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Outstanding Alumni

Milken Family Foundation Award (includes $25,000 prize)

• John Breaugh
• Anita Clark
• Keith Cook
• Thomas Dolan
• Thomas Fleming
• Timothy Graham
• June Green-Rivers
• Timothy Hammar
• Ann Elizabeth Hart
• Julie Helber
• Alice L. Janke
• Steven J. Koponen
• Harry Matrone
• Valerie Mills
• Nancy Monday
• Jennifer Murphy
• Stuart Redpath
• Dorothy W. Riley
• Sandra Robinson
• Katherine Sheiko
• Stacie Smith
• Michael Stinnett
• Cheryl Wells
• Robert Younker

Michigan Education Hall of Fame

• Frank J. Manley, 1977
• Donald M. Currie, 1980
• Elven E. Duvall, 1981
• Evart W. Ardis, 1982
• William Simmons, 1983
• Norman O. Stockmeyer, Sr., 1984
• C. Eugene Beatty, 1985
• Albert C. Johnson, 1985
• Jack Harms, 1990
• Arthur Jefferson, 1990
• Jack D. Minzey, 1992
• John W. Porter, 1992
• William Morris, 1997
• William Pappas, 1997

Michigan Teacher of the Year

• Marvelle J. Vannest, 1983-84
• Edward Manning, 1987-88
• Andrea Rochelle Willis, 1988-89
• Thomas Fleming, 1991-92
• Sue Szczepanski, 1996-97
• Heide Capraro 2004-2005

Wall Mart Teacher of the Year 2004

• Rhonda Brodsky
• Robet Lapointe
• Karen Malett-Grozenski
• Amy Nemeth

Michigan First-Year Teacher of the Year

• Debra L. Stevens, 1986
• Krista Renee Bentley, 1988
• Andrew Lindsay, 1998
• Michelle Baker-Herring, 1999

VSA Arts of Michigan, Art Teacher of the Year

• Deb Duranczyk, 2002

Michigan D.A.R.E. "Teacher of the Year"

• Emily Brown, 2002

Detroit Area's Outstanding Teacher Awards, 2001

• Linda J. Beaton
  • A first-grade teacher in Memorial Elementary School, Riverview District, Wayne County.
• Anne W. Grucz
  • A special educator who is a general education resource teacher at Eastover Elementary School, Bloomfield Hills District, Oakland County.
• Sharon Moats
  • A seventh-grade mathematics and science teacher at Seneca Middle School, Chippewa Valley schools, Macomb County.

2001 Michigan Historical Center Foundation Odyssey Award

• Alice Brobst-Walsh ('87)
  • Fourth-grade teacher, Paddock Elementary School, Milan.

National Teacher of the Year

• Thomas Fleming, 1992

USA Today's All-USA Teacher Team (19 individuals, and one team of four)

• Diane Bencik, 1998

Council for Exceptional Children Clarissa Hug Teacher of the Year Award

• Mary-Dean Barringer, 1985

Michigan Social Studies Teacher of the Year

• Andrew Lindsey, 2002

Michigan Foreign Language Teacher of the Year

• Jan Wilson, 1991-92

Outstanding Middle School Educator

• Timothy A. Kiraly, 1988

Michigan Earth Science Teacher of the Year

• Mary Ivan , 1998-99

Michigan Adult Education Staff Member of the Year

• John Gibney , 1999

Michigan Outstanding Occupational Educator of the Year

• Andrew M. Burke, 2000

Michigan Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year

• Michael Lewis, 1999
• Mary Lamb Brummer, 2000

Physical Educator of the Year

• Christine Lake, 2003

Michigan Dance Teacher of the Year

• Deborah Sipos-Roe, 2000

U.S. Presidential Award for Science and Mathematics Teaching

• Frank Pavia, 1985
• Elizabeth Moore, 1987
• Juanita Smith, 1990
• Carolyn Hutchings, 1991
• Anita M. Clark, 1992
• Theodore Gardella, 1993
• David Glenn, 1993
• Joan Fitzgibbon, 1994
• Jere Hessberger, 1994
• Sally Middleton, 1994
• Carol Hudson Packard, 1994
• Constance Corwin, 1995
• Constance Corwin, 1999
• Jeffrey Bradley, 2004

