Criteria For Selection:
Alumni are selected based on their contribution to their profession and/or their community. They need not be residents of the local area, and they must have graduated at least 20 years ago.
Community Members are selected because of their outstanding contributions to the Arlington Public Schools and the Arlington community. They do not need to be Arlington High School Alumni.
Recipients to Date: Year
Dr. Wesley Meierhenry ’32 Education 1989
Dr. Freeman Decker ’26 Education 1989
Dr. David Bloch Professional 1990
Dr. Jack Cady ’36 Professional 1990
Dr. Dean Bloch ’47 Professional 1990
Dr. Lauren Spangler ’39 Professional 1990
Mr. Gene Kruger ’42 Education 1991
Mrs. Ed (Ruth Renard) Marshall ’13 Community Service 1992
Mr. Joseph (Donald) Kelly ’39 Professional 1992
Mr. Rupert Dunklau ’45 Professional 1993
Dr. Luvern Cunningham ’42 Education 1993
Mrs. Robert (Marian Menking)Wilkins Education & Volunteer 1993
Mr. Raymond “Skinny” Pfeiffer ’38 Community Service 1994
Mr. LeRoy Brown ’37 Community Service 1994
Mrs. Dorothy (Glover) McClellan ’25 Education 1995
Mr. Floyd Stork ’40 Education 1995
AHS Graduates who gave their
lives in service to our country. . . . 1996
Julius Hass, Jr. AHS Class of1942
Calvin Menking AHS Class of1943
Larry Gaines AHS Class of1954
Wesley Sperling AHS Class of1965
Lt. Col. Edgar Boschult AHS Class of1916
Jim Rice AHS Class of1937
Mr. William Monke ’47 Agri-Business 1997
Mr. Robert Monke ’49 Agri-Business 1997
Keith Hindmarsh Family Educational Support through Scholarships 1998
J.C. Rhea Family Educational Support through Scholarships 1998
Mary Jane Thulin Education 1999
Kathy Cahill Education 1999
Mr. Wilbur Clements Education 2000
Mr. Monnie Peterson ’63 Professional 2000
Mr. Martin Dunklau ’30 Education 2001
Mr. Gary Schlapfer ’64 Education 2002
Dr. Tom Anderson ’71 Professional 2003
Mr. Gene Gnuse ’54 Professional 2003
Mr. Robert Gnuse ’60 Professional 2003
Mr. William Rhea ’60 Agri-Business 2003
Mr. Ronald Suess ’64 Professional 2004
Mr. Jay Plugge ’64 Professional 2004
Mr. Charlie Meyer ’77 Professional 2005
Ms. Venna (Scheer) Bishop ’56 Professional 2006
Ms. Anita Stork (Ulmer) ’74 Professional 2006
Mr. Ray Burgess ’71 Professional 2007
Mrs. Rosalyn (Dunklau) Vogt ’57 Education 2008
Mr. Lynn Rogers ’76 Professional 2009
Mr. Gary Toebben ’66 Professional 2009
Mr. Del Toebben ’48 Professional 2010
Brenda (Bauermeister) Groelz ’72 Professional 2010
Randy Fagerquist ’71 Professional 2011
Tom Gunderson ’87 Professional [Animal Trainer] 2012
Kent Stork ’87 Professional 2013
Lila (Greunke) Scheer ’57 Professional 2013
Douglas Chappelear ’74 Professional 2014