50th Reunion Class of 1962

Images from the 1962 Gale.

More than 60 members of the Class of 1962 returned for Homecoming 2012

50th Reunion Class Gift: Class of 1962 Lincoln Douglas Seminar Room in Alumni Hall
Monetary Goal	Raised to Date
$200,000*	$166,375

Total goal is $300,000. A generous classmate is offering our class up to $100,000 in matching funds for gifts given toward the class project, leaving a total of $200,000 for the class to raise. Each gift of $1,000 or more given toward the project will be matched at 50% for classmates who have given to Knox sometime in the past five years or at 62% for those classmates who have gone more than five years without a gift to Knox. Updated 4/23/2013*

to celebrate their 50th Reunion with classmates and friends. Besides the 50th Reunion dinner, numerous and diverse activities were available for all alumni. One highlight of the weekend was Homecoming Convocation when the Class of 1962 fairly danced in as a group to the Knox Choir singing "Twist and Shout." In addition, the Reunion co-chairs presented a check to President Amott for $2,733,681 for the overall class gift, thanks to the Vernon Stisser estate gift for Knox's Prairie Fire Football program and other purposes.

The 50th Reunion Class project, the Class of 1962 Lincoln-Douglas Room in Alumni Hall, still needs $41,625 to meet the goal of $200,000, but there's still time to donate or to add to your previous contribution. Read more about The Class of 1962 Lincoln-Douglas Room.

Give Now for the 1962 Class Gift

Reconnect with Classmates

See Who's Supporting of the 50th Reunion Class Gift

See Who Attended the Reunion

Take a Look Back at 1962

See Who's on the Reunion Committee

View the Homecoming Schedule

See Who Came to the Reunion

Click here for the full list of who's attended Homecoming 2012.

Reconnect with 1962 Classmates and Friends

You can find contact information for members of the Class of 1962 in the Knox Online Community. You will need to be a member of the community to view the information. When you look up information in the Knox Online Community, you will be prompted to log in. If you are not a member of the online community, go to "Click here for First Time Login." If you forgot your login information, click "Forgot your username?" Follow the prompts. You can search for individuals by name or view the entire class by choosing the class year. Check back often, since this information is frequently updated.

We Support the Class of 1962 50th Reunion Class Gift!
*Indicates a gift to the Class of 1962 Lincoln-Douglas Room in Alumni Hall

Lee K. Benham*
Barbara Nelson Benson*
Harold D. Bibb*
Lawsanna Henderson Binks*
Kathryn Calvert Bloomberg*
John E. Bolz
Gary Briney*
Clare Bradshaw Burr*
Bruce A. Butterfield*
Joan Dude Callecod
Patricia L. Gronemeyer Carrell*
Thomas Chockley*
Gary L. Clinebell
Julian D. Cosentino
Charlotte I. Craig
Irene Skylas Demos*
Judith Martz Donovan
Peter Dorris*
Dennis East II*
R. Calvin Ebersole*
Geraldine Smith Elfline
Robert J. Elfline
Elizabeth Wallace Empen*
Joseph A. Empen*
Jon A. Erickson
David A. Fabianic
Constance Hoffstadt Ferguson*
Allen M. Fluent
Jerome K. Fulton*
Richard Fulton*
Karen Gould*
Monica Graham

Donald A. Granzine*
Sally Weaver Gunderson
Colin Harding*
Patricia Burke Herminghouse*
Cheryl Brown Hintzsche*
John L. Hintzsche*
Wayne Hohman*
Nancy L. Hope
William A. Horschke
Lynda Faut Hungerford*
Norman Ilchene*
Wallace A. Jensen*
Fred Kaiser
Janis Pachyn Kirts*
Thomas E. Kirts*
Karen Kuhfuss Koch*
Johann Corry Kucik*
Robert Kucik*
Anne Meredith La Grua
Cynthia Morse Latta*
William B. Latta
Donald R. Lehmann*
Paul L. Mellican
Philip M. Merikle
Robert L. Michielutte
Lisbeth Reed Mitchell*
Arthur A. Moore
Ann Lee Morgan*
Patricia Dorroh Morrison*
Jon C. Palmer*
John W. Palmroth*
William J. Pannier III*

Jerrold M. Peterson*
Mary Jo Howe Potter*
Pamela Gunther Robinson
Elinore Boehm Rupp
Douglas R. Rushing*
Hiroki Sakamoto*
William W. Schlosser
Barbara Cady Schmid*
Robert K. Schmid*
Karen Backlund Schneider
Sandra Sherrick Schuldt*
Harriet Remaley Sear*
Janet Meyer Soskin*
Joanna Lyon Spence*
Vernon L. E. Stisser, Jr.
Nicky Parsons Stratton*
David A. Summers
Betty Rucker Sutton
Sandra Tietze Talmadge
Ingrid Malm Temple*
Diane Cogswell Thompson*
Judith Gleason Valentine
George "Tex" Vance*
Zabelle Norsigian Vartanian*
Mary Alice Soeldner Vondrak*
Henry B. Weis III*
Richard C. Wertz
Glenn H. Weyhrich

In 1962 . . .

The first Wal-Mart and the first K-Mart stores opened
New York Yankees won the World Series
The country says good-bye to Marilyn Monroe
The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Beatles release first recording
A gallon of gas is 31 cents and a doctor visit is $5
Top movies are Lawrence of Arabia and The Longest Day
Top TV programs are Beverly Hillbillies, I've got a Secret, and Route 66
Top songs are "Blowin' in the Wind," "Big Girls Don't Cry," "The Loco Motion"

Reunion Committee

Reunion Co-chairs
Constance Hoffstadt Ferguson
Bob and Barbara Cady Schmid

50th Reunion Committee
Harold D. Bibb
Kate Calvert Bloomberg
Patricia L. Gronemeyer Carrell
Dennis East II
Betsey Wallace Empen
Joseph A. Empen
Patricia Burke Herminghouse
Lynda Faut Hungerford
Wallace A. Jensen
Karen Kuhfuss Koch
Cynthia Morse Latta
Donald R. Lehmann
Lisbeth Reed Mitchell
Patricia Dorroh Morrison
Mary Jo Howe Potter
Janet Meyer Soskin
Nicholous Parsons Stratton
Betty Rucker Sutton
Ingrid Malm Temple
Diane Cogswell Thompson
Henry "Jack" Weis