Are you a graduate of Elgin High School? Are you planning a reunion? Don’t forget to send your reunion information to Maria Esposito at Elgin High School or e-mail her at mariaesposito@u-46.org.  Your notice will be kept on file in the office and will be posted on this page as well.  

1876 - Frederick Upham Adams, Inventor, novelist, reformer - 12/10/1859 - 8/28/1921

*1883 - Max Adler, Concert violinist, Vice-President of Sears & Roebuck, Benefactor of Adler Planetarium - 5/12/1866 – 11/4/1952

1896 - Junious B. Wood, Newspaper foreign correspondent, Chicago Daily News (Univ. of Michigan 1900) 5/27/1877-1957

1898 - Adolph M. Rovelstad, Latin professor, University of North Dakota-6/16/1881

1901 - William LeBaron, Playwright, movie producer of Cimarron, Academy Award winning film - 2/16/1883 - 2/9/1958

*1894- Jennie Christine “Jane” Peterson, Internationally Renowned Painter and Artist - 1876 - 8/14/1965

1906 - Calvin W. Brown, Motion Picture Executive-12/29/1888-7/8/1952

*1907 - Helen Miller Malloch, Founder of the National Federation of Press women - 11/8/1888 - 6/1963

*1908 - Edna D. Geister, National Recreation Director of the YWCA-1892-10/1959

1908 - Carleton W. Washburn, Educator & Educator Reformer - (12/2/1889 – 11/17/1968)

1909 - Walter Sadler, Railroad Engineer, Professor & 2-term mMayor of Ann Arbor, MI-2/15/1891-10/14/1959

1910 - Floyd D. Campbell, Electric Company Executive - 8/2/1892-1/19/1962

1910 - Lou North, Major League Baseball pitcher for Detroit Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Braves  -  6/15/1891 - 5/15/1974 (did not actually graduate)

1911 - Arthur P. Herold, Vice-President of Carnation Company- 11/16/1893-4/18/1969

1912 - Frederick Baumann, History Professor, Grinnell College - 8/28/1889-6/30/1967

1912 - Dean Hills Mitchell, President of Northern Indiana Public Service Company - 12/1/1894-11/13/1984

1915 - Walter C. Ansel, Rear Admiral in the Navy, buried at Annapolis- WWII- 8/25/1897-11/26/1977

1915- James Frank Eppenstein- Architect and designer - 1899-1955

1915 - John “Jack” Meagher, College football coach for Rice and Auburn - 7/5/1894-12/7/1968

1915 - Jeffrey C. Metzel, Real Admiral in the Navy- WWII - 6/12/1897- 7/26/1952

1916 - Raymond W. Adams, English professor, University of North Carolina -5/7/1898-3/21/1987

*1917 - Mildred A. Englebrecht, Bacteriologist, University of Alabama, discover of the streptococcus equisimilis- 7/31/1899- 1973

*1918 - Gail M. Dack, Ph.D, MD, Bacteriologist (Univ. of Chicago), internationally known authority on food borne diseases - 3/4/1900- 6/21/1976

1920 - Raymond E. Glos, College Dean, Miami University of Ohio - 2/5/1903- 8/26/1988

*1920 - John M. Qualen, Character Actor in over 100 films and Television actor- 12/8/1899- 9/12/1987

1920 - Harold A. Wallace, Credit Bureau Executive- 8/22/1902- 11/6/1958

1921 - August W. Farwick, Football player and head football coach at the University of Arizona - 9/22/1902-12/11/1977

*1921 -Frank O'Beirne, Vice Admiral U.S. Navy, Director of Operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Director of first test of an air-to-rocket missile- 1903-10/19/1998

* 1922 - Trygve Rovelstad, Renowned Sculptor & Medalist - 9/27/1903- 6/8/1990

1922 - Earl T. Britton, National Football League fullback and punter - 7/15/1903- 10/24/1973

*1923 - James M. Roche, CEO of General Motors Corporation - 12/16/1906-6/6/2004

1924 - Joseph P. Canty, Rear Admiral in the Navy - WWII - 3/21/1908- 7/17/1990

1925 - Emmet O’Beirne, Naval aviator - WWII- 3/21/1908- 7/17/1990

1925 - Laverne E. Newsome, Musician and Educator  -  10/21/1907 - 8/25/2001

1926 - Douglas R. Mills, Former University of Illinois Athletic Director and Men’s Basketball Coach, listed in Who's Who in Basketball 1973 - 4/9/1907 - 8/12/1993

*1927 - Paul F. Flory, Polymer chemist and recipient of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Chemistry- 6/19/1910- 9/9/1985

1931 - John Wesley Adams, State Department Foreign Service- 11/2/1913-

1931 - Howard Rovelstad, Director of University of Maryland libraries- 3/5/1913-7/16/2004

