NOMINATE A CLASSMATE!!!
South Hills High School Hall of Fame Nomination Form
Objective: To identify and honor those who have distinguished themselves
through their lifetime achievements and who have contributed to the pride
and prestige of the former South Hills High School.
Criteria: Nominee must be a graduate of SHHS who made a significant
achievement at the collegiate and/or professional level. The nominee
should have excelled in one or more of the following:
Academics, Athletics, The Arts, Business, Health/Medical/Science,
Humanities, Military Service, Public Service
Nominations will be accepted through October 1 of every year. Awards will be presented the last Saturday of April of the
following year at the annual SHHSAA dinner/dance. Recipient must be able to personally accept the award on that date. Selfnominations will not be accepted. Nomination can be in the form of a letter or resume and cover several pages.
Mail to: SHHSAA, Attention Jan Parker, PO Box 326, Meadowlands PA 15347 jansparker@bellsouth.net
Nominee’s Name _______________________________________________________
Grad year_____
Nominee’s Address ___________________________________________________________________
Phone#_______________________________________
Email ____________________________________
Nominated by __________________________________________________________
Grad year ____
Phone #_______________________________________
Email _____________________________________
This nominee is worthy of this honor and recognition because …..
Celebrate with us at an Annual Dinner-Dance!
The annual Hall of Fame/Scholarship dinner dances are held the last Saturday in April at the Crowne Plaza hotel
near the South Hills Village. The following will be inducted into the SHHS Hall of Fame on Saturday, April 26. 2014.
Year 2014 Inductees
1950 – Medical – Dr. Robert Smith, D.D.S., Retired Partner Jeffries-Smith & Associates, President WPA
Dental Association 5 years, Board of Directors Vintage Senior Services, M.L. King Citizen Award
1952 – Business – Stephen H. Vonderach, Vice President of Finance & CFO Quality Semiconductor Inc,
IXMICRO Inc., positioned several companies for high growth and profit for Initial Public Offerings.
1958 – Athletics – Harold J. “Lefty” Martin, highest level of youth track and field coaches in the country,
serves on USATF International Competition Committee, served as referee for the ACC, Big 10, Atlantic
Sun, SEC, MEAC, SWAC, Conference USA, Big South, USA Jr. Olympics, USA Jr Women’s
Championships.
1962 – Military – Ronald W. Drach, Founding member and past President Wounded Warrior Project
Board of Directors, one of nation’s foremost authorities and from 1975 to 2010 involved in all major
legislation on employment issues affecting veterans and others whose lives have been affected by
disabilities.
1962 – Public Service – Thomas H. Lewis, national expert on community and urban revitalization and
education administration, both public and private, focused on comprehensive approaches to the physical,
social and economic problems of revitalizing and maintaining urban areas.
1969 – Humanities – Sandra Preuhs, Assistant District Attorney Allegheny County, practicing criminal
appellate law for the prosecution in the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme Courts. Over 111 of her
1,600 briefs have resulted in published opinions.
Previous Hall of Fame Recipients - Lifetime Achievements
Warren W. Ashburn, BA, BS – Academics – June 57
Louis D. Astorino, BA, FAIAA – Architectural Arts – Feb 64
Edward R. Biehl, PhD – Academics – June 50
Frank J. Biehl, BS – Medical – 1944
Julieanne Addis Biehl, BS, MA – Visual Arts – 1947
Honorable Judge Gerard M. Bigley, JD – Humanities – June 57
Thomas G. Bigley, BS – Business – June 1952
Raymond Brace, BS IE – Business – 1962
Frank M. Brown, BA – Public Service – 1958
James A. Cotten Documented Original Tuskegee Airmen Military - 1949
Robin Rawsthorne Goldsby, BA – Performing Arts – 1975
John T. Gormley, PhD, PE, F.ASCE – Business – June 57
Colonel Donald Graham, MS – Military – June 57
Elmer B. Gray – Athletics – 1941
SHHS Principal Francis L. Haggerty, BS – Academics – June 42
Harold Hayes, BS – Humanities – 1971
Robert M. Hernandez, MBA – Business – 1962
William H. Hernandez, MS – Business – 1966
Raymond L. Hooper, MS – Athletics – June 58
Philip Hrabar, CRNA – Public Service – June 57
Ralph A. Jelic, MS – Athletics – 1952
Daniel R. Kanell, MD – Medical Science – June 57
Ruth White Kiel, BS – Academics – 1947
Frank W. Kiel, MD, LL.B, MSBA – Academics – June 47
John C. LaRosa, MD – Medical Sciences – January 58
Eileen Bradford Livingston, Ph.D – Athletics – 1948
Rev. Carol Sayenga Lynn, BA, BD – Humanities – 1954
Lorenzo Malfatti, DMA – Performing Arts – Feb 42
Thomas A. Mansmann, BS – Business – June 52
John McPherson, BS – Military – 1947
Frank Mechura, MBA – Business – Feb 61
David H. Miller, BS – Business – 1938
Jerry L. Minsinger, EdD – Academics – 1971
Joe Negri, DMA – Performing Arts – 1943
Janet Necessary, J.D. – Humanities – 1971
H. Lee Noble, MBA – Business – January 57
Robert Rawsthorne – Performing Arts – 1952
Richard W. Shipley, BS ID – Visual Arts – June 52
Charles W. Schmidt, MFA – Visual Arts – January 1957
Elmer Steuernagel, PhD, DMus – Performing Arts – Feb 1951
Ann Graves Tanksley, BFA – Visual Arts – 1952
Susan Treon, BS – Culinary Arts – June 52
Thomas Tulenko, PhD, CLS, FNLA – Academics – 1961
Donald Wade – Performing Arts – 1952
Lt. Colonel Herman Wade – Athletics & Military – June 51
Ruby Plummer Wade, Ph.D – Academics – 1952
Jack Wagner, BS – Public Service – 1965
Art W. Walker, MS – Athletics – Feb 54
Lester A. Wallace, BS – Humanities – June 50
Karl Williams, MD, MPH – Medical Science – 1965
Fred Yee, MS – Athletics – 1952
Kitty Oliver McRoberts – SHHSAA Charter Member – 1935
Donald McCormick – SHHSAA President 22 years – 1958