2006 Alumni Hall of Fame Inductees
Jon Bales
Lorinda Campo
Victor Rich
Ralph Smith
Unable to attend the ceremony: Randy Dunn and Rose Sugden
Jon Robert Bales
Current Position: Superintendent, DeForest School District
Other Positions Held: Principal, Administrator
Degrees: B.A., Education and Psychology, 1970
M.S., School and Clinical Psychology, 1974
M.S., Educational Administration, 1985
Ed.S., Educational Administration, 1991
Ph.D., Leadership and Policy, Illinois State University, 1997
Memberships and Honors: President of the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators, Wisconsin’s Workforce Development Board, Fulbright Exchange Scholar in 2001, DeForest Area Citizen of the Year in 2004
Lorinda A. Campo
Current Position: Behavior Specialist, Hinsdale South High School
Other Positions Held: Teacher of Deaf, Sign Language Instructor, and Interpreter for the Deaf
Degrees: B.S.Ed., Deaf Education, Illinois State University, 1979
M.Ed., Social/Emotional Disorders, 1992
Memberships and Honors: Darien Parent Support Panel; Master Teacher, Kent State; Illinois Teachers of the Hearing Impaired State Conference (Self-esteem Presentation)
Randy J. Dunn
Current Position: State Superintendent of Education for the Illinois State Board of Education
Other Positions Held: Professor and Chair, Educational Administration and Higher Education, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; teacher, principal, superintendent
Degrees: B.S.Ed., Elementary Education/Reading, Illinois State University, 1980
M.S.E., Educational Administration, Illinois State University, 1983
Ed.D., Educational Administration, 1991
Memberships and Honors: Numerous Grants; Papers and Presentations at Professional Meetings; Articles in Professional Journals; Committee Work; Membership and Offices in Professional Associations; Consultantships
Victor J. Rich
Current Position: Professor Emeritus, Western Illinois University
Other Positions Held: Teacher, Augustana College in Rock Island; Teacher of Junior High Science and Math, Principal, and Coach; Nurse at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital
Degrees: Corpsman School, U.S. Navy Hospital, 1945
B.S., Biology Education, Illinois State University, 1950
M.S., Biology Education, Illinois State University, 1955
Ed.D., Science Education and Supervision, 1967
Memberships and Honors: WWII Veteran, Teaching Volunteer at Silliman University in the Philippines (eight summers); Attended a one-year National Science Foundation Institute; the First President of Illinois Association of Teacher Educators; Science Contest Judge; Hospital Volunteer
Ralph L. Smith, Jr.
Current Position: Retired (since 2000) Director of the Chaplaincy Services, Irving Healthcare System
Other Positions Held: Commissioned Officer, Korean War Veteran, Colonel/Chaplain U.S. Army; Methodist Pastor and Youth Minister
Degrees: B.S.Ed., Physical Education-Social Studies, Illinois State University, 1950
M.S.Ed., Education, 1955
B.D., Theology, 1964
Memberships and Honors: Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army commendation Medal, Youth Leadership Forums at American High Schools in Korea and Japan, Award of Merit–Boy Scouts of America, High-Spirited Citizen Award, Association of Professional Chaplains
Rose Sugden
Current Position: Retired Director of Personnel and Curriculum at Bellwood School District #88
Other Positions Held: Acting Superintendent, Curriculum Coordinator, Principal, Teacher of Junior High; Teacher of Grades 4-8 (in a two-room school)
Degrees: Diploma, Illinois State Normal University, 1935
B.A., Illinois State Normal University, 1939
M.A., Northwestern, 1947
Memberships and Honors: National Award for Junior High Schools: Best Economics Curriculum, by the Twentieth Century Foundation; Candle of Knowledge Award from the Cook County Office of Education; Rose Conn Sugden Scholarship Fund established for graduating eighth graders from Roosevelt School in Bellwood School District #88; Hospital Volunteer Senior Achievement Award in 1995; Outstanding Service Award of the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest in 1996