Alumnus of the Year

Selection of the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year

The Board of Directors of the Hastings High School Alumni Association now accepting nominations for the 2022 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year. Cutoff date is July 15, 2022 for individuals to be considered for the Hastings High School Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award to be presented at the annual banquet on August 27, 2022. Any classmate, friend, family member and or member of the community can make a nomination for this prestigious award.

* Nominations must be typed and must contain biographical information and reasons why the individual is being nominated. Reasons can include accomplishments, vocation, honors and awards received, community service, organization memberships, personal character, and other helpful information. The nominee can be residing anywhere, not necessarily Hastings, but must be an alumnus of Hastings High School.

* The Alumni Board would like to continue to consider previously submitted nominations, as well as new nominations. The Board encourages anyone who has submitted nominations in the past to resubmit them again with up-to-date information for the Board's consideration.

The Board will review all nominees and elect the recipient (s) by ballot. Nomination letters for the Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award should be sent to the President of the Alumni Association. Lois (Tobias) Bowers, 102 E. Clinton St, Hastings, MI 49058.

Year Elected

Name

Class Of

1955

MR. SHIRLEY W. SMITH

1890

1956

MAJOR GENERAL GLADION M. BARNES

1906

1957

JULIAN W. SMITH

1919

1958

DWIGHT A BESSMER

1926

1959

DR. SIDNEY SHIPMAN

1913

1960

DR. CHARLES FURNISS

1932

1961

LT. COL. V. HARRY ADROUNIE

1931

1962

GEORGE SUKNER MYERS

1930

1963

THOMAS and MAXINE WUNDERLICH OGDEN

1926

1964

DR. DONALD C. WEAVER

1936

1965

MILDRED CAULKINS SMITH

1922

1966

DR. GORDON FINNIE

1950

1967

WALTER CAULKIN;

1936

1968

LT. COL. HUBERT S BRONSON

1940

1969

GARDENER H. CHIDESTER

1916

1969

CURTIS BOTTUM

1916

1970

ROMAN FELDPAUSCH

1920

1971

RICHARD M. COOK

1920

1972

MORTIMER NICHOLS

1900

1973

DR. GORDON E. MCCALLUM

1923

1974

DR. CLAUDE E. KANTNER

1924

1975

DR. CLAYTON WILLETS

1925

1976

HOWARD FROST

1926

1977

LOIS F. ROUSH

1927

1978

BEULAH MIDFORD

1923

1979

LAWRENCE CURTIS

1923

1979

JACK KELLY, M.D.

1954

1980

BEN A. SMITH

1959

1981

ROBERT CASEY

1946

1982

ROY HEATH

1932

1983

MELVIN JACOBS

1932

1984

IAN IRONSIDE

1934

1985

RUSSELL LAUBAUGH

1935

1986

ANNA BECK CAIRNS

1936

1986

CARROLL NEWTON

1936

1987

JOHN VON RIES

1962

1988

FREDERIC HALBERT

1963

1989

DR. THOMAS WATERS

1944

1990

PALMER OSBORN

1940

1991

DR. JOHN L. LOCKWOOD

1942

1991

DAVID H. WILCOX

1966

1992

LT. COL. JAMS M. PAYNE

1970

1993

DR. MARY KETCHUM KELLY

1943

1994

DONALD C. REID

1941

1995

FRED J JACOBS

1968

1996

WILLIAM J. COTANT

1948

1997

DR. BEREE R. DARBY

1969

1998

RICHARD T. GROOS

1948

1999

RICHARD KNOPF

1949

1999

MARY ALICE REINHARDT TERMEER

1949

2000

ALAN H. RIDER

1948

2000

JEAN MOORE FREELAND

1949

2001

JERRY WENSLOFF

1945

2002

DR. DENNIS R. BROGAN

1973

2002

DAVID F. FURROW

1962

2003

DR. CHARLES M. ASPLUND

1951

2004

DONNA BACHELDER KINNEY

1945

2005

LARRY and EARLENE MCMULLIN BAUM

1955

2005

ROBERT KINNEY

1965

2006

DAVID BURY

1956

2007

ELIZABETH BUSCHLEN UNGER

1957

2008

RAYMOND KENYON

1943

2009

TERRY DENNISON

1958

2010

REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE ROCK (Posthumously)

1884

2010

KENNETH NEIL

1960

2011

RALPH A MOODY

1961

2012

GARY J PIERCE (Posthumously)

1964

2012

KATHLEEN GASKILL BAPPERT

1966

2013

THOMAS L HAVENS

1963

2014

STEVE REID

1969

2015

BILL BIVENS

1961

2016

GARY CUYLER

1966

2016

MIKE HALIFAX

1966

2017

LESLIE SOLMES GRUNAU

1963

2018

LISA MORGAN

1968

2019

ROBERT G. SMITH

1949

2019

DAVID L. FOOTE

1964

2020-2021

NONE DUE TO PANDEMIC

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2022

CARLA WILSON-NEIL

1972

2023

ART MEADE

2024

FRANK CAMPBELL

1957