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High School: Elgin in Elgin, Illinois
Even when he was a student at Elgin High School in the 1960s, Tom Shales wasn't likely to be found at any homecoming celebrations ... But former classmates don't need to see Shales at homecoming to play that "whatever happened to so-and-so" game. Shales has been in the national spotlight as the television critic for the Washington Post since 1977, winning a Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 1988.
Larry Nemmers: A former Elgin High principal and longtime high school and college official, Nemmers took his officiating skills to the NFL, where he is now one of the game's senior head officials.
Mrs. Leopold Adler, the former Rose Sheuerman, was one of the first group of officers of the Elgin Woman's Club and was active in the establishment of Sherman Hospital. Of their seven children, Max was graduated from Elgin High School in 1883. An accomplished violinist, he later played in concert halls here and abroad. Max Adler married Sophie Rosenwald, entered the employ of Sears, Roebuck & Company, retired as vice president and general manager, and donated the Adler Planetarium to the city of Chicago.
(Jane) Peterson was the daughter of a watch factory worker. Not long after graduating from Elgin High School in 1894, she borrowed money to go to New York to study art.
Automobile garages and service stations were springing up all over the city during the '20s. One of the gas pumpers at the Texaco outlet was James M. Roche, a graduate of the Elgin High School Class of 1923, who was continuing his education by correspondence. In 1965 he became president of General Motors.
(p. 9) Such contributions fulfilled Judaism's traditional command of "tzedakah" - not simply a command of charity, but of doing justice by giving. Max Adler, Elgin native, Elgin High graduate and Sears Roebuck executive gave Chicago its Adler Planetarium.
Many consider Earl Tanner Britton, who earned 12 letters in major sports at Elgin High School from 1919-22, to have been the most versatile athlete in Elgin's history.[permanent dead link]
Jack Burmaster ... played varsity basketball at Elgin High School 1942–43 and 1943–44.[permanent dead link]
In his three years as a lineman on Elgin High School grid teams (1918–20), Gus Farwick helped those teams compile an impressive 15–6–2 record that included holding opponents to an average of less than 7 points a game.[permanent dead link]
John F. "Jack" Meagher captained the Elgin High School football team in 1913 and he was the mainstay on the 1914 team that compiled a 5–1 record.[permanent dead link]
Doug was a member of the Elgin High School basketball team that captured consecutive state titles in 1924 and 1925.[permanent dead link]
Louis (Lou) A. North played baseball for Elgin High School in 1909-10.[permanent dead link]
While a student at Elgin High School in 1963, Oldfield won the Illinois State Championship in the shot put with a throw of 57 feet, 7—1/4 inches in the rain.[permanent dead link]
DFlynn was the leading scorer on the Elgin High School conference champion basketball teams in 1957-58 and 1958-59.[permanent dead link]
Rick Sund was an Upstate Eight All—Conference and Rockford Morning Star first team All-State selection as an end on Elgin High School's 1968 varsity football team, which he also captained.[permanent dead link]
Don Sunderlage was one of the greatest basketball players to ever graduate from Elgin High School. Don was the leading scorer on Elgin High School's conference championship team in 1946-1947.[permanent dead link]
Wilkins was the leading scorer on the outstanding Elgin High School basketball team that made the Elite Eight in 1973.[permanent dead link]
Larry has been a National Football League official the past 10 years including referee and crew chief since 1991 ... As the principal of Elgin High School from 1982 to 1994, and an assistant principal at Elgin and Larkin high schools prior to that, he was recognized as a strong supporter of athletics.[permanent dead link]
Born in Elgin, Illinois, on December 16, 1906, Roche attended elementary school there and graduated from Elgin High School in 1923.
Rauschenberger, who turns 49 on Aug. 29, grew up in Elgin, Ill., and is the fifth of six children in his family. He graduated from the public high school in 1974 and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in accounting from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
Flory was born in Sterling, Illinois. He graduated from Elgin High School in Elgin, Illinois, in 1927.
(p. 9) Such contributions fulfilled Judaism's traditional command of "tzedakah" - not simply a command of charity, but of doing justice by giving. Max Adler, Elgin native, Elgin High graduate and Sears Roebuck executive gave Chicago its Adler Planetarium.
Flory was born in Sterling, Illinois. He graduated from Elgin High School in Elgin, Illinois, in 1927.
Born in Elgin, Illinois, on December 16, 1906, Roche attended elementary school there and graduated from Elgin High School in 1923.
