LoginThe Springfield High School Hall of Fame was established in 1967 as a gift from Carrol C. Hall and Dorothy Sivia Hall, graduates of Springfield High School.
Requirements: The award is presented each year to a graduate of Springfield High School, Springfield, Illinois who has achieved national eminence, who has been graduated for a minimum of twenty-five years and who attended S.H.S. during his/her Junior and Senior years.
The award: The recipient of the award is presented with a Certificate of Membership, a Citation, and a Bronze Name Plaque, which is placed on a walnut panel in the Main Hall of the school.
Each year the Hall of Fame Committee seeks nominations of SHS graduates whose achievements are noteworthy. For further information, contact Ms. Smith, Assistant Principal, lsmith@sps186.org.
Hall of Fame
| Induction Year | Inductee | Class of | Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Michael J. Vasconcelles, M.D. | 1981 | Physician, Scientist, Biopharmaceutical Executive |
| 2019 | |||
| 2018 | Pamela Cohen Hirsch | 1964 | Business Leader & Philanthropist |
| 2017 | Hank Plain | 1976 | Healthcare Venture Capitalist, Founder of Medtech Companies |
| 2016 | Dave Robisch | 1967 | All American-Professional Athlete-Public Servant |
| 2015 | Andrew Clements | 1967 | American Writer of Children's books |
| 2014 | Evelyn Brandt Thomas | 1940 | Co-Founder & Co-Owner of Brandt Consolidated |
| 2013 | William Schnirring | 1946 | Entrepreneur-Civic Leader |
| 2012 | Robert Kennedy | 1974 | C-SPAN’s Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer |
| 2011 | Harvey Najim | 1958 | CEO of Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc. |
| 2010 | No Recipient | ||
| 2008 | Linda Patia Spear, Ph.D. | 1968 | Behavior Neuroscience Professor |
| 2007 | No Recipient | ||
| 2006 | Alex Talmant | 1937 | Brigadier General |
| 2005 | Dr. John Greenleaf | 1950 | Retired Research Physiologist & Space Research Directorate NASA Ames Research Center, Moffatt Field, California |
| 2004 | Warren R. Staley | 1960 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cargill, USA |
| 2003 | No Recipient | ||
| 2002 | Patrick Coady | 1956 | Investment Banker-Conservationist-Public Servant-Bracketed an investment banking career with service in the U.S. Navy and Exec Dir of the World Bank. Led environmental reforms at the World Bank. Senior fellow at Conservation Int'l and founded the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust. |
| 2001 | Dr. J. Lee Westrate | 1940 | Public Servant-Educator-Assistant Science Advisor to three Presidents-Senior Management Specialist in Science, Technology and Education-Bureau of the Budget- Political Science University Professor-Academic Vice President and Trustee of several institutions of Higher Education. |
| 2000 | No Recipient | ||
| 1999 | Thomas Morgan | 1944 | Author-Journalist |
| 1998 | No Recipient | ||
| 1997 | Glenn O. Head | 1942 | Financial Services |
| 1996 | Bob Trumpy | 1963 | NFL Analyst, Reporter |
| 1995 | Paul N. Helme | 1954 | Architectural Educator |
| 1994 | Dr. William Howarth | 1958 | Professor of English, Princeton University |
| 1993 | Dr. Robert M. Aiken | 1959 | Computer Science Professor |
| 1992 | Eugene C. Dorsey | 1945 | Journalist and Philanthropist |
| 1991 | Dr. Marilyn Keiser | 1959 | Concert Organist & Professor of Music, Indiana University |
| 1990 | Stuart W. Robinson, Jr. | 1948 | International Economic Law-Senior Director-Session & Council Affairs-General Agreement on Tariffs and trade. |
| 1989 | Dr. Lynn E. Wolaver | 1942 | Engineer-Educator-Dean for Research and Professional Development-Air Force Institute of Technology-Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. |
| 1988 | James H. Mueller | 1948 | Entrepreneur-Industrialist-Pioneer in development and manufacturing of industrial air pollution control equipment. |
| 1987 | Susan E. WIlcox | 1884 | Educator* -Inspired the work of poet Vachel Lindsay |
| 1987 | Corwin H. "Corky" Meyer | 1938 | Aeronautics, Outstanding in the development and manufacturing of industrial air pollution control equipment. |
| 1986 | Dennis Swanson | 1956 | Sports Journalist-President of ABC Sports |
| 1985 | Donald E. Ferry & Earl Wallace Henderson, Jr. | 1951,1949 | Architects - Architectural firm members receiving national acclaim for work in restoring historical structures. |
| 1984 | David Chandler Prince | 1908 | Electrical Engineer*-Career Engineer, General Electric Company. |
| 1983 | Robert Page | 1954 | Journalist-President Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Globe |
| 1982 | Richard J. Franke | 1949 | Investment Banker-Headed the largest municipal bond underwriter in the U.S. |
| 1981 | Stanley L. London, M.D. | 1943 | Sports Medicine-Surgeon, leader and pioneer in th treatment of athletic injuries. |
| 1981 | Wesley S. Krogdahl, Ph.D. | 1936 | Astronomer, University of Kentucky-Nationally recognized in the field of astronomy. |
| 1980 | William H. Luers | 1947 | Ambassador-Career Foreign Service Officer Head of U.S. Embassy in Venezuela |
| 1980 | Edward J. McClernand* | 1947 | Brigadier General, USA-Medal of Honor Winner. Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his military leadership in the post-Civil War period. |
| 1979 | Ronald Thunman | 1949 | Rear Admiral Nils, U.S.N., Nuclear Submarine Service-Career Naval officer of outstanding reputation. |
| 1978 | Charles Arthur Bane | 1930 | Lawyer-Outstanding member of the Bar, known nationally as a "lawyer's lawyer" |
| 1977 | James S. Martin, Jr. | 1938 | Space Scientist-Directed the first Mars project for the U.S. |
| 1976 | Grant Fletcher | 1931 | Composer and Professor of Music |
| 1975 | Anna Louise Tittman | 1904 | Public Health Nurse-Pioneer in the field of public health during the period prior to World War I. |
| 1974 | Harrington Wood, Jr. | 1938 | Jurist and Federal Judge-Noted for his work among Native Americans. |
| 1973 | No Recipient | ||
| 1972 | Katherine Elizabeth Manchester, A.S.A. (Ret.) | 1934 | Colonel-Dietitian-Nutrition specialist for the armed forces |
| 1972 | Charles Herbert Spaulding* | 1906 | Chemical Engineer-Internationally recognized for development of water treatment plants for municipalities. |
| 1971 | Robert Carr Lanphier* | 1894 | Class of Electrical Engineer-Pioneer in the development of the electric meter; founder. Sangamo Electric Company. |
| 1970 | George Edward Hatmaker | 1928 | Insurance Executive-President, Franklin Life Insurance Company. |
| 1969 | Robert Ray Dockson | 1935 | Economist-Leader in the savings and loan industry. |
| 1968 | James Edward Day | 1932 | Postmast General-Appointed to his post by President John F. Kennedy. |
| 1967 | Helen Milford Thompson* | 1926 | Music-recognized for her work in musical production promotion, recipient of many awards, |
| 1966 | Hiram Sherman* | 1924 | Theatre-Professional actor appearing in many Broadway productions. |
| 1965 | Robert Gehlmann Bone | 1924 | Educator-President of Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois. |
| 1964 | Nicholas Rachel Lindsay | 1897 | Poet-Literary figure known for his dramatic presentations, recognized during his lifetime and now gaining world-wide acclaim. |
* Award given posthumously or recipient deceased since receiving their recognition.
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