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Anne Marie Campbell
Payload integration engineer and scientist, Aerodyne Industries at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Marion L. Steele High School (2010)
Amherst Exempted Village
Selection year: 2018
Joshua E. Perry
NFL free agent and founder/CEO of the Joshua Perry Family Foundation
Olentangy High School (2012)
Olentangy Local (Delaware)
Selection year: 2018
Alfred George Scheid
Scheid Vineyards chairman and founder
Bridgeport High School (1950)
Bridgeport Ex Village
Selection year: 2018
Peeyush Shrivastava
Genetesis CEO and co-founder
William Mason High School (2013)
Mason City
Selection year: 2018
Linda Gail Pinkava Silakoski
Attorney and counselor at law, Law Office of Linda Silakoski
Mayfield High School (1970)
Mayfield City
Selection year: 2018
Alton Fitzgerald White
Author, Motivational Speaker, Actor at Fitzgerald Productions, Inc.
School for Creative & Performing Arts (1982)
Cincinnati Public
Selection year: 2018
Kathy Prosser Bovard
Owner, KPBovardArt; Former Chief of Staff for John Glenn
Timken Vocational High School (1968)
Canton City
Selection year: 2017
Kayla Gray
Research Specialist Eversight Eye Disease Donor Registry and Biorepository
Hamilton High School (2010)
Hamilton City
Selection year: 2017
Neal Everett Hamilton
Artist and CEO of Paint Out Loud LLC
Orange High School (1975)
Orange City
Selection year: 2017
Patrick William Klein
Ohio State University womens basketball associate head coach, iBELIEVE Foundation executive director and founder
Belpre High School (2002)
Belpre City
Selection year: 2017
Christine Corbett Moran
National Science Foundation astronomy and astrophysics postdoctoral fellow, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Grandview Heights High (2002)
Grandview Heights City
Selection year: 2017
O’dell Moreno Owens
Interact for Health president and CEO
Woodward High School (1966)
Cincinnati Public
Selection year: 2017
Michael W. Walls
IM4U board chair and Modern Teacher board chair emeritus
Continental High School (1960)
Continental Local (Putnam)
Selection year: 2017
Mitchell L. Drumm
Professor and genetics researcher
New Philadelphia High School (1978)
New Philadelphia City
Selection year: 2016
Melanie Nicole Guzzo
Owner/Creative Director Virtue Salon LLC
Galion High School (2003)
Galion City
Selection year: 2016
Sydney Morton
Broadway, film and TV actress
Sycamore High School (2004 )
Sycamore Community
Selection year: 2016
Russell Dean Pees
Baltimore Ravens defensive coordinator
Hardin Northern High School (1967)
Hardin Northern Local (Hardin)
Selection year: 2016
Paul A. Pride
Ohio State Highway Patrol superintendent
Philo High School (1979)
Franklin Local (Muskingum)
Selection year: 2016
Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid
Epic Records chairman and CEO
Hughes High School (1974)
Cincinnati Public
Selection year: 2016
Jenene Renaye Washington-Stepter
Chief Medical Officer, Baltimore Medical System, Baltimore, Md.
Xenia High School (1991)
Xenia Community
Selection year: 2016
Timothy Wayne Belcher
Special Assistant to Baseball Operations, Cleveland Indians; Former major league baseball pitcher
Highland High School (1980)
Highland Local (Morrow)
Selection year: 2015
Kathy Fitchey Calvin
President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation
Oakwood High School (1967)
Oakwood City
Selection year: 2015
Louis F. ‘Chip’ Davis Jr.
Creator of Mannheim Steamroller, CEO of American Gramaphone
Sylvania Northview High School (1965)
Sylvania City
Selection year: 2015
Eric D. Evans
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory Director
Stow-Munroe Falls High School (1979)
Stow-Munroe Falls City
Selection year: 2015
Eli Maiman
Songwriter, guitarist and singer
Madeira High School (2004)
Madeira City
Selection year: 2015
Melissa Nau
Family Practice Physician at Superior Med, LLC
Shenandoah High School (1986)
Noble Local (Noble)
Selection year: 2015
Helen verDuin Palit
Founder, America Harvest in New York and Maple Leaf Harvest in Toronto
Chagrin Falls High School (1966)
Chagrin Falls Ex Village
Selection year: 2015
Daniel H. Pink
Author and television host
Bexley High School (1982)
Bexley City
Selection year: 2015
Frederick Arthur “Rick” Scarry
Actor, writer, producer and broadcast personality
Willis High School (1960)
Delaware City
Selection year: 2015
Joe William Trotter Jr.
Giant Eagle professor of history and social justice
Newcomerstown High School (1963)
Newcomerstown Exempted Village
Selection year: 2015
John A. Carey Jr.
Ohio Board of Regents chancellor
Wellston High School (1977)
Wellston City
Selection year: 2014
Wil Haygood
Author, Washington Post journalist
Franklin Heights High School (1972)
South-Western City
Selection year: 2014
Martha Rockwood King
Co-chairman, co-owner King Schools Inc.
Fairborn High School (1963)
Fairborn City
Selection year: 2014
Nick Lachey
Host of VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live
School for Creative & Performing Arts (1992)
Cincinnati Public
Selection year: 2014
Jeffrey A. Berk
Special education supervisor, Huber Heights City Schools
Wayne High School (2000)
Huber Heights City
Selection year: 2013
Donn F. Eisele
NASA Astronaut (Deceased) and Colonel, USAF
West High School (1948)
Columbus City
Selection year: 2013
Jeremy T. Freer
Founder, CEO and President of Angel MedFlight Worldwide Air Ambulance and Movers & Shuckers
Fredericktown High School (2000)
Fredericktown Local (Knox)
Selection year: 2013
Julie D. McIntosh
College of Education Dean, The University of Findlay
Findlay High School (1986)
Findlay City
Selection year: 2013
Edwin C. Moses
Olympic Champion
Fairview High School. (1973)
Dayton City
Selection year: 2013
Michael E. Williams
Hematologic Malignancies Section Chief, Hematology/Oncology Division and Cancer Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine
East Clinton High School (1969)
East Clinton Local (Clinton)
Selection year: 2013
Carol Cunningham
State medical director, Ohio Dept. of Public Safety’s Emergency Medical Services Division
Maple Heights High School (1978)
Maple Heights City
Selection year: 1969
Amber Noggle
5, 6, 10pm News Anchor WKOW, ABC Affiliate in Madison, WI
Oak Harbor High School (2000)
Benton Carroll Salem Local (Ottawa)
Selection year: 1969
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