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Elgin High School Alumni
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James Knupp
Elgin High School graduate James Knupp isn’t content to just talk about what goes on in Washington, D.C. Instead, he’s doing something about it - as a research analyst at the Cato Institute.
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Eric Echevarria
Eric Echevarria, a member of the EHS Class of 1993, had already completed a four-year stint in the U.S. Marines when a chance encounter with a few police officers led to an exciting and rewarding career that he had never previously considered.
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Chris Sumner
For Chris Sumner, life has been "pop-tastic" since he opened up his own gourmet popcorn shop in downtown Elgin.
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Chandler Swan
Chandler Swan is a witness to history. And he’s making his history, and that of his classmates, family, friends and fellow Maroons.
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Anali Cisneros
Anali Cisneros of Elgin is aiming to match the time of 2016 Olympic gold medalist race walker Liu Hong, with the hope of competing in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Keep in Touch!
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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.
If you are planning your reunion, you can check with the EHS treasurer to see if your class may have funds that remain in your club account. You can contact the EHS Treasurer at 847-888-5100 X5103 for more information.
Notable Alumni
*EHS Alumni Wall of FameBelow is a list of recent noteworth EHS gradutes, followed by our historical list dating back to 1876. They include a Nobel Prize winner, a Pulitzer Prize winner, several captains of industry, great educators, high achievers in the realm of the arts...
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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
Get in Touch
Get in Touch
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Class of 1959
Primary contacts: Jean and Dave Muntz - muntzd@aol.comClass of 1960
For further information you can contact Chandler Swan at swany31390@gmail.comClass of 1962
Our class web site is www.elgin62.com. Our Facebook group page is “Elgin HS 62″.Class of 1963
elginhs63@gmail.com and/or Elginclassof1963@groups.facebook.com
Class of 1964
Facebook: Elgin High School Class of 1964
Classmates: Elgin High School Class of 1964
Class of 1965
https://sites.google.com/site/ehsclass65/home
Class of 1966http://www.elgin-1966.comClass of 1967
Details atelginhigh1967.com/eventsClass of 1969
Class of 1978For more information, please e-mail at ehsclassof1978@sbcglobal.net
Class of 1970
EHS Class of 197050th reunion will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin, IL on August 8, 2020For more information please contact:Gary & Cindy Bingaman Gray
Class of 1971
We will be posting updates on our class website www.elgin71.com, and also at facebook on EHS Class of 1971 Reunion page https://www.facebook.com/EHS-Class-of-1971-Reunion-112636862119921/Class of 1976
Visit our Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/716611591792646/Class of 1977
www.ehsclassof1977.weebly.com or look for us on Facebook @ Elgin High School Class of 1977.
Class of 1981
Please visit our website at http://www.elginhigh81.org or you can visit our internet site https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=info@elginhigh81.com
Class of 1986
Keep in touch by joining our facebook group (Elgin High School Class of ’86) at http://on.fb.me/86maroonsregistering on the website “classmates” page or sending an email to 86maroons@gmail.com.
Class of 1988
Send updates to Michelle Kollins (michellekollins@foxvalley.net). Visit the class website for updates, pictures, etc. at www.ehsclassof1988.com
Class of 1989Check out our Facebook Page!https://www.facebook.com/groups/53178076067Class of 1999
Check out our Facebook Page!
Class of 2000
elginhighclassof2000reunion@gmail.com.
Class of 2001EHS Class of 2001
2649 N.Troy St. Apt. 1
Chicago,Il 60647Class of 2002
Class of 2003Please send current contact information to ElginHighClassof2003@yahoo.com and join our page on facebook for more information.