Scroll of Honor

The 1965 Knox Fifty Year Club Bulletin published a short article about the possibility of a Fifty Year Club Hall of Distinction to recognize and honor members "whose lives and career accomplishments have not, as yet, been widely publicized through Knox or Lombard sources." Several names were proposed for this award, including "Siwash Halls of Ivy!"

A name was decided upon and the Scroll of Honor Award was created. That same year, the initial eight recipients received a Scroll. The Scroll of Honor award is presented to members, including honorary members, to recognize that member's lifetime achievements in the service of their community, society or humanity.

Knox-Lombard Fifty Year Club members and friends may submit names and biographical information for consideration. Up to three awards will be presented annually. To nominate a member for the Knox-Lombard Scroll of Honor, send the name and a brief biographical sketch to Megan Clayton, Coordinator of Activities, Knox College Campus Box K-210, Galesburg, Illinois 61401. Members of the Knox College Board of Trustees, Knox Honorary Degree recipients and those who have received the Knox College Alumni Achievement award are not eligible for the award.

2009 Scroll of Honor Recipients

Ann Jung Finney '58, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, retired as vice president of marketing at Harris Trust and Savings Bank in June 2002. Milestones in her 44-year career in finance and health care include developing prize-winning direct mail and advertising; providing communications support for the establishment of a multibank holding company and, later, for an IPO taking the same multibank holding company public; supporting multiple acquisitions and de novo bank starts; writing the first study of computerized medicine in 1964; building support for Illinois' first paramedic program; chairing disaster communications for a 13 hospital north suburban consortium; and election by the media as a media representative on a joint hospital public relations practitioners and reporters task force. Her volunteer work has included selection as Project Hope's first onboard public relations person; writing position papers and direct mail campaigns for four different gubernatorial and senatorial campaigns for Democratic and Republican candidates; serving in the non-political press office of the Chicago '96 Democratic Convention; spending time weekly with 3-4-year-old abandoned children; and putting together packets of clothing and personal items for Katrina victims. She has also served Knox as a Class Agent and as a 50th Reunion campaign volunteer. Currently, she holds CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) certification, providing rescue support in times of disaster. Her scroll of honor is awarded for her dedication to finance, healthcare, and helping those less fortunate.

John "Jack" Munson '55 is a TKE alumnus and has served Knox as a class agent and career services volunteer. Jack retired from the Unisys Corporation space systems division as vice president and general manager, where he managed all the computer systems in flight operations for the space shuttle for 10 years. Prior to his position at Unisys, he served as president of International Software Systems and corporate vice president of technical operations at System Development Corporation, an information processing systems company in Washington, D.C. He served on the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board for six years and was inducted into the National Management Association Hall of Fame in 1994. He has more than 30 years experience applying computer technology to military space systems, satellites, space surveillance, and defense systems, as well as NASA manned space systems. Jack is a national authority on acquisition management of embedded computer systems. For his work in this field, he has received medals from the United States Air Force, United States Navy, and NATO. He is married to Anne Cooper Munson '57, and they make their home in Westlake Village, California.

Robert L. Willett Jr. first came to Knox in 1944 as a member of the Army Air Corps 3659th Service Unit. After his military service, he came back to Knox to complete his degree in 1950. After serving another year in the military in Korea, he began a banking career in both the public and private sector. During his career, he earned an M.B.A. from Western Michigan University. In the private sector, he spent 30 years in banks in Michigan and Florida, serving as president and member of the board of directors in banks in those two states. Later, he and his family moved to Saipan where he started the Marine Merchant Bank and Trust Company and served as its first president. Throughout his career, Bob has been active in his communities, accepting positions such as chamber of commerce president, United Fund chairman, Presbyterian church elder, and YMCA board member. In 1989, he joined Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to work for the Resolution Trust Corporation as managing agent in several troubled savings and loan institutions, assisting in the liquidation of their various types of assets. Retiring from FDIC in 1993, he began a series of volunteer bank consulting assignments in third world countries. These took him to such exotic places as Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Chisinau, Moldova; Warsaw and Szczecin, Poland; Kampala, Uganda; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Shanghai; Amman, Jordan; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, as well as several cities in both European and Far East, Russia. One of his recent projects was in Erbil and Bagdad, Iraq, advising newly created private banks on systems and products. In addition to his bank experiences he has written numerous articles on a variety of subjects; travel, banking, WWI, WWII, aviation, and the Civil War. He is also the author of four books, the most recent was an Airline at War; Pan Am's China National Aviation Corporation and its Men published in 2008. Bob and his wife, Donna, live in Merritt Island, Florida, and from there travel extensively. To date they have visited more than 100 countries and plan more upcoming trips.

