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Congratulations to the 2026 Distinguished Award Winners!<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Alison (DeWitt) Huber \u201990 (Distinguished Alumni), Mary Ann McPherson (Distinguished Staff), and Steve Soper (Friend of the Foundation).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

These award winners will be recognized at our annual Distinguished<\/span>\u00a0Awards<\/span> Luncheon at Kenwood Country Club on Friday, May 15, 2026.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]Madeira Schools Foundation 2025 Distinguished Award Winners (pictured below from left to right): Scott Blackwelder \u201992 (Distinguished Alumni), Bob Kitchen (Distinguished Staff), and David Eberly (Friend of the Foundation).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Past Winners:<\/em><\/strong>
\nDistinguished Alumni<\/strong>
\nGeorge H, Roland R., Walter Wierwille- 2003
\nWilliam Case- 2005
\nCol. Barry Butler, Dr. Les Le Fevre- 2006
\nStephn & Dawn Kincaid- 2007
\nJames L. Schroth- 2009
\nWayne Morris- 2010
\nJudy Brandenburg- 2011
\nDan Henke, James Giles- 2012
\nMichelle Schneider, Charles McCullough- 2013
\nTom Walter, Paul Lewis- 2014
\nDr. Uday Khosla, Laurie Westermeyer- 2015
\nLarry Sheakley- 2017
\nPhil Santoro- 2018
\nCarol Kormelink- 2019
\nJohn DiMauro- 2020
\nLydia Seiter \u201915- 2021
\nTracey Blackwelder- 2022
\nMark Russell (\u201967) \u2013 2023
\nBetsy Henning (\u201995) \u2013 2024
\nScott Blackwelder (\u201992) \u2013 2025<\/p>\n

Distinguished Friend<\/b>
\nTerry Jacobs, Mel Martin- 2004
\nJ. Perin, L. Colgan, W. Kordis- 2005
\nB. Rusche, J. Garmen, D. Nichols- 2006
\nRobert E. Lee- 2008
\nGeorge & Kathy Hurst, Ray & Patty Nulsen- 2009
\nBarbara Brewer, Vic Parkhouse- 2011
\nBill & Cyndi Underwood- 2013
\nJ. Rahe & E. Rahn, Mary Alice Carpenter- 2005
\nT. Yeomans, J. Decatur, C. McCullough- 2005
\nPat & Jacque Gentile- 2007
\nCindy Craver- 2009
\nJay DeWitt, Harry Adler- 2010
\nDon Korengel- 2012
\nStephen Shaw- 2014
\nJay Adrick- 2017
\nChip & Debbie Graeter- 2018
\nCathy Schwepee- 2019
\nMechelle Hyatt- 2020
\nBo & Tina Gutierrez- 2021
\nDennis Klasmaier- 2022
\nBridie & Brian Busken- 2023
\nSteve Kramer- 2024
\nDavid Eberly- 2025<\/p>\n

Distinguished Staff<\/b>
\nHerbert L. Dericks- 2003
\nGardner Benedict- 2005
\nDave Stouffer- 2006
\nTheresa Deters Gerrard- 2007
\nBill Williamson- 2008
\nSue Gilsdorf- 2009
\nJackie Schmidt- 2010
\nCarolyn Edington, Nadine Wilson-2011
\nDJ Hammond- 2012
\nDiana Bartles, Pep Strifler- 2013
\nBob & Ronna Gardner- 2014
\nRichard Hartmann- 2015
\nJohn Taylor- 2017
\nDr. Cathy Swami- 2018
\nJeanne Gulick- 2019
\nLori Adams- 2020
\nJennifer Bracken- 2021
\nJonelle Bell- 2022
\nJennifer Jordan- 2023
\nAmy Hugentobler- 2024
\nBob Kitchen- 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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