1932 - William M. Brandes, Vice-president of Elgin National Watch Company -10/10/1914- 4/10/1994

1932 - Allen Britton, University of Michigan music professor- 5/25/1914-2/17/2003

1932 - Earl “Madman” Muntz, Engineer, entrepreneur, marketing pioneer, television personality - 1/3/1914  -  6/21/1987 (did not actually graduate)

1934 - William J. DeLancey, Vice-president of Republic Steel - 6/2/1916-4/2/1999

*1934 - John R. Tobin, Dean Emeritus of Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine - 12/18/1916-7/29/2007

1935 - Robert Geldmacher, CEO of Sundale Software Corporation, researcher in magneto-elastody-namics- 4/22/1917-12/25/1997

*1935 - Alfred Y. Kirkland, SR., JD, U.S. Federal Judge - 10/6/1917-3/19/2004

1935 - William E. Rauschenberger, Mayor of Elgin (1971 - 1975)

1935 - Everett H. Pryde, U.S. Department of Agriculture- 1917-

1940 - Paul D. Scheele,  American Hospital Supply Corporation Executive- 8/6/1922

1940 - Richard G. Silliman, Attorney for John Deere & Company - 8/11/1922

1942- Robert Marshall ( Bobby) Rosengarden, jazz drummer and band leader- 4/23/24- 2/27/2007

1943 - James N. Waggoner, Physician in Aerospace Medicine- 11/10/1925

1943 - George Van De Voorde, Elgin Fire Chief (17 years - 37  years Fire Dept.), City Council (1985-86) & Mayor (1987-1995) - 1925-3/7/2000

1944 - Jack Burmaster, Professional basketball player, coach and broadcaster - 12/23/1926- 9/27/2005

1944 - Bethany “Beth” Joan Goldsmith, played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League 10/6/1927 - 10/24/2004

1944 - Lloyd Irving Rudolph, Political Science Educator- 11/1/1927-12/16/2015

1944- Samuel P. Sauceda, Ph. D- Marquette Athletic Director, 43 year professor- 7/19/1926- 4/4/2016

1944 - Oliver W. Scheflow, Mechanical Engineer for NASA -1926-8/21/2016

1945 - Joseph C. Ladd, CEO of Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance- 1/26/1927

1945 - Earl Leonard Muetterties, Ph.D, - Research chemist for DuPont - 6/23/1927- 1/12/1984

*1945 - Charles “Chick” L. Peterson, World Class Water Color Artist 1927-

*1946 - Ray A. Barnhart, Federal Highway Administrator & Texas politician- 1/12/1928-5/26/2013

1946 - Charlene Ann Barnett, played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League - 3/13/1928-1/25/1979

1946 - James W. Gallagher, Professor, Western Oregon University - 2/24/1928-1/7/2014

1946 - Ben E. Jones III, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist

*1946 -James Kramer, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Research Entomologist- 3/13/1928- 6/2/2011

*1946 -John P. Kramer, Ph.D, Entomologist & University Professor, N.C.State Cornell - 3/13/1928- 7/12/212

1946 - Thomas McBride, Lawyer, part of the Watergate Prosecution team - 1928-11/31/2003

*1946 - John R. Mink, Ph.D, Founding faculty member of the Dental School at University of Kentucky- 1928-

1946 - Joseph F. Neil, New York Stock Exchange executive - 1928-

*1946 - Charles E. Swanson, President of Encyclopedia Britannica- 11/14/1927-4/9/2012

1946 - Jack R. Wentworth, Business Educator - 6/11/1928

1947 - Don Sunderlage, All-pro player in the National Basketball Association - 12/20/1929-7/15/1961

*1948 - Marshall I. Goldman, Ph.D, Wellesley & Harvard University Professor (Economics), Author & Researcher- 7/26/1930-

1948 - Earl R. Gomersall, Marketing Company Executive- 12/4/1930

1948 - David W. Plath, Anthropologist- 12/8/1930-

1949 - Richard C. Alberding, Philanthropist & Member of 11 boards in 3 different organizations across 7 different industries- 1931-

*1949 - Dietrich “Jack” C. Bauer, Microbiology Scientist, Indiana University - 7/1/1931-8/7/2010

1949 -Otto F. Bauer, University Administrator - 12/1/1931-10/5/2013

1949 - Donald R. Kelley, Historian - 2/17/1931-

1949 - William H. Matchett, University Dean and Biochemist - 1/4/1932

*1949 - John “Jack” S. Shales & Marlene “Kane” Shales, Philanthropist and Civic Leader - Jack-11/13/1930-, Marlene - 11/6/1931

1950 - Virginia “Ginny” F. Landwehr, Dean at Northwestern University (1932 - 4/27/2015)

*1951 - Douglas B. Nash, NASA Geologist, California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Div. of Space Sciences, Pasadena California - 1933-