Past Recipients

2008
Joan Felter Hotchkiss '50
Len A. Kuchan '53
Jack Reiners '56

2007
Cannon, Robert , Honorary Member
Lemke, Barbara '44
Liberta, Tony '55

2006
Bacher, Grace Bacon '50
Cianchetti , Ralph'50
Miller, Robert J. '52

2005
Brown, Anne Claypool '52
Hegel, Robert '52
Mull, L. Davant '51

2004
Pyke, Harold F. '53
Simmons, Patricia Kimble '51
Turney , Betty Jane Tate* '44

2003
Dubois, Mildred Derry '41
Osterloh, Marian Wetmore '33
Sherrick, D. William '52

2002
Burgess, Jay '51
Favreau, Donald* '49
Gibbs, Charles '50

2001
Bowman, James R. '48
DuMars, H. Geraldine '40
Rinella, Sam '49

2000
Burnside, Bradley A. * '45
Immenhausen, Marye McElvaine '45
Rieckhoff, Gustav J., Jr. '48

1999
Anderson, Claude* '47
Johnson, Arthur* '47
King, Joy Kerler '47
Sundberg, Robert J.L. * '40
Thomson, Mary Woolsey '44

1998
Byram, Anne Brown* '38
Coppedge, Ruth M. '39
Miller, Robert* '34
O'Haggarty, Frieda Ellerbrake* '33
Dorothy Peterson Ray '39
Selk, Rex* '40
Urquhart, Betty '40

1997
Bonham, Eugene* '37
Bowman, George E. * '34
Crandell, Dwight R. '44
McClellan, Margaret Zelle* '40
Peters, Helen Scharfenberg '36
Richardson, Dorothea* '29
Tattini, Leno '40

1996
Duncan, Beatrice Farwell '42
Harris, Elizabeth Johnson* '37
Layton, Robert F.* '37
Meadows, Gail* '34
Smyth, Grace* '34
Terrill, Isabelle* '33
Young, Barbara '42

1995
Armstrong, Edwin R. '42
Benson, Jean Porter *'43
Miller, Marian Miner '42
Rasmussen, Henry Jr. * '41
Robinson, David T.* '38
Shullaw, J. Harold* '38
Walker, F. Marian* '38

1994
Adams, Michael Newman* '33
Hamm, David L.* '40
Hamm, Margaret Howe* '42
Matkov, George John* '38
Roberts, Daniel J.* '42
Styrt, Mary Onken '43

1993
Bromberger, Frederick '40
Fach, Neva Marsden* '29
Gamble, Charles S.* '41
Paddock, Robert Y. * '39
Rea, Mary Dilworth* '36
Swise, Russell* '42
Tomas, Vincent A.* '36

1992
Dakin, Alice Richardson* '38
Harris, Russell G.* '35
Hendrickson, George W. * L'26
Johnson, Kenneth T. '41
Miner-Kessel Ruth '41
Pickrel, Paul '38
Young, Arthur W. * '39

1991
Baudino, John* '39
Berg, Irwin* '36
Blake, William '36
Clay, Evelyn * L'32
Crosby, Margaret Peterson* '37
Snyder, William* '27
Welch, Sarabeth Richardson* '40

1990
Crandell, Bernard* '36
Day, William* '34
Eberhard, Jane Gray* '34
Ford, Harold* '39
Lass, Dorothy Alsen* '39
McMillan, Helen Larson* L'28

1989
Dalton, Roberta Christy* '34
Goff, Richard* '37
Hanawalt, Ella* '13
Lampe, John A. * '33
Matkov, Ignatius "Iggy"* '29
Robison, Charles B.* '34
Rowe, Frances Hazen* '34

1988
Agnew, Richard* '29
Baker, Marion Yeoman* '37
Lane, Russell '33
McLaughlin, Robert* '36
Rylander, Roy* L'25
Stephano, Grace Wargo* '33
Welch, James Knox* '37

1987
Gamble, Robert* '35
Hall, Viola Meeker* L'28
Landis, Irene Bowman '36
Richardson, William K. * '34
Senn, Eleanor M.* '30
Van Norman, Marion Charles* '27