National Council on Geographic Education Geography Education Award

• Dennis Rees, 1999

Certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

• Mr. Kevin Bingham, Citrus County Schools, Florida
• Mrs. Michelle Bingham, Citrus County Schools, Florida
• Ms. Ann Marie Borders, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Mr. Troy Braley, Florida
• Ms. Lisa Marie Briegel, Detroit, Michigan
• Ms. Kathy Dascenzo, Livonia, Michigan
• Ms. Cynthia Daly, Paradise Valley Unified District, Arizona
• Ms. Constance Flynn, Livonia, Michigan
• Ms. Maria Gomez, Los Angeles Unified School District, California
• Ms. Doris Green, Duval County Schools, Florida
• Mr. Victor Harbison, City of Chicago Schools, Illinois
• Ms. Jean LaPointe, Plymouth, Michigan
• Ms. Jane Levy, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Ms. Kathleen McKinley, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Dr. Patricia McLaughlin, Sterling Heights, Michigan
• Ms. Barbara Misuraca, Wayne Resa, Michigan
• Mr. John Mitchell, Detroit Public Schools, Michigan
• Ms. Janice Pardy, Whitmore Lake Public Schools, Michigan
• Ms. Cynthia Heinlein, Pinellas County, Florida
• Ms. Cheryl Holten, Plymouth-Canton, Michigan
• Ms. Angela Krzeczkowski, Taylor, Michigan
• Ms. Nannette Kwiatek, Ann Arbor Public Schools, Michigan
• Ms. Cheryl Pelletier, Farmington Hills, Michigan
• Mr. Todd Rackowitz, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, North Carolina
• Ms. Diane Spence, Van Buren Public Schools, Michigan
• Ms. Joanne Taurence, Volusia County School District, Florida
• Ms. Candace Walters, Romulus Community Schools, Michigan
• Ms. Ruth Watts, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Ms. Amy Wedge, Wake County Schools, North Carolina
• Ms. Mary White, Archdiocese Cincinnati, Ohio

National Superintendent of the Year

• James A. Wilsford, Orangeburg, S.C., 1989

Michigan Superintendent of the Year

• James Doyle, 1993
• J. Michael Washburn, 1996
• Robert O'Brien, 2002
• Joan Sergent 2004

Wyoming Superintendent of the Year

• Stan Olson, 2000

Michigan Secondary School Principal of the Year

• David L. Longridge, 1996

Michigan Secondary School Principal of the Year

• Marilyn Svaluto, 2003

Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principal of the Year

• Mary Ann Raske, 1996
• Ray Mellberg, 2001
• Marilyn Svaluto, 2002

Michigan Counselor of the Year

• Mary Gallagher, 1993

Present or Former Executives

• Mike Flanagan
  • Michigan Association of School Administrators
  • Michigan State Superintendent of Education
• Don Cameron
  • Executive Director National Education Association
• Timothy Dyer
  • Former Executive Director National Association of Secondary School Principals
• Donna Rhodes
  • Former Executive Director
  • National Foundation for the Improvement of Education
• Bernadine Newseme Denning
  • Director
  • U.S. Office of Revenue Sharing
• Michael Boulus
  • Executive Director
  • (MI) Middle Cities Schools' Association
• Arthur Ellis
  • Michigan State Superintendent of Education
• William Mays, Jr.
  • Executive Director
  • Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals' Association
• Bob Lilleanthal
  • Director of Special Education
  • State of Maine
• Ingrid Saunders Jones
  • Chairperson, Coca-Cola Foundation
  • Vice President for Corporate External Affairs, Coca-Cola Company
• Alan W. Roth
  • President, MAPserv, Inc.
  • President CADserv Inc.

Presidents of Organizations

• Lynn Babcock
  • President, National Association of Elementary School Principals
• Sue Safranski
  • President, National Association of School Psychologists, 1994
• William Morris
  • President of the American Association of School Administrators
• Thomas Stobie
  • President, Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals

Presidents of Institutions

• John DiBiaggio
  • President, Michigan State University; Tufts University
• Glenn Goerke
  • President, University of Houston-Victoria
• Timothy Quinn
  • President, Northwestern Michigan College
• Gary Sullenger
  • President, Baker College, Port Huron

Other Areas of Achievement

• Marshall Borden
  • Actor
• Floyd Clack
  • Michigan Legislature
• John Coburn
  • Commanding General (four stars) of the U.S. Army Materiel Command
• Connie Corbin, 1995
  • 1995 National Science Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching of Mathematics and Science
• Robert DeMars
  • Michigan Legislature
• David Galloway
  • Michigan Legislature
• William L. Harris
  • 1993 Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished High School Mathematics Teaching. (One of 24 receiving the award)
• Sheryl James
  • 1991 Pulitzer Prize
• Hayes Jones
  • 1960, 1964 Olympics Star
• Marilyn Kelly
  • State Board of Education
  • Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
• Carl Duane Pursell
  • Former member, U. S. House of Representatives
• Madonna Emond
  • 2003 Miss Michigan
• Laura Welling
  • 1998 Miss Michigan
• Terri Sue Liford
  • 1992 Miss Michigan

Last Updated on June 25, 2008

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