NOV. 7 2013

2013 York DistinguisheD

Alumni ProgrAm Dukes of Distinction

York communit Y high school Dukes of Distinction

Welcome to the fruition of a dream - the dream to honor deserving York Community High School alumni who have brought pride and prestige to their alma mater, their families, Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205 and the community at large.

In the fall of 2012, District 205 launched the York Distinguished Alumni Program (YDAP) in collaboration with York Community High School and the District 205 Foundation for Educational Excellence. This program is designed to recognize and honor those alumni who have distinguished themselves through significant and extraordinary accomplishments, service and outstanding contributions to society. These honorees exemplify the honored York traditions of teamwork and selflessness.

We are pleased to introduce and recognize our inaugural class of “Dukes of Distinction.” We are grateful for their overwhelming response and appreciate their efforts to join us here tonight from various locations across the country. Please read about them in the following pages of this booklet.

We know you will be inspired by their stories, by their passion and by their love of York High School and our community. Their enthusiasm will certainly be felt by and serve as a positive influence on the many York students who will, undoubtedly, be touched by their legacy. Such role models raise the self-expectation of the current generation through the realization that these Dukes of Distinction once walked the halls of York and the streets of this community.

Plan to join us again next year for the second annual YDAP awards, set for Thursday, November 6, 2014. Nominations are now open for the 2014 Dukes of Distinction. Please consider submitting a nomination for a deserving alum. Visit www.elmhurst205.org/14DOD or contact the Office of Alumni Relations and Communications at 630-941-4719 for further information.

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6 PM Reception • 7 PM RecognitionYork Community High School Commons

Welcome

Diana Smith York Community High School Principal

Master of Ceremonies

Dave Pruneau Elmhurst District 205 Superintendent of Schools

Jim Collins Board of Education President

Introduction of 2013 Dukes of Distinction

Presentation of awards by Jim Collins (Class of 1976) andBoard Vice President Shannon Hennessy Ebner (Class of 1990)

John Hagstrom, Class of 1983 Dr. Claudia Lucchinetti, Class of 1982

Ken Paulson, Class of 1972 Ron Guenther, Class of 1963

Dr. John Baumrucker, Class of 1962 Dr. Peter Holbrook, Class of 1962

Dr. Sidney Carne Wolff, Class of 1958 Dr. Charles “Chuck” Tilly (1929-2008), Class of 1946

Represented by his daughter, Laura Tilly, Esq.

Closing

Diana Smith

Special thanks to the York Symphony Orchestra StringsConducted by Ray Ostwald

Concerto in D Major, by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749) John Hagstrom, soloist

Fantasia on “Greensleeves” by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

CLASS OF 1962

Dr. John BAumrucker

A 1966 graduate of Northwestern University, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in 1970, where he was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha (top 5%) after sophomore year. He interned at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati in 1970-71, marrying his wife, Joanna, in 1970. The couple moved to Highlands, NC, where he entered family practice and was subsequently joined by other physicians over the next 25 years.

A founding member of the Jaycees, he served as second president of the club. In 1980, he joined the Rotary Club of Highlands and was elected president in 1987. This association led to several Rotary-sponsored mission

trips to Central America. Dr. Baumrucker began the Highlands Bolivian Mission in Montero in 1998 where it continues to this day (http://highlandsbolivianmission.com).

Now retired, for 15 years he and Joanna worked in the prisons, built schools, clinics and homes in Bolivia, and provided over $1 million in medical equipment and supplies, including 830 wheelchairs. They personally donated $20,000 to purchase land for a foster home for boys that currently cares for 21 orphaned or abandoned youngsters, age 8-18. The boys learn parenting, farming and carpentry skills and are taught to play sports. He partnered with Living Water for the World in six water projects and also participated in a program that gave American medical students experience working in a third world country.

Dr. Baumrucker received the Robert B. Dupree Award from Highlands’ Chamber of Commerce, was named Rotarian of the Year several times, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Rotary and bestowed with the most prestigious award Rotary International can give, the Service Above Self Award.

Nominated by Chloe Berg, Class of 1962

CLASS OF 1963

ron guenther

Ron Guenther attended the University of Illinois on a football scholarship. He was voted MVP of the 1966 Illini Football squad, was a second-team All-Big Ten selection as offensive guard, as well as earning first-team Academic All-Big Ten honors and recognition as the University’s outstanding senior in education. He received undergraduate and master’s degrees from U of I, after which he worked as a teacher and coach at Glenbard East and Evanston High Schools.

Thereafter, he coached football at the University of Illinois, North Central College (Naperville) and Boston College. At North Central, he began his career as a college administrator, finishing there as Vice President for Resource Development. In 1990, he became Director of Major Gifts for the U of I Foundation and, in 1992, Director of Athletics.