1986
Andrews, Harper* '29
Crabbe, Edith Prescott '32
Erlandson, Rose* '27
Gunther, J. Kenneth* '32
Hamilton, Maurien Smith* '29
Lindrothe, Helen * '32
Merritt, Nancy McLellan* '32

1985
Cox, Alice Simmons* L'25
Drake, Dorothy M.* '25
Drew, James W. * '34
Drew, Sarah Shurtleff* '34
Hall, Elizabeth Blodgett* '32
Hinchliff, Virginia '32
Hoover, Richard A.* '30
Williams, Doris Miles* '33

1984
Bednar, Dorothy Chamberlin* '32
Delaney, Geraldine Owen* '28
Gittings, Althea McConnell* L'24
Grout, John L.* '29
Mosher, Noel B.* L'27
Rosenberg, Lawrence E.* '30

1983
Darling, Ann Shaw* '23
Field, Violet* L'28
Nelson, Hilmer C.* L'25
Saar, Alice C.* '29
Silberer, Howard* '31
Van Norman, Clarendon* '26
Whiteside, Frank A. * L'27

1982
Alexander, William H. * '26
Church, Jane Root* '30
Costello, Evelyn Adams* L'24
Gray, Joseph '26
Hoagland, Mary Louise* '29
Latimer, Jonathan W.* '29
Venell, Marion* L'28
Wilson, Erma Rose* '24

1981
Baily, John R. * L'29
Bednar, Charles J.* '29
Brennan, Lawrence* L'29
Drew, George E.* '29
May, Helen Christy '25
Terry, Willis E.* 1904
Watson, William A.* L'25

1980
Anderson, Raymond L.* '29
Arnold, Raymond L.* '29
Erlandson, Ruth M.* '28
Finley, Elden D.* '23
Fox, Alma Lescher* '19
Livingston, Von E.* '25
Nesti, Richard* L '28
Thompson, Margaret E.* 1917
Verner, Helen Dopp* '27

1979
Browning, Helen Weinberg* 1914
Goff, Lauren W.* L'25
Hughes, Henry L.* L'21
Jones, Dorrit Dodds* '22
Robson, William H.* '22
Ryin, Sylvia C.* '25

1978
Conklin, James Eugene* '27
Dean, Willard B.* 1919
Ellaworth, Georgia Wesner*
Fritze, William R.* L'27
Gehring, Hortense* L'27
Hammond, Calvin* '28
Hansman, George* L'28
Hoopes, Mildred Fairbairn* '25
Hult, Milton C.* 1919
Walton, Isyl Spiker* Friend of the College

1977
Ewing, H. Dewey* '25
Larson, Ildra Jessup* '21
Latimer, Jonathan L.* 1918
Lescher, Cecil C.* 1916
Mariner, Irene Bridge* 1912
Shaw, Mary Esther* '23
Smith, Alice Wolfram* '25
Spoerl, Dorothy* L'27
Whitman, Harold C.* L'25
Youngren, Gail* L'27

1976
Anderson, John R.* L'22
Bartlett, Faith Hague* 1917
Coolidge, John Herbert* '24
Drew, Philip* '25
Everist, Cyrena Margaret* '21
Imig, G. Dewey* '21
Lawrence, Arthur (posthumous)* 1898
Lawrence, Linneus A.* '22
Smith, Horace Russell* '24
Young, Thayne Harwood* 1916

1975
Brockmueller, Reuben W.* L'25
Clark, Thomas* 1917
Dunn, Mary E.* 1915
Edmunds, Palmer D.* 1912
Gale, George Washington IV* '24
Hall, Czarina M.* L1913
Lamb, Roy L.* L'25
MacRae, Cuyler S.* '24
Swanson, D. Leland* 1910

1974
Albro, Ralph F.* '23
Craft, Marcus * 1918
Enz, Lois Hurlbut* '20
Lawyer, Charles Kenneth* '25
Neice, Brett* L'23 Nelson,
Thomas E.* L'20
Robson, Harriet Eleanor* 1914
Urban, Waldo Oswald* '22

1973
Bower, Crosiar G.* '20
Churchill, Marjorie* '22
Hoover, Murlin G.* '20
James, Leonard R.* 1917
Mather, Harold V.* 1910
Miller, Ruth Chamerlin* L1912
Morse, Archie S.* 1916
Peterson, Harold F.* '22
Wensburg, Katherine* '21

