YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - Cardinal Mooney High School recognized two of its own on Thursday.

1961 graduate Dr. Robert Gerberry and 1965 graduate Susan Squillace Sandine were honored as distinguished alumni at an awards ceremony held at the school.

"Everybody is proud to be Mooney alumni. It is like a closed fraternity. It's an honor," Gerberry said.

"It is very hard to describe what it is like to be a member of the Mooney family and people that don't go here or have never sent their children here don't realize it is like a feeling and it really is a family." Sandine said.

Both Dr. Gerberry and Susan Sandine have been actively involved in alumni efforts at Cardinal Mooney for many years.