A select group of America's teachers were honored by their former students, in the fourth edition of Who's Who Among America' Teachers.
All of the 120,000 teachers honored were selected by former students who themselves are listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students or The National Dean's List, publications that recognize 5 percent of our nation's high school and college students.
Advance: Barbara Payne Crader, Advance Elementary; Patricia Allwood Hindman, Advance Junior-Senior High; Liana Keller Jenkins, Advance Elementary; Ida Jean Tilley Scott, Advance Elementary; Lois Faye (Revelle) Vavak, Advance Junior-Senior High.
Benton: Marlene Anne Bouchard Creech, Kelly Schools; Donna Glueck Kielhofner, Kelly Schools; Margaret Rose (Daniel) King, St. Denis Catholic School.
Cape Girardeau: Trent Ball, SEMO; Nancy Westrich Blattner, SEMO; Leon C. Book, SEMO; Richard J. Bryant, SEMO; James A. Buckenmeyer, SEMO; Karen Ann Chapman, Alma Schrader Elementary; Sharon Carr Coleman, SEMO; Dixie Lee Wilkes Cook, Central Junior High; Mark DeWayne Cook, Franklin Elementary; Sterling Page Cossaboom, SEMO; Winona Lee (Trout) Crampton, Franklin Elementary; Linda P. (Hedgecorth) Dirden, Central High School; Roy Stanley Farris, SEMO; Gretchen Haas Fee, Central Junior High; Linda Kenna Ferrell, SEMO; Christina Lee Frazier, SEMO; Michael Gerber, SEMO; Jin Kang Gong, SEMO; Mark Hahn, Central Junior High; Cynthia Wren Hahs, Central High School, Robert Wayne Hamblin, SEMO; Glenda Joan (Kirchdoerfer) Hampton, St. Mary School; Thomas Bernard Harte, SEMO; Helen Duerr Hays, SEMO; Pamela Hindman Hearn, SEMO; Caroly Lea (Jarett) Hecht, SEMO; Harvey E. Hecht, SEMO; Jacqueline Rodell Hooper, SEMO; Bill Hopkins, SEMO; Gary Gene Johnson, SEMO; Patricia Robins Johnson, Central High School; Linda Rogers Kennedy, Notre Dame High School; Ernest L. Kern, SEMO; Mark Langenfeld, SEMO; Drew T. Laudie, SEMO; Tracy Knight Lohmeier, Central High School; Thomas E. Macke, retired elementary teacher; Brenda Schlimpert McCowan, Central Junior High; Scott Alan Moon, SEMO; Cassandra Jones Nall, Franklin Elementary; Gail Ann Urhahn Overbey, SEMO; Howard P. Parette Jr., SEMO; Lee A. Pasborg, Nell Holcomb School; Neal Frederic Peterman, SEMO; Andrew LeRoy Pratt, SEMO; Timothy Arnold Radamaker, SEMO; Mike Readnour, SEMO; G. Brett Reutzel, Cape Girardeau Schools; Mark James Ruark, Central High School; Mary Schrock Santana, St. Mary School; Steve B. Schaffner, Central High School; Dennis C. Seyer, SEMO; Shelby Ann Shell, Central Junior High; Mimi Mecham Smith, Central Junior High; Ruth Brantly Smith, Jefferson Elementary; William E. Snell Jr., SEMO; Susan O'Rilla Spellman, SEMO; Bonnie Marie Stepenoff, SEMO; Martha Elaine Stephens, Central High School; Joseph E. Thompson, Cape Girardeau Vo-Tech School; Sharon Sullivan Thompson, St. Vincent School; Carl T. Train, SEMO; Linda Henson Wiggs, SEMO; Kathryn Oldsen Wright, Central High School.
Charleston: Lisa S. Harris, Charleston High School; Pamela Elizabeth Hoppe, Charleston Junior High; Diane Bruenderman Sevic, Charleston High School; Rosemary Renaud Showmaker, Warren E. Hearnes Elementary; Portia Morgan Zellars, Charleston High School.
Delta: Loretta A. Blattell, Delta Schools; Joyce Faye Helderman, Delta Schools; Betty (McChristian) Keirce, Delta High School; Alice Cannon Niswonger, Delta Schools; Drenna Lee O'Reilly-Burton, Delta High School; John Conrad Weber, Delta High School.
East Prairie: Brenda Gaiser Bowlin, East Prairie Schools; Ann Bagby Howell, East Prairie Schools; Beverly Ann (Green) White, East Prairie High School.
Jackson: James Lynn Cotner, Jackson High School; Nancy Ellis, Jackson High School; Darlene Green Houchins, Jackson High School; Timothy Scott Mirley, St. Paul School; Patricia Winchester Smith, Jackson Schools.
Leopold: Teresa VanGennip Cooper, Leopold Junior-Senior High; Mary Zerrusen Jansen, Leopold Junior-Senior High; Jenny M. Nenninger, Leopold Junior-Senior High.
Marble Hill: Eddie Dwayne Dunivan, Woodland Schools; Mary Beth Masters Helderman, Woodland Schools; Linda Lee Jenkins, Woodland Schools; Debra Joyce Adkins Lowes, Woodland Schools; Kenneth Eugene Markin, Woodland Schools; Lois Shrum, Woodland Schools; Barbara Abernathy Wilkinson, Woodland Schools; Jennings Wilkinson, Woodland Schools; Kathie Heitz Woeltje, Woodland Schools.
Oak Ridge: Jacqueline S. Kurre, Oak Ridge Schools.
Oran: Mary Jane Blattel Kidd, Oran Schools; Vicki Sue Nenninger, Oran High School.
Patton: Richard E. Abernathy, Meadow Heights Elementary; Traci Lee Flotz, Meadow Heights Elementary; Lena Mae Hahn Fulton, Meadow Heights Elementary; Judith Ann Slinkard, Meadow Heights Elementary.
Perryville: Kim Therese Finger, St. Vincent High School; Cathy Ruth (Hadler) Gremaud, Perryville High School; Nancy (Hotop) Heberlie, St. Joseph School of Apple Creek; Tammie Kluender Lukefahr, Perryville High School; Ellen T. Meyer, Perry City Schools; Crystal Kay (Vogel) Norman, Perry City Schools; John Rhett Oldham, Perryville High School; Mick Paulus, St. Vincent High School; Thomas Lynn Prost, St. Vincent High School; Nancy Miesner Reisenbichler, Perryville High School; Carol Ann Rhodes, Perryville Elementary School; Mary Cleary Richardson, Perry City Schools; Tammy Kay Sadler, St. Vincent High School; Virginia Lee Schnurbusch, St. Vincent Elementary School; Beverly Leadbetter Schonoff, Perryville High School; Janet (Meier) Schuessler, Perryville High School; Eric Seibel, Perry City Schools; Pamela Jean (Hotop) Siegmund, St. Vincent High School; Jennifer Ernst Streiler, Perryville Elementary.
Scott City: Martha Anne Black, Scott City High School.
Sikeston: Gayle Godwin Baker, Sikeston Schools; Charles Robert Depro, Sikeston High School; Agatha Goehri French, Sikeston Schools; Marla Bryant Lambert, Scott Central Elementary; Melissa Harris Lape, Scott Central Elementary; Sharon H. Moran, Lee Hunter Elementary; Harold Oliver Norton, Sikeston High School; Carolyn Berry Pike, Sikeston Schools.
Zalma: Regina Corbin Rainey, Zalma Schools.
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