Notable Alumni
*1876 - Frederick Upham Adams, Inventor (designer of an experimental streamlined train), novelist, reformer - 12/10/1859 - 8/28/1921
*1896 - Junious B. Wood, Newspaper foreign correspondent, Chicago Daily News (Univ. of Michigan 1900)
- 5/27/1877 - 1957
*1898 - Adolph M. Rovelstad, Ph.D. 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
1906 - Calvin W. Brown, Motion Picture Executive - 12/29/1888 - 7/8/1952
1908 - Carleton W. Washburne, Ph.D. Educator & Educator Reformer - 12/2/1889 - 11/17/1968
1909 - Walter Clifford Sadler, Railroad Engineer, Professor & 2-term Mayor 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, Ph.D. 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 at 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, Ph.D. English professor, University of North Carolina - 5/7/1898 - 3/21/1987
1920 - Raymond E. Glos, College Dean, Miami University of Ohio - 2/5/1903 - 8/26/1988
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
1922 - Earl T. Britton, National Football League fullback and punter - 7/15/1903 - 10/24/1973
1924 - Joseph P. Canty, Rear Admiral in the Navy - WWII - 1906 -
1925 - Emmet O’Beirne, Rear Admiral in the Navy, Naval aviator - WWII - 3/21/1908 - 7/17/1990
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
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 Perdue Britton, Ph.D., 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, President & CEO of Republic Steel - 6/2/1916 - 4/2/1999
1935 - Robert C. Geldmacher, Ph.D. CEO of Sundale Software Corporation, researcher in
magneto-elastodynamics - 4/22/1917 - 12/25/1997
1935 - William E. Rauschenberger, Mayor of Elgin from 1971 to 1975 - 1917 -
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, Dr. 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, Ph.D. 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 -June 18, 2014
1945 - Earl L. Muetterties, Ph.D. Research Chemist for DuPont - 6/23/1927 - 1/12/1984
1946 - Charlene Ann Barnett, played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
- 3/13/1928 - 1/25/1979
1946 - James W. Gallagher, Ph.D., Professor, Western Oregon University - 2/24/1928 - 1/7/2014
1946 - Ben E. Jones III, Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
1946 - Thomas W. McBride, Lawyer, part of the Watergate Prosecution team - 1928 - 11/31/2003
1946 - Joseph F. Neil, New York Stock Exchange executive - 1928 -
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 - Earl R. Gomersall, Marketing Company Executive - 12/4/1930 -
1948 - David W. Plath, Ph. D., Anthropologist - 12/8/1930 -
1949 - Richard C. Alberding, Philanthropist & Member of 11 boards in 3 different organizations across 7
different industries - 1931 -
1949 - Otto F. Bauer, Ph.D., University Administrator - 12/1/1931 - 10/5/2013
1949 - Donald R. Kelley, Ph.D., Historian - 2/17/1931 -
1949 - William H. Matchett, University Dean and Biochemist - 1/4/1932 -
1950 - Virginia “Ginny” F. Landwehr, Dean at Northwestern University 1932 - 4/27/2015
1951 - Mary E. “Betty” Stephens (Betty Brown), Civic Leader. Newspaper Columnist Nurse
1952 - Terry Krumm, Ph.D. - University Professor and career in Art, Education, Architecture, Film making,
Design. 5/8/1934 - 8/20/2017
1952 - David Andrew 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
1956 - David C. Montgomery, Ph.D., - Administration, University of Maryland University College
- 1938 -
1958 - Michael L. Rehberg, Forensic Toxicologist and founder of the State Crime Lab for the State of Iowa.
8/28/1939 - 9/2/2017
1959 - Flynn J. Robinson, Member of Elgin Sports Hall of Fame, NBA Player, Listed in Who’s Who in
Basketball, 1973 - 4/28/1941 - 5/23/2013
1960 - Pamela E. Kirkland, First Woman Judge in Kane County, Illinois - 3/11/42 -
1960 - Norman L. Mayell, Recording Artist & Drummer- 5/18/1942 - 8/13/2022
1960 - Margo Lee Spinker, Miss Photoflash, 1963 and Professional Model - 9/16/42 -
1961 - David W. Brandes, MS, MD, FAAN, Author - 1943 -
1961 - Phil M. Odle, Record holder at BYU & National Football League Player - 11/23/42 - 7/27/2006
1962 - H. Dean Willis, Watercolorist for Hallmark and award winning artist - 1944 -
1963 - Allan M. Anderson, Associate Judge for Kane County, Illinois - 1945 -
1963 - Jon D. Carlson, Ed.D., Psychologist, Scholar & Author - 11/2/45 - 2/8/2017
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 - David M. Kettner, Restaurant Entrepreneur, Perry’s of Honolulu - 1947 -
1966 - James M. Kirkland, Illinois State Representative (1983-1992) - 1948 -
1970 - Laurence D. Kaptain, International Performer and Recording Artist, Dean of College of Arts & Media, University of Colorado, Denver - 1952 -
1971 - Kristine A. Iverson, Assistant Secretary of Labor, George W. Bush’s Cabinet - 1953 -
1971 - Steven J. Rakow, Science Professor, President of the National Science Teachers Association
(1998-1999) - 1953 - 6/10/2001
1972 - Scott Zaeske, Fortune 500 Entrepreneur - 1954 -
1973 - Jeff Wilkins, NBA player (did not actually graduate) - 3/9/1955
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) -
1976 - Sondro Miller, Award-winning Photographer - 1958 -
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 -