1951 - Mary E. “Betty” Stephens (Betty Brown), Civic Leader. Newspaper Columnist Nurse

*1951 - John W. Teets, CEO Greyhound, Dial & Armour - 9/5/1933-8/5/2011

1952 - David A. Nelson, First student announcer on WEPS, and was hired by WRMN in 1951, while still in high school. Nationally recognized as a pioneer in Hospital Fund Development and Public Relations- 1/9/1934-8/25/2015

*1953 - Wesley K. Foell, Ph.D, Environmental Scientist/Scholar, University of Wisconsin- 1935-

*1955 - Samuel A. Werner, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus,Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Univ. of Missouri- 1937-

1956 - David Montgomery, Vice President, University of Maryland University College- 1938-

1959 - Flynn J. Robinson,  Member Elgin Sports Hall of Fame , NBA Player, Listed in Who's Who in Basketball, 1973-4/28/1941-5/23/2013

*1960 - Sara Melissa Hart, Miss Elgin - 1962 & Second City alumni & leading character in the traveling production of “Cabaret” & a Tony nominated actress - 4/13/1942

1960 - Pamela E. Kirkland, First Woman Judge in Kane County, Illinois- 3/11/1942-

1960 - Margo Lee Spinker, Miss Photoflash, 1963 and Professional Model - 9/16/1942

1960-Norman l. Mayell, Recording Artist & Drummer- 5/18/1942

1961 - David W. Brandes, MS, MD, FAAN, Author- 1943-

1961 - Phil Odle, Record holder at BYU & National Football League Player- 11/23/1942-7/27/2006

*1962 - Tom W. Shales, Television critic for the Washington Post & 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism - 1944-

1962 - H. Dean Willis, Watercolorist for Hallmark and award winning artist- 1944-

1963 - Allan M. Anderson, Associate Judge for Kane County, Illinois - 1945-

*1963 - Brian Oldfield, Olympic shot putter and world record holder - 6/1/1945-3/26/2017

1963- Jon Carlson, Ed.D., Psychologist, Scholar & Author- 11/2/1945- 2/8/2017

1964- Dale Raddatz, Artist and Potter, Proffessor- 6/21/1945

1964 - Edward A. Shock, Coleman School Principal, Elgin City Council (1993-1999), Mayor of Elgin (1999-2011) 1945-

1965 - Caryl J. Bryer, Quilter & Author- 1947

*1965 - Richard M. Hoover, Tony Award Winning Production Designer - 1947-

1965 - David M. Kettner, Restaurant Entrepreneur, Perry’s of Honolulu - 1947-

1966 - James M. Kirkland, Illinois State Representative (1983-1992)- 1948-

*1969 - Daniel M. Brewbaker, Renowned Composer- 1951-4/14/2017

*1969 - Richard “Rick” W. Sund, NBA executive-1951-

1970 - Laurence D. Kaptain, International Performer and Recording Artist, Dean of College of Arts & Media, University of Colorado, Denver- 1952-

1971 - Kristine Iverson, Assistant Secretary of Labor, George W. Bush’s Cabinet - 1953-

*1971 - Deborah A. Lathen, JD, Bureau Chief at the FCC- 3/28/1953-

1971 - Steven J. Rakow, Science Professor, President of the National Science Teachers Association (1998-1999)- 1953-6/10/2001

*1972 - Harold “Hal” Getzelman, NASA’s Capsule Communicator Chief Engineer - 7/9/1954-

1972 - Scott Zaeske, Fortune 500 Entrepreneur- 1954-

1973 - Jeff Wilkins, NBA player (did not actually graduate) - 3/9/1955-

*1973 - Jay Geldmacher, Executive Vice President of Emerson Electric- 1955-

*1974 - Joseph Incandela, Ph.D, American Particle Physicist- 1956-

1974-Scott Johnson, IHSA Assistant Executive Director & Writer- 11/1956-

1974 - Julie E. Kistler, J.D., Romance Novelist and Past President of Novelists, Inc.-8/1956

1974 - Steve Rauschenberger, Illinois State Senator (1993-2007) - 8/29/1956-

1974 - John Walker, Producer of The Incredibles, Academy Award winning film - 4/21/1956-

1975- Barbara "Bobbie" Lloyd, Chief Baking Officer, Magnolia Bakery, (Internationally known bakery)- 1957-

*1976 - George A. Lesieutre, Ph.D, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University- 1958-

1976 - Sandro Miller, Award-winning Photographer- 1958-

*1978 - Nina Burleigh, Journalist and Best Selling Author- 1960-

1983 - Ronald “Reb” E. Braddock, Film Director- 10/16/1965

1983 - Laura J. Ceron, Actress - 9/28/1964

1986- Dean Wendt, Actor, co founder/creator and Disc jockey on Radio Disney & voice of Barney the Dinosaur- 2/17/1968