Scroll of Honor

The Scroll of Honor award is presented to FYC members, including honorary members, to recognize  lifetime achievements in the service of their community, society, or humanity.

FYC members and friends may submit names and biographical information for consideration. Up to three awards will be presented annually. Nominate a member for the Knox-Lombard Scroll of Honor online, or send the name and a brief biographical sketch to Megan Clayton, associate director of FYC programs, 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. 

2012  Scroll of Honor Recipients

John D. Cooke '52
John says Knox is very much a family affair. John's father, his uncle Paul, and his great   uncle George were all students at Knox.

After discharge from the Army in 1948, John worked a year and the started at Knox in   1949. He married Pauline Hansen in 1950 and his first son, John IV, was born at Galesburg   Cottage Hospital. He has two other sons, Paul and James.

John worked in labor relations for Union Carbide in Paducah, Kentucky, for 10 years. He left   Carbide to work as a management consultant for A.T. Kearney in Chicago. In 1967, he   joined  McDonald's Corporation where he served as senior vice president and as part of the company's top management team.

In the beginning, John worked directly for Ray Kroc, founder and visionary for McDonald's Corporation. He established the labor relations effort for the company, which for 10 years dealt with union organizing efforts. In 1976, John became the ombudsman for the McDonald's System, a position he held until his retirement in 1991.

In 1970, he was the officer responsible for building McDonald's first corporate office in Oak Brook, Illinois. Beginning in 1978 and continuing until 1989, he was responsible for building the Company's current office campus.

After retirement, John and his wife, Marge, moved to Galena, Illinois, where they live today. John is active in the community-he is a member of the Galena Rotary Club, and served on the Boards of Midwest Medical Center and the National Rivers Hall of Fame in Dubuque, Iowa. He is still a member of the Galena Territory Association, a former board member of the Galena Foundation, and a member of the 24th Infantry Division Association.

He and Marge support Riverview Center for sexually abused girls and women and the Galena Historical Society. Currently, he is involved in a new venture to build and operate a local retirement community in Galena.

Sue Brown Cowing '60
Sue was born in Galesburg and has lived in Honolulu, Hawaii, since 1961. She earned an M.A. in European History from Emory University and did two years of post-graduate study in Asian history at the University of Hawaii, later serving as chair of the history department at La Pietra School in Honolulu. During the Vietnam War, she translated a major text on Southeast Asian history from French to English so that it could be used in the new courses on that subject springing up around the country.

Though Howard Wilson's Modern Fiction was her favorite course at Knox, she didn't imagine then that she would be writing seriously one day. After a near-brush with paralysis, she changed direction and focused on writing poetry and fiction. In 1989, she earned an M.F.A. in writing from Vermont College. She directed a monthly reading series featuring Hawaii writers and served as president of the Hawaii Literary Arts Council. In addition to poems and stories in journals and magazines, she published two award-winning poetry books: Fire in the Sea, an anthology of poetry and art that includes Hawaii and the Pacific, and a collection of original poems, My Dog Has Flies: Poetry for Hawaii's Kids. These two quite different books had a similar purpose-to overcome the perception of many mainlanders and Hawaii islanders that poetry is about somewhere else by people from somewhere else.

In 2011, she published her debut novel, You Will Call Me Drog, set in a town much like Galesburg. The book is included in the 2012 edition of Best Books to Read Aloud to Children and has been nominated for the 2013 Nene Children's Choice Award. Sue served for 10 years as regional advisor for The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and for 20 years on the steering committee of the Biennial Conference on Literature and Hawaii's Children. She is a recipient of the Cades Award for Literature. After reading and writing, Sue loves to do school visits, especially to public schools, and to lead occasional writing workshops for both adults and children, encouraging them to use their imaginations and explore language.

She agrees with Nebraska poet Ted Kooser's contention that there can't be too many poets: "After all, there's a significant service to humanity in spending time doing no harm. While you're writing your poem, there's one less scoundrel in the world. And I'd like a world, wouldn't you, in which people actually took time to think about what they were saying?"

K. Lane Miller '50
Lane currently resides in Swansea, Illinois. Following his time at Knox, he attended Western Illinois University and the University of Illinois.

Lane specialized in educational administration. He began his career teaching in Quincy,  Illinois. He then moved on to Belleville West High School where he served as principal for 15  years. Lane says that one of his favorite memories was preparing teachers for the new school  year. He later became superintendent of Belleville Township High School.

In addition to serving in these positions, he also evaluated Department of Defense Dependents Schools in Germany, in the Azores, and the State of Bahrain.

Lane has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and most of Europe and still remains active in his own community. He has been involved with the Belleville Area College Foundation Board and has served as president of the Belleville YMCA, Belleville Optimist Club, Abraham Lincoln Neighborhood Association, president of the St. Claire County Administrators, president of the Illinois Retired Teachers, vice president of the Belleville Chamber of Commerce, and treasurer of the Kinder Cottage Mission.

2011
Jane Denninger Erickson '50
Janet Drew Larsen '60
Marjorie Stuart Waters '52

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

* deceased