1972
Eastes, Helen M.* 1917
Houck, Margaret Elliott* 1919
Kistler, Lewis W.* 1916
McKelvey, Louis W.* '20
Salzburg, Harold K.* '24
Stofft, Edmond B.* '20
Turner, Margaret Fuller* 1918
White, Guy L.* 1918
Wood, Ernest J.* 1913

1971
Boyd, Lawrence E.* 1919
Carpenter, Kenneth L.* L'21
Hiler, Eila Vanelle* 1919
Hinman, Kendall G.* 1919
Hubbard, Helen B.* 1916
Kidney, Mary Louise* 1917
Kirchhoff, Agnes Olson* 1914
Midkiff, John H.* 1917

1970
Baker, John M.* 1919
Brown, Ray M. * 1914
Craig, Noel* 1912
McClure, Robert H.* 1915
Parks, Simon Guy* 1918
Probst, Catharine Crissey* L1918
Spellbring, Paul G.* 1918
Wells, George H.* 1913
Wilcox, Nettie Krantz* 1916

1969
Anderson, Margaret Louise* 1917
Barrer, Mary Fern* 1918
Billett, Lewis Raymond* 1917
Blayney, James Ray* 1912
Calkins, Helen* 1916
Carroll, Carrie Belle* 1895
Frazier, Faye Phillips* 1915
Gay, Hobart Raymond* 1917
Grogan, Edward Benedict* 1913
Heuber, Inez Goodsill* 1910
Husted, Ward W.* L1917
Jacobson, Margaret Evelyn* 1912
Kimble, Ralph A.* 1918
Kimble, Ruth Hazen* 1918
Lampe, Henry W.* 1901
Rosson, Hugh E.* 1916
Whitsitt, Craig G.* 1910

1968
Bardens, William M.* 1917
Beard, Frederick* 1912
Belcher, Ray Swan * L1907
Bridge, Earl R.* 1910
Buck, Mina Van Cleave* 1901
Cole, Agnes Hartley* 1913
Cooley, Verna L.* 1913
Creighton, Mary Allensworth* 1916
Hands, Harold* 1914
Harrington, Louise T.* 1917
Walton, Albert Malcolm* 1915
Whitener, Katherine* 1910
Yates, Helen Trask* 1914

1967
Allen, Nettie C.* 1900
Ambrecht, Martha Illick* 1900
Crawford, William Kinney* 1914
Crum, Ferris B.* 1916
Glidden, Fannie Harff* 1902
Hardy, Edith F.* 1913
Hinchliff, Grace F.* 1910
Loesch, Constance H.* 1913
Lucas, Ralph D.* 1914
Moore, Margaret Edgerton* 1895
Porter, Ethel Chamberlain* 1906
Rich, Willis H.* L1905
Ruth, Ralph F.* 1913
Smith, Harry Lee* 1910
Warren, Worcester* 1912
Webster, Inez* L 1905
Weigel, John C. * L1908
Wickham, Malachi* 1909

1966
Brown, Violet Briggs* 1912
Clark, Mary Willard* 1904
Ewart, Clifford Bateman* 1909
Good, Martha Alice* 1912
Grummon, Arthur Ray* 1911
Hayes, George Ferris* 1910
Hayes, Harry* 1912
Hinchliff, Nell Townsend* L1904
Hurlbut, Mary Willard* 1915
Ingersoll, Florence Shepard* 1915
Jacobson, Robert E.* 1914
Johnson, Leslie J.* 1903
Lass, Edith* 1905
Lawton, Howard M.* 1911
Leinbaugh, Howard M.* 1913
Little, Emma Holmer* 1908
Mariner, Charles Ward* 1908
Nelson, Sig B.* 1910
Pierce, Florence* 1915
Pillsbury, Harry & Helen* 1909
Prince, Henry F.* 1911
Riggs, Lillian Erickson* 1915
Robinson, Arthur E.* 1915
Ryan, Helen Margaret* 1912
Smith, Paul Jordan* L1908
Stephens, Nannine Preston* 1899
Terry, Grace Loomis* 1895
Thiessen, John Caldwell* 1929
Whitsett, George F.* 1913
Willard, Florence E.* 1902
Worth, Bessie Coat* 1912
Zetterberg, Arvid P. * 1905

1965
Coad, Oral Sumner* 1909
Graham, Hammil Ripley* 1907
Harrison, Max H.* 1913
Jordan, John C.* 1908
Manning, Stanley* L1905
Smith, Alice Logden* 1908
Swanson, Marie* 1914
Tobey, Harold Eugene* 1906

* deceased