During his 19-year tenure as A.D., Mr. Guenther helped increase endowments from $2 to $40 million; raised more than $300 million for capital improvements; and oversaw numerous major facilities projects, including a $121 million stadium renovation – the biggest construction project in the history of the institution. Under his watch, Fighting Illini teams captured 34 Big Ten Championships, made a men’s basketball Final Four appearance, made six football bowl appearances and enjoyed a “squeaky clean” reputation.

Known as a consensus builder, Coach Guenther set very high standards that helped establish a culture of integrity and academic excellence that produced outstanding student athletes. On the national level, he served on the BCS Football Committee and the NCAA Championships Cabinet. Inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame in 2005, he currently serves as a special consultant to the Commissioner of the big Ten Conference.

Nominated by Wayne Mahood, Class of 1952

CLASS OF 1983

John hAgstrom

John Hagstrom has been a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s trumpet section since 1996, when he won the audition for fourth trumpet. A year later he won the second trumpet position, carrying on the tradition of brass section teamwork for which the CSO is famous. Previously, he was principal trumpet of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra in Kansas, and served as Assistant Professor of trumpet at Wichita State University.

Mr. Hagstrom grew up in Elmhurst. He attended Jackson Elementary School, Bryan Junior High School, and graduated from York Community High School.

Five subsequent years of study at the Eastman School of Music were followed by six years in “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in Washington, D.C., where he spent three of those years as principal trumpet. His many solo appearances with the band included four national concert tours and the Camp David wedding of (Sr.) President Bush’s daughter, Dorothy.

Passionate in his support of music education, Mr. Hagstrom helped initiate Dream Out Loud, a music education advocacy partnership begun in 2007 between the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association and the Yamaha Corporation of America. Dream Out Loud offers a variety of resources created for elementary through high school students, their teachers, and parents, designed to support every student’s interest in playing an instrument, and providing encouragement through times of challenge (www.cso.org/dreamoutloud). He has also worked extensively with Yamaha to create several professional trumpet designs in their Chicago Artist Model Series that include top selling Bb and C trumpets. Since its introduction in 2004, the Chicago Artist Model C Trumpet has been the instrument played most often by players winning orchestral positions in major U.S. orchestras.

Nominated by Cynthia Krainc and Michael Pavlik

CLASS OF 1962

Dr. Peter holBrook

A pediatric critical care physician who, while in residency at Johns Hopkins, developed procedures to treat critically ill older children. These proved so successful that there are now 1,800 Critical Care pediatricians (known as Intensivists). This has become the fourth largest pediatric sub-category. Dr. Holbrook was the first director of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where he also established the Division of Critical Care Medicine. After 37 years with Children’s National, he recently retired from his position as Chief Medical Officer.

Educated at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine, Dr. Holbrook states, “I can say without hesitation that I was well prepared for this career by my time at York.” After two years in the Air Force, Dr. Holbrook joined the faculty of George Washington University School of Medicine and rose to the rank of Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Medicine and Pediatrics.

He co-developed the nation’s first pediatric Emergency Medicine Training program, training more than 40 Fellows in Pediatric Critical Care, many of whom have done on to become leaders in the field. He is the editor and co-author of four editions of the Textbook of Critical Care Medicine. He has served as a visiting professor in both the U.S. and abroad.

In recognizing his contributions to the field, friends and colleagues endowed an annual lectureship in his honor, The Peter R. Holbrook Endowed Lectureship in Critical Care Medicine, which highlights leaders who are focused on the best clinical practices and groundbreaking research. In addition, he was honored with a Friend of Children award by the Children’s National Medical Center.

Nominated by Chloe Berg, Class of 1962

CLASS OF 1982

Dr. cl AuDiA lucchinet ti

Dr. Lucchinetti is a full-time clinician, researcher and Professor of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota). She and husband, Mathieu Wiepert, have two children, Daniela (14) and Liana (11).

Dr. Lucchinetti is an international leader in central nervous system demyelinating disease research. She is also known internationally as a referral source for adult and pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and similar disorders.

After graduating from Northwestern University, Dr. Lucchinetti studied medicine at Rush University in Chicago, did an internship at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

and residency in neurology at the Mayo Clinic. After completing a fellowship in multiple sclerosis (MS) and neuroimmunology, also at Mayo, she received the Woltman Award for clinical excellence in Neurology. She also completed a fellowship in neuroimmunology followed by a Mayo Foundation fellowship in neuropathology in Vienna. She joined Mayo as a Consultant in Neurology in 1996 and currently serves as chair of the Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Autoimmune Neurology and Associate Dean of Research.

Dr. Lucchinetti has published 135 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet, and established an internationally recognized research program. She has received prestigious awards for research including the Frontiers in Neuroscience award from the American Academy of Neurology. She has published numerous book chapters and served as guest editor of several books and symposia. She is a sought-after speaker, both nationally and internationally. She is currently Chair of the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) Clinical

Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumors Study Section, the first woman and medical doctor to chair this study section at the NIH.

Nominated by Val Stewart

CLASS OF 1972

ken PAulson

Mr. Paulson is an editor, lawyer and educator who spent much of his career as a newspaper editor and advocate for First Amendment freedoms. He is the president of the First Amendment Center and dean and professor at the College of Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University.

