MICHAEL MARIENTHAL

What can I say other than as a fellow LA Higher, neighbor and friend there was no better!

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

I WORKED FOR MIKE AS HIS STUDENT ASSISTANT IN 1965 AT NARBONNE H.S.I RESPECTED AND LOOKED UP TO HIM AND WANTED TO BE A MARINE LIKE HE WAS BUT AS IT TURNED OUT I RETIRED FROM THE ARMY.HE WAS A A GREAT MAN. JESSE JOSEPH MOTA

Mike was the Registrar at Narbonne HS in 1956 when I worked for him in the attendance office in mu first year as a teacher. As a just returned from active duty Marine lieut. I was immediately impressed with this unforgettable Marine hero. Mike and I along with a number of other young teachers would repair on Fridys afternoons to Allen Center (US Navy base officer's club) for an hour or so of great commraderie. Being nre to Socal I had no friends or amily and when the time came to vuy my...

Mike was an LA High School friend of my brother Howard, and that is how I got to know him. He was a role model to other students and continued to be all his life. I put his biography on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Marienthal Please visit the website and if you can add any items to his biography, please do so. Don Prell, Palm Springs, California.

TO MY DEAR FRIENDS GALE & CAROL, FAMILY
CARLA, DIANE, MIKE AND KARLEEN. I AM DEEPLY SADDENED. I WAS VERY FOND OF YOUR DAD.
THE LAST TIME I SAW YOUR DAD WAS SPECIAL. IT WAS A WHILE AGO, BUT WE SPENT A LONG TIME TALKING ABOUT GOLF. HE MUST HAVE LOVED IT. I TRULY LIKED YOUR DAD. I RESPECTED YOUR DAD.
HE WAS A GENTLEMAN. YOU WERE EXTREMELY LUCKY TO HAVE HAD HIM WITH YOU FOR SO LONG. HE WAS LUCKY, TOO.

I MET YOUR DAD, WELL, I BELIEVE IN THE MID 1970'S. GALE, CAROL AND I HAD...

1954 – Mike was my teacher in a summer school class at UniHi. It was hard work for him, as he was working many nights filming East of Eden. Great stories, great teacher, great guy

Dear Karleen and Family: We read with sadness of Mike's death. We've never forgotten you both. It was truly an honor to have known him,
Claudia, Gloria and R.Paul St Amand MD

I respected Mike before I ever met him. Growing up during WWII I absorbed the character traits that made the "greatest generation" great! Mike's dedication to his country, family, profession, and UCLA, was lifelong. He made me want to be A Marine! He never let his physical injuries stop him from an active career of service. I even awarded him the greatest accolade I can bestow--I forgave him for being a Repuiblican! This, folks, was a MAN. SEMPER FI, MIKE! Bill Hines (Sgt, USMC,Ret.)