesemyer’s Congressional Medal of Honor with a high school photo of her at an assembly to honor the 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A small group of FSHA students stay after an assembly to greet honoree Beverly Beesemyer at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer, a 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate, was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Honoree Beverly Beesemyer smiles as she is introduced to an assembly honoring the 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
FSHA students laugh with assembly honoree Bev Beesemyer at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer, a 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate, was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Honoree Beverly Beesemyer smiles and salutes the assembly there to honor the 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The entire student body at FSHA attended an assembly honoring 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate Beverly Beesemyer at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
A painting titled “Gunnery Training,” honoring 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate Beverly Beesemyer at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Honoree Beverly Beesemyer talks with school president Sister Carolyn McCormack at an assembly to honor the 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
FSHA President Sister Carolyn McCormack looks down into the eyes of honoree Beverly Beesemyer at an assembly honoring the 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
FSHA students Ellie DiPietro, 18, and Emma Lin, 18, step close to honoree Beverly Beesemyer who is being applauded by an assembly to honor the 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Honoree Beverly Beesemyer talks and takes questions at an assembly honoring the 1937 Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate at FSHA on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Beesemyer was a WASP in WWII, one of a group of women who were the first female aviators in the military. She was honored with the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2010. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)