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.

2011  Scroll of Honor Recipients

As a proponent of peace and economic justice, Jane Denninger Erickson '50 has been an activist involved in the peace movement, lobbying in Washington D.C., the nuclear freeze movement, and protests against the Gulf War. In 2005, she traveled to Cuba for the Witness for Peace program, an organization which is committed to peace, justice and sustainable economies. She is also active in her church; has been a volunteer for Meals on Wheels and her local soup kitchen; and has held offices with the League of Women Voters and Nuclear Weapons Freeze Association. Jane, who was an educational studies major at Knox, returned to the classroom at the age of 63 to study and graduate with a certificate in massage therapy. She has traveled far and wide, including a trip to the source of the Amazon River and the peaks of Machu Picchu, as well as Jamaica, Israel, Jordan, England, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. Her hobbies include birding, hiking, and studying Spanish.

After a career in the field of education, Janet Drew Larsen '60 joined the Peace Corps. She currently works in Burkina Faso, West Africa, in a program focused on educating and empowering young women in this predominately Muslim country. While there, she is living with no electricity or running water in a remote village, learning two new languages, and traveling about by bicycle. One project she is working on is the use of "soap opera" type broadcasts to educate listeners about a different way of living. Prior to her retirement, Janet was a professor of psychology at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio, for 26 years, serving as department chair for the last four years. During that time she received recognition by the university for her teaching excellence and her campus leadership. In 2009, the Ohio Psychological Association bestowed upon her the Award for Academic Innovation in recognition of her "commitment to the value of psychological science and undergraduate students' active participation in it." Janet not only organized the first Ohio Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference in 1987 but also continued to contribute to the work of the Consortium for Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference. After earning her M.A. and Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University, Janet was a school psychologist for the Lorain (Ohio) City Schools for 11 years. One of Janet's hobbies is folk music. For 15 years, she played the hammered dulcimer in a band whose monthly performances for contra dances featured English, Irish, Scottish, and American waltzes, jigs, and reels. She also served as a contra dance caller for many years. Janet's extensive travel throughout the world, made her realize that she wanted to experience living in a different culture. She is now living her dream.

Marjorie Stuart Waters '52 spent her career teaching elementary school children in Galesburg and New Jersey. Now retired, she is a model volunteer. Marjorie is very committed to improving the lives of others by serving as a Board member for the Visiting Nurses Association and the Coalition for Human Care. She served the latter as an organizer for their clothing and resale shop. She also volunteers for Habitat for Humanity, Family Promise, and Friend to Friend. As a proponent of literacy both for adults and children, she serves as a volunteer on the Literacy Council. She has been active in PTA groups and was an active participant in raising money for school campaigns. Marjorie has served as a Brownie and Girl Scout leader, was elected as one of the first two women elders of the First Presbyterian Church, and served as Bible school coordinator, Circle leader, Sunday school teacher, YMCA Board member, and Women's Service Club. Marjorie is a recipient of the Presbyterian Women's Lifetime Award. She is an active member of Pi Beta Phi Alumnae, and she is a 52 year member of PEO. She is responsible for forming a new chapter of PEO in her current city of Pinehurst, North Carolina.

2010
Dorothy Thomas Wharton '55
Jerry Peck '57
 Anne Cooper Munson '57

2009
Finney, Ann Jung '58
Munson, John "Jack" '55
Willett, Robert L. Jr. '50

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

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

* deceasedmay