One of the founding editors of USA Today in 1982, he returned to serve as editor-in-chief of the newspaper 22 years later. A journalist whose career began as the editor of the York Hi student newspaper at York Community High School, Mr. Paulson is a past president of the American Society of News Editors, the nation’s largest organization of news media leaders. He was also the editor of daily newspapers in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Westchester County, New York and Melbourne, Florida.

Mr. Paulson was the host of Speaking Freely, an Emmy-honored TV series appearing on public television stations nationwide. He is also the author of Freedom Sings, a touring multimedia musical that tells the story of free speech in America. He was a pioneer in online journalism, launching online newspapers in both Florida and New York in 1993.

In 2007, he was named a Fellow of the Society of Professional Journalists, “the highest honor SPJ bestows upon a journalist for extraordinary contributions to the profession.” In 2012, he received the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism. He has also been elected to the Illini Publishing Hall of Fame at the University of Illinois.

A graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law and the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Mr. Paulson is a member of the Illinois and Florida Bars.

Nominated by Val Stewart

CLASS OF 1946

Dr. chArles h. “chuck” tillY (1929-2008) Dr. Tilly was a sociologist who made major contributions to our understanding of how governments and ordinary people make social change. The grandson of immigrants and son of former Elmhurst Aldermen Otto Charles and Naneth Tilly, Dr. Tilly was born in Lombard, IL, and grew up with three brothers and a sister in the Chicago area. After graduating from York, he earned a Bachelor’s and Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard and served a stint in the Navy.

He taught longest at the University of Michigan, but also at Harvard and Princeton, finishing his career

at Columbia. Author of 51 books and numerous articles, Dr. Tilly is particularly well known for research on social movements and revolutions, the formation of modern governments in Europe several hundred years ago, and such broad topics as democracy, inequality and contentious politics. He married Louise Tilly, who later became a historian, and they co-authored a number of books, including The Rebellious Century, which also included brother, Richard, an economic historian, as a co-author. Charles and Louise, among others, invented the field of popular history, which put the focus on ordinary people, their lives, and their actions.

Toward the end of his life, Tilly turned his attention to new topics, writing Why? and Credit and Blame about how people explain actions to themselves and others. He was noted by his hundreds of former graduate students as an exceptional mentor. Family and friends also remember him as a great story-teller, a fanatical volleyball player into middle age, an avid world traveler, and a poet. He and Louise raised four children: Chris, Kit, Laura, and Sarah.

Nominated by Wayne Mahood, Class of 1952

CLASS OF 1958

Dr. siDneY cArne Wolff

Dr. Wolff attended Carleton College in Minnesota. She received her Ph.D. in astronomy in 1966 from the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Wolff was on the faculty of the University of Hawaii from 1967-1984, after which she became the Director of Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona—thereby becoming the first woman to head a major astronomical observatory in the United States. She also served as President of the two leading astronomical societies in the U.S

Dr. Wolff has published 92 scientific papers on stellar evolution in refereed journals. She is the co-author of several introductory college astronomy textbooks. In addition, Asteroid 68448, which was discovered in 2001, is named Sidneywolff.

Most significant, Dr. Wolff led the development of six major telescope construction projects. The most recent is the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), which will survey the entire sky every few nights for 10 years. This telescope will search for potentially hazardous asteroids that might impact the Earth, as well as enabling research into topics ranging from the formation of the solar system to the evolution of galaxies and the properties of dark matter and dark energy.

In the foothills of the Andes in Chile, there is a good view of the mountain ridge where the LSST will be located beside two other telescopes, whose initial construction phase was led by Dr. Wolff. This view point has been named Vista Sidney Wolff to recognize Dr. Wolff’s contributions to the construction of these three telescopes.

Nominated by Bruce Ristow, Class of 1958

hAil to York high!Hail to York High!

Dear beloved name

We will ever sing in joyful praise.

Striving in all we do to bring thee more fame.

Voicing our love for thee in loyal acclaim, yea!

Dear old York High, we will fight for thee

Strong in battle, true in love

Both our heart and our hand

We do pledge as we stand.

Dear Old York High. Hail to thee!

Written by York’s first band director, Mr. George Strickling, 1928

York Distinguished Alumni Program Advisory Committee

Lisa FanelliDesi GawneDebbie HollsteinHolly KostRebecca Marianetti

Sharon O’Brien Bob Patterson Pat Semple Diana Smith Melea Smith

Val StewartKaren StezowskiRob WagnerJay WebbIrene Yacko

Event Committee

Cricket DuncanDesi Gawne

Jim Glassman Krista Ladd

Kathy Schroeder Pat Semple

Nomination Judging Committee

Fr. John BaluffTerry ClarkeSusan DeRonneDr. John DeVries

John Magnetta* Carolyn Ubriaco Keith Olson

Stacey Bender RagoLes Zunkel*

* Also Advisory Committee Member